In 1453, in a devastating blow to the Byzantines, Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II captured Istanbul (formerly known as Constantinople) and Hagia Sophia - an Orthodox Christian cathedral - was converted ...

The Hagia Sophia served as the home of ... The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, known as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is still based in Istanbul. Patriarch Bartholomew I warned ...

Hidden beneath the historic halls of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia is a mysterious network of tunnels, corridors, and tombs. These subterranean spaces remained untouched for centuries—but now, they are set ...

A magnet for tourists worldwide, the Hagia Sophia was first constructed 1,500 years ago as a cathedral in the Christian ... after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, then became ...

Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral built in AD 532-537 in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). It was turned into an Ottoman imperial mosque in 1453 ...

Hagia Sophia mosque is a world-level historic and cultural landmark symbolizing a historic period stretching for more than 1,500 years since its construction as a cathedral in the sixth century.

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it served as the world’s largest cathedral for nearly 1,000 years before becoming a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Today, the Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

Built in the 530s in Constantinople ... The transformation of the Greek Hagia Sophia Cathedral into the Turkish Ayasofya Mosque did not take place gently. Fergus M. Bordewich describes the ...

There are currently more than 3500 mosques in Constantinople." Church of the Holy Saviour ... showing disrespect even for its own history. Hagia Sophia: Disappointment and anger from ...

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical significance. Built between 532 and 537, the building was a church for nearly a ...