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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia (hä'ju sōfē'u, hā'jēu,) [key][Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia,Turkish Aya Sofia, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now Istanbul), later a mosque, and now converted into a museum.

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Hagia Sophia: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. Kahler, Hagia Sophia (tr. 1967).
Hagia Sophia: History - History Hagia Sophia stands on the site of an earlier basilican church erected by Constantius II in ...
Hagia Sophia: Architecture - Architecture Hagia Sophia is the supreme masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. Its spacious nave ...
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