Hagia Sophia reinstated as a mosque in 2020 The ... For the subsequent 900 years, it functioned as the most prominent Christian cathedral in the world. The temple was converted into a mosque ...

Hagia Sophia was a cathedral for nearly 1,000 years before being converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1935. Diyanet said in a statement on Tuesday that the Christian icons in Hagia ...

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted ...

The oldest churches have stood as some of the most awe-inspiring structures in human history, preserving the legacies of ...

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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 ...

ANKARA, July 10. /TASS/. The Muslim worship at the Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, which was turned from a museum into a mosque on Friday, will begin on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

The Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul is an example of Byzantine architecture built in 532-537 on the orders of the emperor Justinian. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire the cathedral was ...

A magnet for tourists worldwide, the Hagia Sophia was first constructed 1,500 years ago as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire and it was there they crowned their emperors. It was ...

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