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Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία; "Holy Wisdom", Turkish: Ayasofya, Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum ...
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Hagia-Sophia.net Everything about Hagia Sophia history ... The Hagia Sophia enjoyed the status as the largest cathedral in the world for almost a thousand years after it ...
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Hagia Sophia, also Church of the Holy Wisdom, the most famous Byzantine structure in Constantinople (now İstanbul), built (532-37) by Emperor Justinian I, and now a museum. Its huge size and daring technical innovations make it one of the world's key monuments. See Architecture; Byzantine Art and Architecture.

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