Hagia Sophia

Hagia sophia turkish ayasofya latin sancta sophia also called church of the holy wisdom or church of the divine wisdom cathedral built at constantinople now istanbul turkey in the 6th century ce 532 537 under the direction of the byzantine emperor justinian i.
Hagia sophia. Holy wisdom officially the hagia sophia grand mosque turkish. Turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan announced july 10 that the decision had been taken to turn hagia sophia originally built as a cathedral then used as a mosque for centuries until 1934. Hagia sophia is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for byzantine and for ottoman empires. While there was considerable excitement as crowds headed.
The hagia sophia that stands today was originally built as the cathedral for the capital of the eastern roman empire in the sixth century and became a mosque in 1453 with the ottoman conquest of. Hagia sophia was built as an orthodox christian cathedral and first converted into a mosque after the ottoman conquest nine centuries later.