Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Museum), Istanbul
Architect/Designer | Anthemius of Tralles |
| Isidore of Miletus |
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Artist/Photographer | Cox, Bernard Hugh (1907?-1986) |
Country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Subject Date | 0563 |
Image Date | 1970 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Byzantine |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | TR 23 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Bernard Cox / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Museums ; Conversion of buildings ; Mosques ; Churches |
NOTES: The Church of the Holy Wisdom, known as Hagia Sophia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, and Ayasofya or Aya Sofya in Turkish, was a Byzantine church until 1453 when Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror made it his imperial mosque. In 1934 the mosque was secularized and turned into the Ayasofya Museum.
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