Hagia Sophia Istanbul is a photograph by Shishir Sathe which was uploaded on April 30th, 2013.
Title
Hagia Sophia Istanbul
Artist
Shishir Sathe
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Photograph
Description
Taken in the upper chamber of the Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, was later a mosque, and now a museum. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral except between
1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931, when it was secularized.
It was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
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April 30th, 2013
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