Tag: Turkey

Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also known as Church of the Holy wisdom or Church of the Divine wisdom, an essential Byzantine structure in Istanbul and one of the world’s super monuments. It become built as a Christian church within the sixth century CE (532–537) underneath the path of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In next centuries it became a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again. The building displays the spiritual changes that have played out inside the region over the centuries, with the minarets and inscriptions of Islam as well as the lavish […]