Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

2-704-399 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. View of carved wooden minbar and Islamic texts inside the building while it was a mosque. Built in the 6th century by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, the Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) was intended to be the greatest church in Christendom. It remained the centre of the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church until 1453 when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. It was then converted into a mosque, which it remained until secularised and turned into a museum by order of Kemal Ataturk in 1934.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Turkey İstanbul Istanbul

  1. 41 00 40 N , 028 57 28 E

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

Religion & Belief Islam


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4752x6271
File Size : 87,305kb


Aliases

  1. 0580037601
  1. 2-704-399
  1. 2704399

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