Hagia Sophia

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  • The inauguration of the Hagia Sophia
    330

    The inauguration of the Hagia Sophia

    The inauguration of the Hagia Sophia was in 11 May 330.
  • Hagia Sophia as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral
    537

    Hagia Sophia as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral

    Hagia Sophia in 537-1453 was served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and the seat of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted by the Fourth Cruseders to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire.
  • Hagia Sophia as a mosque
    1453

    Hagia Sophia as a mosque

    Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque in 1453-1935.
  • Renovation of the Hagia Sophia

    Renovation of the Hagia Sophia

    Restoration of the Hagia Sophia was ordered by Sultan Abdulmecid and completed by eight hundred workers between 1847 and 1849, under the supervision of the Swiss-Italian architect brothers Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati.
  • Hagia Sophia as a museum

    Hagia Sophia as a museum

    Hagia Sophia was turned into a museum in 1934.
  • The desirable transformation of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque

    The desirable transformation of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque

    Turkish President Erdogan again suggests converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque.