Hagia Sophia remains the symbolic center of Greek Orthodoxy even centuries after its fall to the Ottomans and conversion to a ...

The grant opening of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), which became the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity for nearly a millennium, was held on December 27, 537 AD. It was ...

Justinian I ordered the massive construction ... Byzantine imperial ceremonies such as coronations took place at the building. The Hagia Sophia served as the home of the Eastern Orthodox Church ...

A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

Described by Osterhaut as "second in renown only to Hagia Sophia among the Byzantine churches of Istanbul", Kariye Camii attracts much attention because of its rich mosaics and frescoes. The original ...

Designed by an émigré from the Soviet Union, the curved structure helped introduce Modernism to a skeptical public—and ...

Commissioned by Emperor Justinian I, the Hagia Sophia was a marvel of engineering, featuring a vast dome that seemed to float above the central nave. It set a precedent for Byzantine architecture.

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted ...

Constructed in 532 for Justinian I, this sprawling underground ... to explore before or after visiting nearby sights like the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace Museum.