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    The Little Hagia Sophia mosque (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya Camii), formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῶν Ἁγίων Σεργίου καὶ...
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    Hagia Sophia (lit. 'Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia), officially the Hagia Sophia...
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  • Look up Hagia Sophia or Aya Sofya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in...
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    Palace Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia Hagia Irene Sultan Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Little Hagia Sophia...
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    by Justinian in 537). The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Little Hagia Sophia), which was the first church built by Justinian in Constantinople...
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    smaller church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (locally referred to as "Little Hagia Sophia"), which might have served as a model for both in that it combined...
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    tabby cat in Fatih, Flag of Turkey in the background. Orange cat in Little Hagia Sophia cemetery Tabby and white cat with Maiden's Tower in the background...
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    the Sea of Marmara, to the south of the Hippodrome and east of the Little Hagia Sophia. Hormisdas is an earlier name of the place. The name Bucoleon was...
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  • to Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia, also rendered Saint Sophia) include: Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holy Wisdom churches. Sophia of Rome#Churches...
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    Brontochion Monastery, the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Mosque), and Panagia Hodegetria (Fethiye Mosque) churches in Laconia. The Hagia Sophia (Bey Mosque) in Drama...
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    of the Çamlıca Mosque Architecture portal Islam portal Turkey portal Hagia Sophia Sultan Ahmed Mosque Taksim Mosque Mimar Sinan Mosque Şakirin Mosque,...
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    Isidore of Miletus (category Hagia Sophia)
    other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537. He was born c. 475 AD. The creation...
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  • Council of Constantinople. September 19 – Council of Jerusalem. The Little Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (begun in 527) is completed as the Church of Saints...
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    venerated as protectors of the army. A large monastery church, the Little Hagia Sophia, was dedicated to them in Constantinople by Justinian I, probably...
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    The city became famous for its architectural masterpieces, such as Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the seat...
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    which emperors devoted to God's attributes, together with Hagia Sophia (Wisdom) and Hagia Dynamis. The building reputedly stands on the site of a pre-Christian...
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  • the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25. Tom Brosnahan. "Little Hagia Sophia (Küçük Ayasofya), Istanbul, Turkey". Travel Info Exchange. Archived...
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    However, it is the Hagia Sophia that fully conveys the period of Constantinople as a city without parallel in Christendom. The Hagia Sophia, topped by a dome...
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    mosque was built next to the former Hippodrome and stands across from the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site. The Blue Mosque was included in the UNESCO...
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    his successors throughout Istanbul (this technique is emulative of the Hagia Sophia). The 26 meter diameter center dome is supported by four semi-domes on...
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    harboring several endangered and endemic plant and animal species. Little Hagia Sophia Church of Vize, also known as Gazi Suleyman Pasha Mosque. Koyunbaba...
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    rebuilt. The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, later renamed Little Hagia Sophia, was also built between 532 and 536 by the imperial couple. Works...
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    Byzantine times as Chalkoprateia, and then turned, in the area of the Hagia Sophia, in a loop towards the northeast, crossed the regions known as Topoi...
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    Chora Church Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols Hagia Irene Hagia Sophia Hagia Triada Little Hagia Sophia Pammakaristos Church St. George’s Cathedral Zoodochus...
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    Basilica Cistern (category Hagia Sophia)
    Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres (490 ft) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century...
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    erected a dome six cubits higher and four cubits wider than the dome of Hagia Sophia." Closer view of central dome General view of the interior The upper-floor...
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    Chora Church Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols Hagia Irene Hagia Sophia Hagia Triada Little Hagia Sophia Pammakaristos Church St. George’s Cathedral Zoodochus...
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  • important toponym of the city: its neighborhood (where the mosque of Little Hagia Sophia still stands) was known in Byzantine times as en tois Hormisdou (ἐν...
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  • Mosque Hagia Sophia Chora Church now Kariye Mosque. Kalenderhane Mosque Kasım Agha Mosque Kefeli Mosque Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque Little Hagia Sophia Pammakaristos...
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  • Pammakaristos Church) Hagia Irene (Aya İrini) Hagia Sophia Kalenderhane Mosque (Theotokos Kyriotissa) Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex Little Hagia Sophia (Ss. Sergius...
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