No other Byzantine monument covers such a span of time." For more than 900 years, Hagia Sophia was the most important building in the Eastern Christian world: the seat of the Orthodox patriarch ...

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Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

"The dimness of Hagia Sophia's interior tends to support the popular idea that the highest aim of Byzantine church builders ... who attracted both Christian and Muslim followers.

The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul ... huge grief among Orthdox Christians all over the world. Hagia Sophia is a pan-Christian holy site," Metropolitan Hilarion said.

Completed in 537 CE, Hagia Sophia was the religious and cultural center of the Byzantine Empire and, for a time, the largest ...

it was the largest Christian church of its time. Its massive dome and intricate mosaics are marvels of Byzantine engineering and artistry. After the fall of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was ...

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