Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. 'Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia...
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Hagia Irene (Greek: Αγία Ειρήνη) or Hagia Eirene (Medieval Greek: Ἁγία Εἰρήνη Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia iˈrini], "Holy Peace", Turkish: Aya İrini),...
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you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Hagia Triada (also Haghia Triada, Hagia Triadha, Ayia Triada, Agia Triada), (Greek: [aˈʝia triˈaða])...
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Byzantine architecture (section Hagia Irene)
Hagia Sophia. Today, Hagia Irene is still standing and open to visitors as a museum. It is open everyday, except for Tuesdays. Construction of Hagia Irene...
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Look up Hagia Sophia or Aya Sofya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hagia Sophia is a mosque and former church in Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia or...
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Hagia Sophia mosque (lit. 'the Holy Wisdom'; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Turkish: Ayasofya) in İznik (Nicaea) in Bursa Province...
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Saint Sophia Church, Sofia (redirect from Hagia Sophia church)
sixth century (527–565). It is thus a contemporary of the better-known Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople. During the Second Bulgarian Empire (spanning...
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41°00′12″N 39°41′46″E / 41.00333°N 39.69611°E / 41.00333; 39.69611 Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία, meaning 'the Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya) is...
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The Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece. With its current structure dating from the 7th century...
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Europe. The city became famous for its architectural masterpieces, such as Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the...
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Murad III (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque) - possibly with Safiye Sultan; Fahriye Sultan (died in 1656, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque),...
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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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There are at least two runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia's marble parapets. They may have been engraved by members of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople...
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Omphalion (section Hagia Sophia)
compare the omphalos of Delphi. One of the most intriguing features of Hagia Sophia is a marble section of the floor known as the Omphalos. The Omphalos...
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Selim II (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
Hagia Sophia), his mother died shortly after him; Şehzade Abdullah (1571 - 22 December 1574, executed by Murad III, buried with his father in Hagia Sophia);...
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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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Hagia Triada ("Holy Trinity"; Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίας Τριάδος, romanized: Ierós Naós Agías Triádos; Turkish: Aya Triada Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi) is a Greek...
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Mehmed III (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
another source, he died either of a plague or a stroke. He was buried in Hagia Sophia Mosque. He was succeeded by his 13 year old son Ahmed I as the new...
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Abbey of the Dormition (redirect from Hagia Maria Sion Abbey)
and 2006 the community was known as the Abbey of Hagia Maria Sion, in reference to the basilica of Hagia Sion that stood on this spot during the Byzantine...
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Hagia Photia (also Ayia Photia, Agia Photia, Greek: Αγιά Φωτιά) is an archaeological site of a fortified ancient Minoan building on eastern Crete. Sitia...
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Gli (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
– 7 November 2020) was a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia, for which she became an Internet celebrity, grabbing the attention...
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İsmail Acar (redirect from Hagia Sophia and Imaginary Projections)
İsmail Acar (born 1971) is a leading Turkish painter. He graduated with honors in 1991 from the Finer Arts School of Marmara University . In 1993, Acar...
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The Church of Hagia Sophia (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía, lit. 'Holy Wisdom' Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia soˈfia]) or Holy Wisdom...
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Religion in Turkey (section Hagia Sophia conversion)
reclassification of Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The 1934 decree was ruled to be unlawful under both Ottoman and Turkish law as Hagia Sophia's waqf, endowed...
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The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus is a late Minoan 137 cm (54 in)-long limestone sarcophagus, dated to around 1400 BC or some decades later, excavated from...
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Agia Sophia Stadium (redirect from Hagia Sophia Stadium)
Agia Sophia, named after the Byzantine-built former Orthodox cathedral Hagia Sophia, was picked in order to commemorate the roots of the club from the...
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Isidore of Miletus (category Hagia Sophia)
the 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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Academy HAGIA for Modern Matriarchal Studies Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, as accessed Feb. 6, 2011. Staff. "The International Academy Hagia"....
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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...
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