![]() The current structure was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople for the Byzantine Empire between 532 and 537, and was designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque. ![]() It served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. The mosque was originally built as a Greek Orthodox church, and was used as such from the year 360 until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. ' Holy Wisdom' Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía Latin: Sancta Sapientia Turkish: Ayasofya), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( Turkish: Ayasofya Camii), is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
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