Wonders3 - Hagia Sophia

Title

Hagia Sophia

Latitude

41.00847

Longitude

29.97999

Place

Turkey

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found no matches.

World_Time

Medieval Mind

Image_Url

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

Brief

For centuries it stood at the heart of two of the world's great religions: To Christians it was Hagia Sophia, Church of the Holy Wisdom, mother church of the Orthodox faith and of the thousand-year-old Byzantine Empire.

Year_Constructed

326 A.D

Description

To Muslims, it became Ayasofya Camii, Mosque of Holy Wisdom and jewel of Istanbul. But to people of all faiths, it was, in the words of sixth-century historian Procopius, a "spectacle of marvellous beauty, overwhelming to those who know it by hearsay alto

Description_2

For it soars to a height to match the sky...stands on high and looks down on the remainder of the city...."

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Hagia.png'> Hagia Sophia Type: Medieval Mind Location: Turkey Built: 326 A.D

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LargeImage

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