Hagia Sofia Museum, Istanbul

Hagia Sofia Logo, Istanbul

Hagia Sofia, Istanbul

Hagia Sofia, Night view, Istanbul

Hagia Sofia Interior, Istanbul

Hagia Sofia Mosaic, Istanbul

Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) is a wonderful architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu(Turkish)). Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey, Hagia Sophia has always been the precious of its time.

The mystical city Istanbul hosted many civilizations since centuries, of which Byzantium and Ottoman Empires were both the most famous ones. The city today carries the characteristics of these two different cultures and surely Hagia Sophia is a perfect synthesis where one can observe both Ottoman and Byzantium effects under one great dome.

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