Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey from hagia sophia area Watch Video
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Description: Hagia Sophia was built as a Constantinian Church by the emperor Justinian I, between A.D. 532 and 537 and in it's ancient time, it represented the largest covered space in the world. It's architects were Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. On May 558, the dome of the church collapsed due to a December 557 earthquake.nAfter it's construction ended, Hagia Sophia served as a Church for the first nine centuries and when Constantinople was taken by the Ottomans' in May 29,1453, Sultan Mehmet
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