Completion of the Hagia Sophia
- Period
- AD 537
- Region
- Europe
- Category
- Culture
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church (360–1453) and a museum (1935–2020). The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537, becoming the world's largest interior space and among the first to employ a fully pendentive dome. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture". From its dedication in 360 until 1453, Hagia Sophia served as the cathedral of Constantinople in the Byzantine liturgical tradition, except for the period 1204–1261 when the Latin Crusaders installed their own hierarchy. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, it served as a mosque, having its minarets added soon after. The site became a museum in 1935, and was redesignated as a mosque in 2020.
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Earlier and later events nearby
- AD 325First Council of Nicaea
- AD 330Founding of Constantinople
- AD 529–534Justinian's Code
- AD 537Completion of the Hagia SophiaThis page
- 1054East–West Schism
- 1402Battle of Ankara
- 1453Fall of Constantinople
Who ruled this land
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