Hagia Sophia

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Byzantine basilica UNESCO World Heritage Site component building cathedral mosque museum

Hagia Sophia is a historic architectural masterpiece in Istanbul that has served as a cathedral, mosque, and museum, renowned for its massive dome and rich Byzantine and Ottoman heritage.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople 1
Hagia Sophia (traditionally associated venue in Constantinople) 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine basilica ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
building ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architect Anthemius of Tralles ⓘ
Anthemius of Tralles ⓘ
surface form: Isidore of Miletus
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
builtUnder Justinian I ⓘ
cityAtConstruction Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
constructionEnd 537 ⓘ
constructionStart 532 ⓘ
convertedToMosqueBy Mehmed II ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 41.0086 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 28.9802 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Wisdom ⓘ
diameterOfDome about 31 metres ⓘ
floorPlanType basilica with central dome ⓘ
functionEndAsCathedral 1453 ⓘ
functionEndAsMosqueFirstPeriod 1931 ⓘ
functionEndAsMuseum 2020 ⓘ
functionStartAsCathedral 537 ⓘ
functionStartAsMosque 1453 ⓘ
functionStartAsMosqueSecondPeriod 2020 ⓘ
functionStartAsMuseum 1935 ⓘ
governingBody Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
hasFeature calligraphic roundels ⓘ
imperial gate ⓘ
mihrab ⓘ
minbar ⓘ
omphalion (marble inlay floor) ⓘ
hasGallery upper galleries for worshippers ⓘ
heightOfDome about 55.6 metres ⓘ
heritageSignificance symbol of Byzantine architecture ⓘ
symbol of Ottoman architectural adaptation ⓘ
locatedIn Fatih district ⓘ
historic peninsula of Istanbul ⓘ
locatedNear Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ⓘ
Topkapi Palace ⓘ
location Istanbul ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableFeature marble columns ⓘ
massive central dome ⓘ
minarets ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
numberOfMinarets 4 ⓘ
originalDenomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
predecessorBuilding second Hagia Sophia church ⓘ
reconvertedToMosqueBy Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
religiousAffiliationCurrent Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliationHistorical Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roofType dome ⓘ
secularizedBy Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
usedAs imperial cathedral of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
imperial mosque of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinian I → architecturalPatronage → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Byzantine art → associatedWith → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael I Cerularius
Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Istanbul → hasLandmark → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
this entity surface form: Hagia Sophia (traditionally associated venue in Constantinople)
Basilica Cistern → locatedNear → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Blue Mosque → locatedNear → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Grand Bazaar → nearbyAttraction → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → notableBuilding → Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Tribune Tower → stoneFragmentsFrom → Hagia Sophia ⓘ