Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia (hä'ju sōfē'u, hā'jēu,) [key][Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia,Turkish Aya Sofia, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now Istanbul), later a mosque, and now converted into a museum.

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