Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Istanbul: Sultanahmet - Hagia Sophia


Called Hagia Sophia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, Ayasofya in Turkish, it was built on the site of Byzantium's acropolis by Emperor Justinian (527-65 AD) in 537 AD.
Hagia Sophia was the greatest church in Christendom until St Peter's Basilica was built in Rome a thousand years later