The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. Credit Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons After fifteen centuries, Hagia Sophia‘s maze-like, underground ...

This became most evident in 2020, when Istanbul's Hagia Sophia-long a museum-was reconverted into a mosque ... These claims directly collide with Greece and Cyprus, heightening tensions over resource ...

Istanbul/Rhodes – Centuries-old tales from the island of Rhodes claimed a key role in the construction of the magnificent Hagia Sophia: that its soaring domes were built with uniquely crafted Rhodian ...

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Constantinople – After 15 centuries shrouded in mystery, a vast underground network beneath Hagia Sophia is being opened to the public. The Turkish Ministry of Culture is clearing a labyrinthine ...

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Mosaic panel located at the southwestern entrance of the Hagia Sophia depicting the emperor Constantine I holding a model of the city of Constantinople (right), the emperor Justinian I holding a model ...

The first building to include a fully pendentive dome, Hagia Sophia is a paragon of Byzantine ... the Acropolis of Athens is an ancient Greek citadel. Its most iconic structure, the Parthenon ...