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Wikipedia: Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the cathedral of Constantinople except between 1204 and 1261, when it was the cathedral of the Latin empire. The building was a mosque from 23 May 1453 until 1934, when it was secularized; it was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
![[Detail of Deësis mosaic]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mosaic_1041_s.jpg "Detail of Deësis mosaic")
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![[Construction of church depicted in codex Manasses Chronicle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/38_manasses_chronicle_s.jpg "Construction of church depicted in codex Manasses Chronicle")
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![[Stone remains of the basilica ordered by Theodosius II, showing the Lamb of God]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hagia_Sophia009_s.jpg "Stone remains of the basilica ordered by Theodosius II, showing the Lamb of God")
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![[Empress Zoe mosaics]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_um_1020_001_s.jpg "Empress Zoe mosaics")
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![[Imperial gate mosaics]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_des_9_Jahrhunderts_001_s.jpg "Imperial gate mosaics")
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![[Groundplan of the Hagia Sophia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hagia_Sophia_Grundriss_s.jpg "Groundplan of the Hagia Sophia")
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![[Marble blocks from the second church]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hagia_Sophia_Theodosius_2007_010_s.jpg "Marble blocks from the second church")
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![[Fountain (Şadırvan) for ritual ablutions]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fountain_Hagia_Sophia_2007_002_s.jpg "Fountain (Şadırvan) for ritual ablutions")
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![[Marble Door]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Marble_door_Hagia_Sophia_2007_003_s.jpg "Marble Door")
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![[The Deësis mosaic with Christ as ruler]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Deesis_Hagia_Sophia_s.jpg "The Deësis mosaic with Christ as ruler")
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![[Virgin and Child flanked by Justinian I and Constantine I]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hagia_Sophia075_s.jpg "Virgin and Child flanked by Justinian I and Constantine I")
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![[The Loge of the Empress]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Empress_loge_Hagia_Sophia_2007_002_s.jpg "The Loge of the Empress")
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![[Comnenus mosaic]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_2009_Comnenus_Mosaics_2_s.jpg "Comnenus mosaic")
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![[Interior view of the Hagia Sophia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Le_24feb_a_11h23_Ste_Sophie_281280x1280_29_s.jpg "Interior view of the Hagia Sophia")
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![[Mosaic in the northern tympanon depicting Saint John Chrysostom]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Johnchrysostom_s.jpg "Mosaic in the northern tympanon depicting Saint John Chrysostom")
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![[Hagia Sophia Dome Paintings, Photographed in 2010]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hagia_sophia_dome_painting_september_2010_s.jpg "Hagia Sophia Dome Paintings, Photographed in 2010")
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![[Mosaics with geometric pattern decorate the upper imperial gallery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Upper_gallery_Hagia_Sophia_2007_007_s.jpg "Mosaics with geometric pattern decorate the upper imperial gallery")
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![[Apse mosaic of the Theotokos (Virgin Mother and Child)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hagia_Sophia_Interior_Virgin_2007_s.jpg "Apse mosaic of the Theotokos (Virgin Mother and Child)")
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![[One of the mighty stone columns with metal clasps]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hagia_Sophia041_s.jpg "One of the mighty stone columns with metal clasps")
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![[Lustration urn from Pergamon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Marble_jar_Hagia_Sophia_2007_001_s.jpg "Lustration urn from Pergamon")
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![[Imperial Gate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Imperial_Gate_Hagia_Sophia_2007a_s.jpg "Imperial Gate")
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