Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya, from the , "Holy Wisdom"; Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) 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 29 May 1453 until 1934, when it was secularized; it was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
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Aghia Sophia - CCCP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-JVYaSakKo
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@brettbobley Food is amazing there! I ate so well. Hope you can go to Hagia Sophia. I almost cried at its beauty & humbled by its history.
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Istanbul: Eine akustische Reise zwischen Hagia Sophia und Beyo Iu - von Matthias Morgenroth et al. - Geophon. http://bit.ly/cbuarg
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ethansea
@CapricaSeven Hagia Sophia is "Ayia Sofia", but hey, not English. Not wrong, just not English. I'm with the soft "J" G for hagiography.
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Earliest flush toilet was built about 4000 yrs ago in Crete. 150 mi away, in Agia Sophia tourists have to pay $5 for a bucket of flush water
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@CapricaSeven Sure! Hagia Sofia and all that. Hey, I shrieked when Barnabas said that word, speaking of etymology. Yay!
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