The museum's digital experience rooms use cutting-edge technology to immerse visitors in the history of Hagia Sophia and ...

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted ...

before becoming a secular museum. In 2020, the building once again became a working mosque. Once the biggest cathedral in the world, the Hagia Sophia is considered the magnum opus of Byzantine ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Islamic Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” exhibit currently showing. The plaque that caught my eye praises the Ottoman Empire for having turned the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque.

Too bad," Kosachev said MOSCOW, July 11. /TASS/. The Turkish government’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque will trigger a negative response in the Christian world ...

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TASS/. Moscow regrets Ankara’s decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. "We regret the ...

The Topkapi Palace Museum sits atop a promontory in Sultanahmet near the Basilica Cistern, the Hagia Sophia and the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. Multiple bus routes and the Bagcilar-Kabatas T1 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yapi Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul; Museum of Modern Art; James B. Duke House, New York University; C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul; Antica ...

In 1453, the Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque after Ottoman Turks conquered the city. Now a museum, it has survived earthquakes, sieges and the rise and fall of empires. Yet Hagia Sophia ...

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...