Istanbul, Türkiye
Little Hagia Sophia
The Little Hagia Sophia mosque, formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, is a former Greek Orthodox church dedicated to the Syrian Christian Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople. Its date of construction is disputed, with some scholars favouring a mid-520s date with groundbreaking by 527 and others preferring to date its construction between 532 and 536, and converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the sixth century by Justinian; despite its Turkish name, it likely was not a model for Hagia Sophia, with which its construction was contemporary, but it is nonetheless one of the most important early…
- City
- Istanbul
- Country
- Türkiye
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
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Background: Wikipedia