Hagia Sophia

The Church of the Holy Wisdom, commonly known as Hagia Sophia in English, comes from the Greek name ???? ?????. It is also known as Sancta Sophia in Latin and Ayasofya in Turkish. (The Turkish and Greek pronounciat?ons sound like a-GHEE-ah so-FEE-ah

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Greek - Latin - Turkish

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, with the 'h' silent.) It is a former Greek Orthodox church converted to a mosque, now a museum, in Istanbul. It is universally acknowledged as one of the great buildings of the world.

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Greek Orthodox - Church - Mosque - Museum - Istanbul

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