The history of the Hagia Sophia (which means “Holy Wisdom”) stretches back to the year 360, when a Christian church was built in the city of Constantinople (now Istanbul).

Unesco has expressed “grave concern over the increasing threats” to the 11th-century Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv—which is ...

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is about to get ... stretches back to the year 360, when a Christian church was built in the city of ... they’ll know more about the condition of interior layers.

The church resembles the Hagia Sophia, built in the 10th century AD upon the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. Credit: Deiadameain Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. The Greek Orthodox Church of the ...

Istanbul, Turkey - September 16, 2021: Awesome interior of the Hagia Sophia. The Grand Mosque and formerly the Church is a popular destination among pilgrims and tourists of the world. Royalty-free ...

Once the largest cathedral in the world, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, has stood for more than 1500 years along the banks of the Bosporus Strait and has housed three religious groups. 1 ...

In Istanbul, a center of culture, commerce and power for more than 2,000 years, the past never feels distant. Yet ...

Hagia Sophia, with a history of 1,500 years hosting different religions, will now be reconverted from a museum into a mosque. This recent shift after a Turkish court decree has sparked extensive ...

As a result of another missile strike by the aggressor country of russia on the night of June 10, St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv and Odesa Film Studio were damaged. This was reported by the Minister of ...

A Russian attack has damaged Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO world heritage site and one of Ukraine's most significant monuments, according to Ukraine's culture minister. Mykola ...

Details: Conservation experts from the cathedral, alongside an investigation team from the Shevchenkivskyi district police department, have conducted a visual examination of the site and recorded its ...