The Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία; "Holy Wisdom", Turkish: Ayasofya, officially: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi: "Hagia Sophia Holy Great Mosque")[1] is a former Christian Eastern Orthodox cathedral, currently used as a mosque, in the Turkish city of Istanbul. From 537 to 1453, when present-day Istanbul was still called Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was the largest cathedral in the world. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, under Ottoman rule, the cathedral became the Islamic house of worship Ayasofia. In 1934, during Atatürk's rule, the prayer house became a museum, and from 2020 it became a mosque again. At the time, the cathedral was not dedicated to a Christian saint, but to one of the attributes attributed to Christ, that of the "Divine Wisdom" (Hagia Sophia).[2] The Hagia Sophia is located in Istanbul's old city centre on the western, European part, close to the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, the Hippodrome and the Sarnici Water Reservoir. The district where the Hagia Sophia is located is called Sultanahmet. The building is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its extraordinary history and architecture.
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