Hagia Sophia: Top Photos

A 1,500-year-old monument that has been cathedral, mosque, museum, and mosque again

Detail of a marvelous mosaic of Christ from the Hagia Sophia in Instanbul. It is the central figure of the so called Deësis mosaic (Δέησις, "Entreaty") which probably dates from a relatively late 1261
Detail of a mosaic of Christ from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Central figure of the Deësis mosaic (Δέησις, 'Entreaty'), dating from circa 1261. © Dianelos Georgoudis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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