Ayasofya

Hagia Sophia

Istanbul, Türkiye

Architectural postcard illustration of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Türkiye
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

A 6th-century domed basilica turned mosque turned museum turned mosque, its 31-meter dome floating on light since 537 AD.

Why Atlas chose this place

Fifteen centuries under one impossible dome — Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern Istanbul layered in a single room.

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