3. Hagia Sophia, Byzantine Greek, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin:
Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya was a
Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica, later
converted into an Ottoman mosque, and now a museum in
Istanbul, Turkey
4. It originated glorifying the greatness of Rome
The museum today survived of landslides caused by earthquakes
It was considered the most important building in the Byzantine Empire
Hagia Sophia, which means St. Sophia
Occupied by the Ottomans in 1453 and the people embraced Islam and changed the name to
the city of Istanbul
Mosaic sculptures covered in gold
The floor and walls made of marble
5. Constantinople
the former name of Istanbul from ad 330
(when it was given its name by Constantine
the Great) until the early 20th century.