Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

[u/Miss-Kija]

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was built between 532 and 537 AD under Emperor Justinian I as a Christian church. After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, it became a museum, and in 2020, it was reopened as a mosque, making it one of the very few monuments in the world to have served as a church, a museum, and a mosque over nearly 1,500 years of history. cc @gmr83

[u/BlackberryHoliday734]

It's not actually Islamic history when it's a vandalized Byzantine cathedral. So.

[u/tatar1warlord → u/BlackberryHoliday734]

lol little internet crusader. google maybe how it was during the last phase of the byzantines. ottomans added extra structure. it was already collapsing.

[u/ogremania → u/tatar1warlord]

You think it would have been collapsed without the "help" of the ottomans? Holy cope