Hagia Sofia

The accompanying short film 1001 Inventions and the Library of Science stars Ben Kingsley; the balance of East and West is seen again with the timing of this three-month long show set up by Hagia Sofia and the Blue Mosque.

Lisa Derrick: U2 in Istanbul: Turkey on the World's Stage 2010

Busch sat in the limo, under the long shadows of Hagia Sofia, the a/c on high as it fought back the heat of the Istanbul summer night.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

Busch sat in the limo, under the long shadows of Hagia Sofia, the a/c on high as it fought back the heat of the Istanbul summer night.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

Busch sat in the limo, under the long shadows of Hagia Sofia, the a/c on high as it fought back the heat of the Istanbul summer night.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

A family of beautiful kids who had the misfortune of being on top of the card stack still glowed with smiles from the slopes of Steamboat Springs, or perhaps it was the steps of the Hagia Sofia -- I don't remember which.

Marcia DeSanctis: It's January -- Where Do the Cards Go? 2009

They're identical to the ones in the Church of Hagia Sofia in Constantinople.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

In Constantinople the holy warriors applied their much-vaunted Christian zeal to the great churches, Hagia Sofia foremost among them, looting the hallowed relics of a thousand years of Christianity.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

It's in an alcove high above the nave of Hagia Sofia, in the heart of ancient Constantinople.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

And when the Marmaray Project is integrated into a planned railway through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, you'll be able to hop on a train in London, wave at the Hagia Sofia, and step off days later in Beijing.

Quake Fears, Ancient Finds Have Europe-Asia Tunnel on Nonstop Delay Julian Smith 2007

Hagia Sofia or Ayasofya as it's now called was decommissioned as a mosque in 1932.

Muslims praying in the cathedral. Ann Althouse 2007