santa sophia
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A 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul;
Built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century (synset 103480241)is an instance of: museum - a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic valueis a part of: constantinople, istanbul, stamboul, stambul - the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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