Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox churches of Orthodox Christianity. Was later converted into a mosque Now a museum Located in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, is building one of the greatest and most were placed on the list of the wonders of the medieval world [1] highlights the enormous dome Middle Temple. It is the best example of Byzantine architecture. Hagia Sophia was the largest church in the world for nearly a thousand years. The cathedral was completed in Seville. 1520 building that is visible today was built as a church during 532-537 AD by Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire. And a third church was built in this same place. (After the first two churches were destroyed during the riots), this church was the center of the Church of Eastern Orthodoxy Prince for almost 1,000 years in 1453 after the Ottoman Empire conquered the Byzantine Empire. Sultan Ahmed Mehdi 2nd church converted into a mosque. For example, moving the bell altars, statues and other symbols of Islam. Amina's post as the Hagia Sophie's main mosque was in Istanbul for more than 500 years, and the prototype of Ottoman mosque there. Such as mosques, Sultan Ahmed. (Blue Mosque), Hagia Ponce de Lhasa, the mosque was purchased Leila Fournier. Or Pasha Mosque and State in 1935, Hagia Sophia was converted into a museum by the Turkish government to present another name Hagia Sophia is St. Sophie's. Which comes from the name in Greek "Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας" means that the Church of wisdom consecrated by the word "Sophie's" comes from the Greek word that means "wisdom" has no relationship with the Saints. Sophie's name in any way.