Hagia Sophia (Great Church) - ܥܕܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ
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“The monumental main church of Constantinople was destroyed during the Nika riots in 532, then rebuilt by Justinian on an even greater scale. Known as the Great Church, it played a major role in imperial ceremonies throughout the Byzantine period.” 1
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- Lat. 41.008548° Long. 28.979938°5
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“The monumental main church of Constantinople was destroyed during the Nika riots in 532, then rebuilt by Justinian on an even greater scale. Known as the Great Church, it played a major role in imperial ceremonies throughout the Byzantine period.” 1
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- 1 Alexander P. Kazhdan (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)., p: 892-895.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 96; 144; 172, chapter: 3.2.29; 3.3.17; 3.3.39.
- 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 13; 96; 106; 134; 138; 153; 160, chapter: 3.1.12; 3.2.29; 3.2.39; 3.3.9; 3.3.13; 3.3.26; 3.3.31.
- 4 Wolfgang Müller-Wiener, Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion – Konstantinupolis – Istanbul (Tübingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1977)., p: 84.
- 5 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/307220778/imagery-location
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