GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
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| Date | 1853 |
| Technique | Woodblock Engraving (Newspaper-Text on Reverse) |
| Category | Ottoman Empire And Turkey |
| Source | The İllustrated London News (September 24 1853-Page 265) |
Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in 537 as a church on the historical peninsula of Istanbul. After Istanbul was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, it was converted into a mosque by Fatih Sultan Mehmet. It was used as a museum between 1935-2020, and it has been used as a mosque again since 2020.
