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Noun: Santa Sofia
  1. 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
    - Hagia Sophia, Hagia Sofia, Santa Sophia

Type of: museum

Part of: Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul

Encyclopedia: Santa Sofia, Lendinara