The "Kucuk Ayasofia Camii" (means "Little Hagia Sophia mosque"), formerly a byzantine church, Istanbul, Turkey.
The "Kucuk Ayasofia Camii" (means "Little Hagia Sophia mosque"), formerly the byzantine Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus , Istanbul, Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the 6th century and was a model for the Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul. The building stands in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighborhood of Kumkapi, at a short distance from the Marmara Sea, near the ruins of the Great Palace and to the south of the Hippodrome. It is now separated from the sea by the Sirkeci-Halkalı suburban railway line and the coastal road. [edit] History
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Location: Kumkapi, Istanbul, Turkey
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