A window in the upper gallery in Ayasofia or Hagia Sofia in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, taken on the ground floor. Built in 537 AD as a church, it

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A window in the upper gallery in Ayasofia or Hagia Sofia in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, taken on the ground floor. Built in 537 AD as a church, it was converted into a mosque in the mid-1400s.

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Location: istanbul, turkey
Photo credit: © dragoncello / Alamy / Afripics
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