Detail from the lighting inside Ayasofia or Hagia Sofia in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, taken from the upper gallery. Built in 537 AD as a church, i

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Detail from the lighting inside Ayasofia or Hagia Sofia in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, taken from the upper gallery. Built in 537 AD as a church, it was converted into a mosque in the mid-1400s.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: istanbul, turkey
Photo credit: © dragoncello / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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