A view of the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

Posted: Feb 4, 2010
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This is a short video of the interior of the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) Museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The magnificent Ayasofya was originally built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 537 AD, and it was used as a church for 916 years. It then became a mosque for 481 years, and Turkey's first President, Atatürk, declared it a museum in 1935.

URL: http://www.celebritynetworth.com/watch/5P687yZECo4/a-view-ayasofya-hagia-sophia/

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Travel, Ayasofya, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Museum, Byzantine Emperor Justinian, church, mosque, Ataturk

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