English noun: Hagia Sofia | |||
1. | Hagia Sofia (artifact) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Hagia Sophia, Santa Sofia, Santa Sophia | ||
Instance hypernym | museum | ||
Part meronym | Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul | ||