Hagia Sophia Museum
The Hagia Sophia Museum was very big. It was also used as a church too. It was one of the most visited museums ever visited. People mainly visited it because it was a huge monument and the art and architecture was perfect. The Hagia Sophia was known as "the eighth wonder of the world". The East Roman Philon named the museum that way back in the 6th century.
The Hagia Sophia that is standing today isn't the "original" building. The one that is standing now is the third construction. The architectural style is different from the other two, but it is still in the same location all the other two. The original building was constructed by two of the most very important architects of the time period of 527 through 565. Anthemios Tralles and Isioros Miletus were the architects of the Hagia Sophia, and many other great monuments, and they were ordered by Emperor Justinianos. But both of the architects that were building it had 100 workers each that were working under them, that's what was mentioned in the resources.
On February 25, 532 is when the Hagia Sophia was starting to get built. It really didn't take that long to build. Even though it was a huge museum it only took about 5 years and 10 months to build. They had a huge ceremony for its opening day on December 27, 537.
Even though the Hagia Sophia was a beautiful museum, it was also a church. It was a church for about 916 years. The following conquest of Istanbul by Faith Sultan Mehmed, the Hagia Sophia was converted into mosque. After it was used for a church it was then used for a mosque. It was used for a mosque for about 482 years. The decisions of the Council of Ministers was under the order of Ataturk. Then after the Hagia Sophia was a museum then a church then a mosque, it was then converted into a museum again in 1935.
The visiting hours were pretty normal for a museum. back in the day they used military time to determine their hours. In a normal week they were open everyday except for Mondays. In the winter they were open from 09:00 to 17:00, which in our time would be 9:00 a.m. so 5:00 p.m.. Then in the summer time it was a little different, they were open from 09:00 to 19:00 which would be 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m..
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