What was Hagia Sophia originally built as?

Today's Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I as a Christian church in Constantinople and inaugurated in 537. After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it was converted into a mosque. It later served as a museum from 1935 and as a mosque again since 2020. The Hagia Sophia influenced both church and mosque construction for centuries and is one of the most important buildings in Istanbul.

Hagia Sophia was originally built in the 6th century as a Christian church.

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