Ordering Information Product ID: ST-AR-23 Image Number: B73-8 Please call 360-676-2765 for custom ordering options. Description The scan doesn't do justice to the magnificence of the original image. The Hagia Sofia truly is one of the great structures of the world, and she's had a remarkable and fascinating history as Istanbul changed from Byzantine to Ottoman to its present modern state. Also called Ayasofya, this grand structure was built in six years by the emperor Justinian I, completed in 537 A.D. Twenty years later an earthquake caused the dome to collapse, but it was quickly rebuilt, not quite identical to the original. Keywords Hagia Sofia, Hajia Sofia, cathedral, Istanbul, Constantinople, church, churches, mosque, mosques, Byzantine, Byzantium, dome, Turkey, architecture, Ottoman