For 1,500 years Hagia Sophia has stood in the heart of the city once known as Constantinople, today's Istanbul. The world's largest building at the time of construction, and the world's largest ...

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When the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was built in the 6th century, it was the largest building in the world, an engineering marvel. And the unique acoustics inside inspired composers to write 10 ...

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