(n) 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, Syn. Santa Sophia, Hagia Sofia, Santa Sofia
[圣索非亚大教堂 / 聖索非亞大教堂, Shèng Suǒ fēi yà dà jiào tángㄕㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄤˊ] Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)