Storiascopio · Era 7 of 12 · lower secondary year 1
Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
AD 537 · Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
In short
In about five years Justinian had an enormous church built, dedicated to Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia in Greek. Its designers were two experts in mathematics and geometry, Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus. The great dome seems to float in the air thanks to a row of windows around its base. In 1453 the building became a mosque, then a museum, and since 2020 it has been a mosque again.
Why it matters For almost a thousand years it was the largest church in the world, and it served as a model for many later churches and mosques.
Source: UNESCO, “Historic Areas of Istanbul”
Where we are in the era “Early Middle Ages”
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about AD 480Event 5 of 25about 1000
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/hagia-sophia-in-constantinople/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class