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HAGIA SOPHIA
COLLECTION

Hagia Sophia, which means “holy wisdom,” is the first masterpiece of Byzantine architecture where the relics of the Magi were initially presumably kept. Its influence has had a lasting effect on Eastern Orthodox architecture and the construction of Catholic churches and mosques in the Muslim world.

THEMES OF THE COLLECTION

BASILICA OF HAGIA SOPHIA

HAGIA SOPHIA
& THE WRITINGS ON THE MAGI

EMPERORS
& EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE

HAGIA SOPHIA UNDER
MUSLIM DOMINATION

COINS & MEDALS