Little Hagia Sophia
| Little Hagia Sophia Mosque Küçük Ayasofya Camii |
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Northeast (rear) view of Little Hagia Sophia in 2013
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°00′10″N 28°58′19″E / 41.00278°N 28.97194°E |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Year consecrated | between 1506 and 1513 |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Isidorus of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles |
| Architectural type | church |
| Architectural style | Byzantine |
| Groundbreaking | 527 |
| Completed | 536 |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Materials | brick, granite, marble |
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya Camii), formerly the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῶν Ἁγίων Σεργίου καὶ Βάκχου ἐν τοῖς Ὁρμίσδου, Ekklēsía tôn Hagíōn Sergíou kaì Bákchou en toîs Hormísdou), is a former Greek Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire.
This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the sixth century by Justinian, likely was a model for Hagia Sophia ("Holy Wisdom"), and is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul. It was recognized at the time as an adornment to the entire city, and a modern historian of the East Roman Empire has written that the church, "by the originality of its architecture and the sumptuousness of its carved decoration, ranks in Constantinople second only to St. Sophia itself".
The building stands in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighborhood of Kumkapı, at a short distance from the Marmara Sea, near the ruins of the Great Palace and to the south of the Hippodrome. It is now separated from the sea by the Sirkeci-Halkalı suburban railway line and the coastal road, Kennedy Avenue.
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