Hagia Sophia

Summary

Hagia Sophia is a cathedral^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hagia Sophia's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy^[3].
• Hagia Sophia is located in Thessaloniki Municipality^[4].
• Hagia Sophia is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Hagia Sophia's image is recorded as Thessaloniki Saint Sophia Church west wall.jpg^[6].
• Hagia Sophia's instance of is recorded as cathedral^[7].
• Holy Wisdom is named after Hagia Sophia^[8].
• Hagia Sophia's architectural style is recorded as Byzantine architecture^[9].
• Hagia Sophia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248606815^[10].
• Hagia Sophia's GND ID is recorded as 4220597-9^[11].
• Hagia Sophia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr88005110^[12].
• Hagia Sophia's location is recorded as Thessaloniki^[13].
• Hagia Sophia's part of is recorded as Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki^[14].
• Hagia Sophia's Commons category is recorded as Saint Sophia Church, Thessaloniki^[15].
• Hagia Sophia's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20036731^[16].
• +0700-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hagia Sophia^[17].
• Hagia Sophia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.632844444444, 'lon': 22.947094444444}^[18].
• Hagia Sophia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qyjmk^[19].
• Hagia Sophia's diocese is recorded as Metropolis of Thessaloniki^[20].
• Hagia Sophia's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 456-006^[21].
• Hagia Sophia's dedicated to is recorded as Holy Wisdom^[22].
• Hagia Sophia's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 002136490^[23].
• Hagia Sophia's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1661^[24].
• Hagia Sophia's described at URL is recorded as https://www.greeka.com/macedonia/thessaloniki/sightseeing/agia-sofia^[25].
• Hagia Sophia's heritage designation is recorded as archaeological site in Greece^[26].
• Hagia Sophia's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[27].

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Personal Life

Hagia Sophia's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Hagia Sophia include Agias Sofias metro station^[28], a Thessaloniki Metro station^[29], in Greece^[30], founded in 1987^[31] and Agias Sofias Square^[32], a square^[33], in Greece^[34].

Why It Matters

Hagia Sophia ranks in the top 5% of cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Agias Sofias metro station^[28], a Thessaloniki Metro station^[29], in Greece^[30], founded in 1987^[31] and Agias Sofias Square^[32], a square^[33], in Greece^[34].