CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA.-St. Sophia was originally a Christian church founded by the Emperor Justinian in 532. It was completed nearly six years later and was dedicated to "Haggia Sophia"-Holy Wisdom. The minarets were added by the Turks when the church was converted into a mosque by Mohammed II, in the years 1453. The ground plan of the church is nearly square but the nare is oral and is roofed orer with a hugh dome as large as that of St Paul's in London.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 January 1939, Page 12
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84CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA.-St. Sophia was originally a Christian church founded by the Emperor Justinian in 532. It was completed nearly six years later and was dedicated to "Haggia Sophia"-Holy Wisdom. The minarets were added by the Turks when the church was converted into a mosque by Mohammed II, in the years 1453. The ground plan of the church is nearly square but the nare is oral and is roofed orer with a hugh dome as large as that of St Paul's in London. Greymouth Evening Star, 17 January 1939, Page 12
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