Offers a history of the landmark church built by the emperor Justinian I in CE537. Offers a computer model of the structure.

Find a computer reconstruction depicting the famous Constantinople church as it looked in the twelfth century, as well as a modern-day photo.

Read this translation of Procopius' 537 dedication of Emperor Justinian's great building project, the basilica of Hagia Sophia.

Guide to this building, which has been a church and a mosque and is now a museum, features photos of the interior mosaics. Learn about its history.