Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is a formerly Greek Orthodox church that was converted into a mosque following the conquest of Trabzon by Mehmed II in 1461. It is located in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey.Photo: Balkanique, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Byzantine monument in Trabzon, Turkey
- Also known as: “Ayasofya Camii” and “Hagia Sophia, Trabzon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ortahisar Fatih Grand Mosque and Multi-Purpose Hall (St. John’s Church).
Ortahisar Fatih Grand Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Karabasan61, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fatih Mosque is a mosque in Ortahisar district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. It was originally built in Byzantine times as the Panagia Chrysokephalos Church, serving as both the catholicon for the see of Trebizond, and a church for a monastery. Ortahisar Fatih Grand Mosque is situated 2 km east of Hagia Sophia.
Multi-Purpose Hall (St. John’s Church)
Arts center
Photo: Ali Osman Dilekoğlu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Multi-Purpose Hall (St. John’s Church) is an arts center, which is situated 1½ km east of Hagia Sophia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trabzon and Çukurçayır.
Trabzon
Photo: Alaexis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trabzon is the largest city in the Eastern Karadeniz region of Turkey, with a population of 323,000 in 2023, and another 500,000 in the outlying towns.
Çukurçayır
Suburb
Çukurçayır is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ortahisar, Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its population is 33,438. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Çukurçayır is situated 3½ km southeast of Hagia Sophia.
Düzyurt
Village
Duzyurt is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ortahisar, Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,782. Düzyurt is situated 7 km south of Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia
- Categories: church, mosque, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ortahisar, Trabzon Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Hagia Sophia” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἁγία Σοφία”
- Arabic: “آيا صوفيا”
- Arabic: “كنيسة آيا صوفيا (ترابزون)”
- Arabic: “كنيسة آيا صوفيا”
- Arabic: “كنيسة الحكمة المقدسة (ترابزون)”
- Arabic: “كنيسة الحكمة المقدسة (طرابزون)”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayasofiya (Trabzon)”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayasofiya”
- Basque: “Hagia Sofia”
- Belarusian: “Храм Святой Сафіі”
- Bengali: “আয়া সোফিয়া, ট্রাবজন”
- Chinese: “圣索菲亚教堂”
- Czech: “Hagia Sofia”
- Dutch: “Hagia Sophia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه آيا صوفيا”
- French: “église Sainte-Sophie de Trébizonde”
- French: “Église Sainte-Sophie de Trébizonde”
- Georgian: “აია-სოფიას ტაძარი (ტრაპიზონი)”
- Georgian: “აია-სოფიას ტაძარი”
- German: “Hagia Sophia”
- Greek: “Αγία Σοφία Τραπεζούντας”
- Greek: “Αγία Σοφία”
- Hausa: “Hagia Sophia, Trabzon”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- Italian: “Moschea di Santa Sofia”
- Italian: “Santa Sofia di Trebisonda”
- Japanese: “聖ソフィア大聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ソフィア聖堂”
- Korean: “아야 소피아”
- Lithuanian: “Sofijos soboras (Trabzonas)”
- Lithuanian: “Sofijos soboras”
- Portuguese: “Hagia Sophia de Trabzon”
- Portuguese: “Santa Sofia”
- Russian: “Храм Святой Софии (Трабзон)”
- Russian: “Храм Святой Софии”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Sofía (Trebisonda)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Sofia de Trebisonda”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Sofía de Trebisonda”
- Spanish: “Santa Sofía (Trebisonda)”
- Spanish: “Santa Sofía”
- Swedish: “Hagia Sofia, Trabzon”
- Swedish: “Hagia Sofia”
- Turkish: “Ayasofya Camii”
- Turkish: “Ayasofya”
- Turkish: “Trabzon Ayasofya Camii”
- Turkish: “Trabzon Ayasofya Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Святої Софії (Трабзон)”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Святої Софії”
- Urdu: “آیا صوفیہ (طرابزون)”
- Urdu: “آیا صوفیہ”
- Uzbek: “Ayo Sofiya ibodatxonasi (Trabzon)”
- Uzbek: “Ayo Sofiya ibodatxonasi”
- Western Frisian: “Hagia Sofia (Trabzon)”
- Western Frisian: “Hagia Sofia”
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