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Hagia Sophia (officially Hagia Sophia-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a multi-layered historical structure located in Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula that has served various religious, political, and cultural functions during the Roman, Ottoman, and Republican periods. The current building is the third Hagia Sophia constructed on the same site and was rebuilt by Emperor Justinian I after the previous church was destroyed in the Nika Revolt of 532. It was inaugurated for worship on 27 December 537.【1】 A