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|location    = [[Constantinople]]  
|location    = [[Constantinople]]  
|dateconstructed= around 500 CE
|dateconstructed= Circa 500 C.E.
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|appearance  = ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]''}}
|appearance  = ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]''}}
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This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the 6th century and was a model for the Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul.
This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the 6th century and was a model for the Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul.
==Database entry==
''The Ottomans called that one “Kucuk Ayasofya”, or Little Hagia Sophia. It was a Byzantine church initially, built sometime around 500, and many believe it served as an early prototype for the larger Hagia Sophia cathedral built a few decades later.''
''But I have my doubts. The two buildings may share some salient aesthetic features, but their structural elements are vastly different. It’s obvious, right? I mean, if you bother to look closely.''


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==Source==
==Source==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rldTCA3HxA&feature=player Aya Sophia]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
 
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Little Hagia Sophia, formerly the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchusis, is a former Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, later converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire.

This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the 6th century and was a model for the Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul.

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Source