| Little Hagia Sophia Küçük Ayasofya Camii | |
|---|---|
 Little Hagia Sophia | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam (present); Greek Orthodox (original) |
| Year consecrated | between 1506 and 1513 (Islam); c. 536 (Christianity) |
| Location | |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
  Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°00′10″N 28°58′19″E / 41.00278°N 28.97194°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Isidorus of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles (attributed) |
| Type | Built as a church, later converted into a mosque |
| Style | Byzantine |
| Groundbreaking | 532 |
| Completed | 536 |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Materials | brick, granite, marble, verd antique |
| Part of | Historic Areas of Istanbul |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 356 |
| Inscription | 1985 (9th Session) |
The Little Hagia Sophia mosque (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya Camii), formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῶν Ἁγίων Σεργίου καὶ Βάκχου ἐν τοῖς Ὁρμίσδου, translit. Ekklēsía tôn Hagíōn Sergíou kaì Bákchou en toîs Hormísdou), is a former Greek Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople (modern Istanbul), built between 532 and 536, and converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire.[1]
This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the sixth century by Justinian; despite its Turkish name, it likely was not a model for Hagia Sophia ("Holy Wisdom"), with which its construction was contemporary, but it is nonetheless one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul.[2] It was recognized at the time by Procopius as an adornment to the entire city,[3] and a modern historian of the East Roman Empire has written that the church "by the originality of its architecture and the sumptuousness of its carved decoration, ranks in Constantinople second only to St Sophia itself".[4]
- ^ Bardill, Jonathan (2017). "The Date, Dedication, and Design of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople". Journal of Late Antiquity. 10 (1): 85–86. doi:10.1353/jla.2017.0003. ISSN 1942-1273.
- ^ Bardill, Jonathan (2017). "The Date, Dedication, and Design of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople". Journal of Late Antiquity. 10 (1): 62–130. doi:10.1353/jla.2017.0003. ISSN 1942-1273.
- ^ Procopius, De Aedificiis, I.4.3–8. Procopius was describing both the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus and the conjoined Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
- ^ Norwich (1988), p. 531