Today Pope Benedict XVI visited the sixth century Byzantine monument St. Sofia (
Aya Sofya![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v6-YgIriit2JOkSEI5t45Vh-wuk_SGHXQ_QaRtcWfW7QX1t3JXZBGxRuFK9no5jnwUIViP4s8LwuR8iF9ZEtBYkz7s4oIVyc2fQKToMO-T52ggpkdKmQnRvutIQx5wFESRXUY3G9MOeezLQ33Wc0zWRUfHRhdkYa404CqG3543UmVr=s0-d)
), which was once a Church in the Byzantine Era that was converted to a mosque by the Ottman Empire. Today it is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
Photo of Pope Benedict XVI blessing a child as he visits the museum:
Tolga Adanali/Pool/Reuters
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It was interesting to see the different spelling for Hagia Sofia. The first time I had heard about this magnificent building was in art history class.
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