# Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/spot/ayasofya-i-kebir-cami-i-serifi/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

This page is about one place: Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), a spot in Istanbul with a story of its own. The story itself lives in the myTuur app, and it begins when you arrive and the app knows you are standing there.

- City: [Istanbul](https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_HagiaSophiaGrandMosque_66fffdab2ff49a4d0eebf16d_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hagia_Sophia_Theodosius_2007_007.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_HagiaSophiaGrandMosque_66fffdab2ff49a4d0eebf16d_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theodosius's_Hagia_Sophia_3.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_HagiaSophiaGrandMosque_66fffdab2ff49a4d0eebf16d_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theodosius's_Hagia_Sophia_17.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_HagiaSophiaGrandMosque_66fffdab2ff49a4d0eebf16d_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Façade_principale_de_Ste_Sophie,_prise_de_la_cour_du_médressé_-_Fossati_Gaspard_-_1852.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_HagiaSophiaGrandMosque_66fffdab2ff49a4d0eebf16d_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vue_de_la_nouvelle_tribune_impériale,_prise_entre_les_colonnes_d'Ephèze,_et_ensuite_de_face_-_Fossati_Gaspard_-_1852.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Istanbul. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.