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Along with being a church, the building served as a meeting place for the [[Byzantium|Byzantine]] nobility.
Along with being a church, the building served as a meeting place for the [[Byzantium|Byzantine]] nobility.
The church was built by the Byzantine [[emperor]] [[Justinian]], who is said to have exclaimed upon its creation, "O [[Solomon]], I have outdone thee!" The reference is to [[Solomon's Temple]].
The church was built by the Byzantine [[emperor]] [[Justinian]], who is said to have exclaimed upon its creation, "O [[Solomon]], I have outdone thee!" The reference is to [[Solomon's Temple]]. The architects of St. Sophia were Asiatics: Anthemius of Tralles and Isodorus of Miletus. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03094a.htm]