How to pronounce“byzantine”in English
adjdo with the official status of the building and for that I have to give you a little bit of history. The Haga Sophia was built in the sixth century during
Byzantine times. For centuries it was Christendom's largest church but then in 1453 when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople it became a mosque and in
1935 it was turned into a museum. So previous popes actually visited the site
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Definitions of “byzantine”
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman Empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.
A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire
A dark, metallic shade of violet.
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