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The Hagia Sophia was designed by two architects from Asia Minor: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.21
Commissioned by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, the construction of the current edifice was completed in 537 CE, following a remarkably rapid building period of less than six years.21