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Who originally ordered the first church on the site of Hagia Sophia?
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Hagia Sophia
A bird's-eye view of Hagia Sophia on the shore of the Bosporus, Istanbul.
The first church on the site of the Hagia Sophia, known as the Megale Ekklesia, was commissioned by Emperor Constantine I in 325 CE.1