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Earthquake damages the Little Hagia Sophia

When
1763
Where
Little Hagia Sophia (Küçük Ayasofya Camii), Istanbul
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Earthquake damages Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

An earthquake in 1763 damaged the Little Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, a former Byzantine church converted to a mosque.

The Little Hagia Sophia (Küçük Ayasofya Camii), a sixth-century Byzantine building with a central dome plan erected by Justinian and converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire, sustained damage in an earthquake in 1763. The sources do not specify the month or day of the earthquake or the extent of the damage. The damage was eventually repaired in 1831 under Sultan Mahmud II, together with damage from an earlier earthquake of 1648.

Sources

  1. Little Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

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