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Ten- to 15-year-old students from several classes at the Bilfen Schools in Istanbul, Turkey, created PowerPoint presentations about the Hagia Sophia after reviewing the information about all of the 21 finalists on the New7Wonders web site. Students also created a poster and encouraged their family and friends to vote for their favorite sites. Some other students are working on models of the Hagia Sophia for their Fine Arts projects.
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Hagia Sophia, (the Church of) Holy Wisdom, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, is a former eastern orthodox church converted to a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. It is located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is traditionally considered one of the great buildings in history. Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fal off Constantinapole is considered one of the great tragedies of christianity by the greek orthodox faithful.The name comes from the greek name Ἁγία Σοφία, a contraction of Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, meaning "Church of the holy wisdom of God It is also known as Sancta Sophia in Latin and Ayasofya in Turkish Although it is sometimes called "Saint Sophia" in English, it is not named after a saint named Sophia — the Greek word sofia means "wisdom.“