One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Malta was to join the list. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, whose forces had conquered widely since his accession in 1520, sent a powerful expedition of 130 galleys ...

Third episode, tonight on TV, Monday, April 28, in prime time on Rai1, with Rai Cultura and 'Ulisse, il piacere della ...

Under the Byzantines, Hagia Sophia became the hub of Orthodox Christianity and the last standing symbol of their empire. But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan ... sultan Suleiman I had them plastered ...