Hagia Irene (Turkish:
Aya İrini) is a former
Eastern Orthodox church located in
Istanbul Province. It is open as a
museum every day except Tuesday. The building reputedly stands on the site of a
pre-Christian temple. It ranks, in fact, as the first
church built in
Constantinople.
Roman emperor
Constantine I commissioned the first
Hagia Irene church in the
4th century. It served as the church of the
Patriarchate before
Hagia Sophia was completed in
360.
Coordinates:
41° 0' 34.47" N 28° 58' 54.70" E
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