Hagia Irene
creator: Patron: Constantine I (272-337)
creator: Patron: Justinian I (482-565)
source: Image 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagia_Irene,_Istanbul_(52112279404)_(cropped).jpg
date: Construction completed: 337
date: Destroyed by fire in Nika Revolt: 532
date: Church reconstruction ordered by Justinian I: 548
date: Damaged by Constantinople Earthquake: 740
date: Church enclosed within walls of Topkapi Palace: post-1453 (fall of Constantinople to Mehmed II) Used by Janissaries as arsenal, warehouse for military equipment, and repository for trophies of arm and military regalia taken by the Ottomans during conquest: until 1826
date: Converted to National Military Museum during the reign of Sultan Ahmet III: 1726
date: Made into military antiques museum by Ahmed Fethi Paşa, Marshal of the Imperial Arsenal: 1846
date: Turned over to Turkish Ministry of Culture: 1978
contributor: Brittany Lumanlan Martin
language: Istanbul, Turkey
type: Religious
type: Commercial
type: Public