Cathedraldle
Puzzle #5 was Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church (360–1453) and a museum (1935–2020). The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537, becoming the world's largest interior space and among the first to employ a fully pendentive dome.
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What the record says
Puzzle 5 ran on 20 Jul 2026 and the answer was Hagia Sophia, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Turkey; Denomination - Sunni Islam; Architectural style - byzantine-eastern, regional-other. The numbers: Built century - 6 c..
Beyond the grid the record adds Heritage status - cultural property requiring protection, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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How it scored
- Country
- Turkey
- Denomination
- Sunni Islam
- Architectural style
- byzantine-eastern, regional-other
- Built century
- 6 c.
Also on the record
- Heritage status
- cultural property requiring protection, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site