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What church combines the intricacies of Greek theology, the ambitious architectural scale of Rome, the vaulting tradition of the Mesopotamia, and the mysticism of Eastern Christianity in order to create a monument that is the summation of antiquity and the triumph of Christianity?

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Hagia Sophia or Church of the Holy Wisdom

Step-by-step explanation:

Your question cites Fred S. Kleiner's book Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, Volume I

Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral and now it is a museum. It's located in Istambul and was a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire, Swiss-Italian architect brothers Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati consolidated domes and vaults in the Renovation of 1847.

To say that it's " the summation of antiquity and the triumph of Christianity" is a Fred S. Kleiner's opinion due to in November 2013 Turkish Muslim people are demanding Hagia Sophia to be converted into a mosque again.

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