To: loreldan
4 posted on
04/21/2011 8:42:47 PM PDT by
DariusBane
(People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
To: DariusBane
5 posted on
04/21/2011 8:45:04 PM PDT by
loreldan
(I'm shocked)
To: DariusBane
A number of years back I was able to spend about 4 hours viewing the Hagia Sophia. I had a large picture book of the place with me that had pre-Mohammedan rendering of the site compared with it after the Mohammedan conquest.
Frankly, I liked it better as it was originally. There were some outside changes, gardens and water courses added that were nice - but the interior, major changes, changes just destroyed the intent of the building.
A lot of people came over and were very interested in the book. Many had no idea of the Hagia Sophia original meaning.
Constantinople vs Istanbul.....;)
13 posted on
04/21/2011 8:55:08 PM PDT by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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