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To: loreldan

May I add:

http://www.travelbbb.com/alexander-nevsky-cathedral-sofia-bulgaria/

http://www.kusadasi.tv/hagia-sophia.html

Hagia Sophia but imagine it without the Islamic Towers to death and destruction tacked onto the four corners as an afterthought.

Sorry I don’t know how to post photos, so just the links.


4 posted on 04/21/2011 8:42:47 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: DariusBane

This one is nice as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Chapel


5 posted on 04/21/2011 8:45:04 PM PDT by loreldan (I'm shocked)
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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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