Thank you for the great pics of Agia Sofia, george, Its funny that the Turks even when they tried to "erase" or whitewash the Churches mosaic symbols they couldn't because of the way the church was build, covered with thousands upon thousands of glittering colorful mosaics. The Christian Icons and symbols kept appearing no matter what. LoL!! hehe...I guess the church is making herself clear..no matter what anyone does to her, she will always reveal her true self. :) In the 17th century the Ottomans even veiled the face of the Virgin Mary in the Church. Unbelievable.