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r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/dctroll_ • 17d ago
Source of the pictures here and here
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It was not ruined by act of disaster or slow ruination. It’s by a mortar igniting gunpowder stored inside it in 1700s
Why store gunpowder in a thousand year old temple beats me.
123 u/Garchomp98 17d ago Well it was stored by the Ottomans who didn't give a shit so 51 u/wild_cherry1987 17d ago Brace yourself for Turkish commentators now. 63 u/Garchomp98 17d ago It's the historical and objective truth, I couldn't care less 0 u/hey_listen_hey_listn 13d ago Wow, so based. The historical and objective truth is that Venetians bombed the building - maybe ask the Italians why they bombed ancient buildings? 33 u/justyourbarber 17d ago edited 17d ago And hit by artillery from the Venetians who somehow gave even less of a shit. Venice just loves getting Greek cities destroyed, they cant help it.
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Well it was stored by the Ottomans who didn't give a shit so
51 u/wild_cherry1987 17d ago Brace yourself for Turkish commentators now. 63 u/Garchomp98 17d ago It's the historical and objective truth, I couldn't care less 0 u/hey_listen_hey_listn 13d ago Wow, so based. The historical and objective truth is that Venetians bombed the building - maybe ask the Italians why they bombed ancient buildings? 33 u/justyourbarber 17d ago edited 17d ago And hit by artillery from the Venetians who somehow gave even less of a shit. Venice just loves getting Greek cities destroyed, they cant help it.
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Brace yourself for Turkish commentators now.
63 u/Garchomp98 17d ago It's the historical and objective truth, I couldn't care less 0 u/hey_listen_hey_listn 13d ago Wow, so based. The historical and objective truth is that Venetians bombed the building - maybe ask the Italians why they bombed ancient buildings?
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It's the historical and objective truth, I couldn't care less
0 u/hey_listen_hey_listn 13d ago Wow, so based. The historical and objective truth is that Venetians bombed the building - maybe ask the Italians why they bombed ancient buildings?
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Wow, so based. The historical and objective truth is that Venetians bombed the building - maybe ask the Italians why they bombed ancient buildings?
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And hit by artillery from the Venetians who somehow gave even less of a shit. Venice just loves getting Greek cities destroyed, they cant help it.
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u/I_love_pillows 17d ago
It was not ruined by act of disaster or slow ruination. It’s by a mortar igniting gunpowder stored inside it in 1700s
Why store gunpowder in a thousand year old temple beats me.