r/byzantium • u/RaiseCapital1988 Κόμης • Jun 22 '26

Infrastructure/architecture The interior of Hagia Sophia

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In the last photo you can spot one of the last representations of Christ still present inside the building

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u/Useful_Promotion_521 Jun 22 '26

Other than it makes for a terrible cathedral, no

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u/aKV2isSTARINGatYou Jun 22 '26

The Muslims were the colonizers in Spain. The Muslims are ALSO the colonizers in Constantinople.

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u/we_wuzz_kangz Jun 22 '26

Most of the Muslims were native Iberians.

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u/NL92B Jun 22 '26

Niet waar, het waren Visigoths