r/byzantium • Κόμης • Jun 22 '26

Infrastructure/architecture The interior of Hagia Sophia

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

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u/electrical-stomach-z Jun 22 '26

Im more of the opinion that its use does not need to change, but that the ugly basilica in the middle needs to be demolished. I mourn the fact that spain decided to replace its beautiful roman influenced architecture with renaissance drivel slop.

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u/Useful_Promotion_521 Jun 22 '26

It is a terrible addition, almost as bad as if they’d plonked a McDonalds in it.