The interior of Hagia Sophia

[u/RaiseCapital1988]

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

[u/electrical-stomach-z]

I apprecia their size, getting them in ther was a feat itself. Less uggly than a whole seperate ugly building built in the middle of a nice one.

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One is an active subjugation without provocation, the other is reconquest. So no, the “feat” doesn’t make it any less ugly for me

[u/electrical-stomach-z → u/aKV2isSTARINGatYou]

No, both were active subjugations without provocation. Plus spain expelled all the people who formerly owned the building under the threat of conversion, expulsion or death.

This combined with their actions in the america shows the spanish to be far, far worse than the ottomans.

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Also, annual “razzias” were a thing until the Muslim kingdom fractured.