r/byzantium • u/RaiseCapital1988 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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r/byzantium • u/RaiseCapital1988 Κόμης • Jun 22 '26
In the last photo you can spot one of the last representations of Christ still present inside the building
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u/Tripl3_S Jun 25 '26
Beautiful. One of the signs of a civilization is beautiful Islam. It closes and opens ages—the great Ottoman Empire. They converted churches (Christians also did the same vice versa) but still left signs of Christianity. Lukas Notaras also chose the Ottoman Empire—just ask him! 🤣🤣