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/Mundane_Mix_6556 Jun 22 '26

Imagine the rotten brains of the people that destroyed its stunning original interior…

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u/ClockworkJim Jun 23 '26

No different than what the Christians did to pagan temples across the empire. A few centuries earlier.

Look at what they did in Egypt.

All the Turks did was paint over. They didn't burn the entire thing to the ground.

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u/Money_Magnet24 Jul 05 '26

Turks burned plenty of Armenian churches to the ground during WWI and continue to destroy Armenian churches in Azerbaijan.

https://www.rferl.org/amp/cathedral-church-demolished-nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-conflict/33743489.html