TS:Another “must-see” in
Istanbul, the
Aya Sofya (
Hagia Sophia in Greek).
The unassuming exterior.
TS:The
Aya Sofya looks quite small and, frankly, quite dull from the outside. But inside…
People, people, people everywhere.
TS:I don’t know how that “tiny” structure outside could house this interior!
In a nutshell, work on the present structure began around 532 A.D. and there were numerous instances of damage and periods of reconstruction.
TS:It was the large (...)
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