Hagia Sophia to be turned back into a mosque

Started by The Larch, July 10, 2020, 10:35:24 AM

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HVC

#105
August 06, 2020, 10:06:51 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 06, 2020, 08:59:42 AM
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D. Catarina is more famous for popularising tea in Albion though.  :P
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Maladict

#106
August 21, 2020, 09:40:31 AM
The Chora Church has been turned into a mosque today  :(

Valmy

#107
August 21, 2020, 09:42:44 AM
Quote from: Maladict on August 21, 2020, 09:40:31 AM
The Chora Church has been turned into a mosque today  :(

Huh. Was that ever a mosque?
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Sheilbh

#108
August 21, 2020, 09:50:18 AM
Until 1945. I've more of an issue with this one - it's more of a museum-ish building and less palimpsestical than Hagia Sophia.
Let's bomb Russia!

Maladict

#109
August 21, 2020, 10:29:13 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 21, 2020, 09:50:18 AM
Until 1945. I've more of an issue with this one - it's more of a museum-ish building and less palimpsestical than Hagia Sophia.

The interior spaces are very small and completely covered in mosaics and frescoes. I don't see any practical way of temporarily covering them like you can in Hagia Sophia.

Sheilbh

#110
August 21, 2020, 10:30:36 AM
Quote from: Maladict on August 21, 2020, 10:29:13 AM
The interior spaces are very small and completely covered in mosaics and frescoes. I don't see any practical way of temporarily covering them like you can in Hagia Sophia.
Yeah I agree and from my memory there's less of a presence in the building of its time as a mosque, which was still there with Hagia Sophia.
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