Built between 532 - 537 on order of the Byzantian emperor, Hagia Sophia is one of the largest and most beautiful cathedrals in the world... (so says Wikipedia). Anyway, as most people know what it looks like, I only post 2 fuzzy photos. Fuzzy because I didn't reach it until about 5:00pm and the light wasn't so good. I found the intereior interesting as there was some restoration going on and the decorative work was so... what? Some parts had be redone by Sinan when Ayasofya was used as a mosque.This picture shows some of the detail of one of the many balconies.
And this one is of the marble floor of the hall. I always notice how smooth and hard the stone is and wonder at the number of visits it takes to wear down the marble like this.
Built between 532 - 537 on order of the Byzantian emperor, Hagia Sophia is one of the largest and most beautiful cathedrals in the world... (so says Wikipedia). Anyway, as most people know what it looks like, I only post 2 fuzzy photos. Fuzzy because I didn't reach it until about 5:00pm and the light wasn't so good. I found the intereior interesting as there was some restoration going on and the decorative work was so... what? Some parts had be redone by Sinan when Ayasofya was used as a mosque.This picture shows some of the detail of one of the many balconies. 
And this one is of the marble floor of the hall. I always notice how smooth and hard the stone is and wonder at the number of visits it takes to wear down the marble like this.
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