The Long Survival of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
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Ancient, beautiful, and huge — Hagia Sophia
Istanbul is not a city you can come to grips with in a single day. But with the help of travel specialist Şerif Yenen and his series of quick-guide videos, you can start unraveling the many different dimensions of Turkey’s cultural capital. For this third installment in his series, Yenen describes the transformation of the fascinating building that is the Hagia Sophia, throughout its three incarnations since it was first built in 360 AD…
(This is and excerpt from Serif Yenen’s Blog at the Culture Trip website.)