Friday, May 18
The Byzantine mosaics were painted over when the Hagia Sofia was a mosque.
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The Hagia Sofia looks big from here.
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But now you can see that it's immense. The scaffolding is for restoration work.
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There are all sorts of intricate details.
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Istanbul's Underground Cistern, built in the fourth century.
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