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Where East meets West across three thousand years

"Vue générale de la grande nef, en regardant l'occident" - An illustration of the nave of the Ayasofya Mosque/Hagia Sophia from the period when it was in use as a mosque. This appears to be a very acc
General view of the great nave, looking west, Hagia Sophia © Gaspare Fossati (artist, 1809-1883) Louis Haghe (lithographer, 1806-1885) Adam Cuerden (restoration), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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