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Friday, April 16, 2010

Mosaic, Haghia Sophia


This mosaic in the Haghia Sophia was covered over when the Muslims took over the city in 1453. The well preserved mosaics where uncovered during renovations in 1930 when Ataturk converted the Haghia Sophai to a national museum. This mosaic of Christ is thought to be the image that all pictures of him are based on.

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