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[rdking647]

thru a fish eye.
built in 537 ad. the dome is so large the statue of liberty could fit inside.
took only 5 years to build 1500 yrs ago. largest church in the world for 1000 years


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[Truthseeker420]

Beautiful. Why don't they build anything like that today?

 

[Sunni Man]

It is one extremely beautiful mosque

 

[Trajan]

It is one extremely beautiful mosque

Mosque?

 

[rdking647]

It is one extremely beautiful mosque

originally built as a church in 537 it was a church until 1453 when constantinolple was conquered and it became a mosque. in 1931 the turkish republic seized it and converted it into a museum,which opened in 1935.
the use of the building as a house of worship is expressly forbidden today

 

[Mr. H.]

1500 years ago? Aliens had to have helped.

 

[jillian]

been there. it's beautiful. though we didn't get to go inside.

 

[Truthseeker420]

been there. it's beautiful. though we didn't get to go inside.

We don't ? What the hell kinda church is that?

 

[dilloduck]

I went to a really big ass church once.

 

[Mr. H.]

I went to a really big ass church once.

How big was it?

 

[dilloduck]

I went to a really big ass church once.

How big was it?

Not quite as big as this one-----helped build one once too but not that long ago.

 

[jillian]

been there. it's beautiful. though we didn't get to go inside.

We don't ? What the hell kinda church is that?

Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[dilloduck]

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