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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The Church of the Divine Wisdom
The Church of the Divine Wisdom was built in Instanbul, Turkey in 537 AD. In Turkish it is called Ayasofya, in Greek it is Hagia Sophia, and in Latin it is Sancta Sophia. Thirty million gold
tesserae
, tiny mosaic tiles, line its interior.
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