The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. Credit Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons After fifteen centuries, Hagia Sophia‘s maze-like, underground ...

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Mosaic panel located at the southwestern entrance of the Hagia Sophia depicting the emperor Constantine I holding a model of the city of Constantinople (right), the emperor Justinian I holding a model ...