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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8406666, member: 128351"]Here are two photos of Saint Sophia, one I took a few years ago and a recent one picked from the ArtNews article. A few years ago, this church was still a monument (the Turkish said a museum) open to all. The Byzantine mosaics could be admired among the Ottoman paintings, the image of Mary, Jesus and the angels among the calligraphies of Allah, Muhammad an Umar... </p><p><br /></p><p>But in Istanbul they had a problem : too many schools and universities, too many hospitals, too many parks, theatres, libraries and cinemas, but not enough mosques. Because of this tragic emergency, they were forced to turn Saint Sophia into a mosque so the believers may have at last enough room to believe. But they felt a little embarrassed by Virgin Mary, in the apse above the windows, with her gaze full of mute reproach. They thought it better to hide her behind a veil, she's just another woman after all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now let's play "Where is Waldo?" : can you find a woman in the latest photo?</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1491281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8406666, member: 128351"]Here are two photos of Saint Sophia, one I took a few years ago and a recent one picked from the ArtNews article. A few years ago, this church was still a monument (the Turkish said a museum) open to all. The Byzantine mosaics could be admired among the Ottoman paintings, the image of Mary, Jesus and the angels among the calligraphies of Allah, Muhammad an Umar... But in Istanbul they had a problem : too many schools and universities, too many hospitals, too many parks, theatres, libraries and cinemas, but not enough mosques. Because of this tragic emergency, they were forced to turn Saint Sophia into a mosque so the believers may have at last enough room to believe. But they felt a little embarrassed by Virgin Mary, in the apse above the windows, with her gaze full of mute reproach. They thought it better to hide her behind a veil, she's just another woman after all. Now let's play "Where is Waldo?" : can you find a woman in the latest photo? [ATTACH=full]1491281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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