angrywayne:
this makes it a mosque
angrywayne:
crumbling exterior
angrywayne:
thousands of year, millions of footsteps
angrywayne:
just inside and up
angrywayne:
you get a notion of it
angrywayne:
you can see the transitions through time
angrywayne:
and you feel it in your bones
angrywayne:
islamic tile patchwork
angrywayne:
still byzantine, despite the arabic
angrywayne:
on going restoration
angrywayne:
time worn
angrywayne:
apse mosaic of Theotokus
angrywayne:
broken up
angrywayne:
turned
angrywayne:
CATS comes to Aya Sofya
angrywayne:
the main atrium
angrywayne:
deep crimson marble column
angrywayne:
inspiration for generations
angrywayne:
restoration ladder
angrywayne:
and then they made bookplates afterwards
angrywayne:
the weeping wound
angrywayne:
passageway up
angrywayne:
step into the upper gallery
angrywayne:
it took two days to go two inches
angrywayne:
lay against the wall
angrywayne:
looking down from the upper gallery
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rings of the ceiling
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bearing the weight
angrywayne:
through the scaffolding
angrywayne:
even the upper gallery is huge
