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Antique illustration of view of Hagia Sophia, inside (Istanbul, Turkey), a former Christian church, then mosque, as it was during the 19th century (now it's a museum), It was built from 6th century to 15th century and it's a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture.The drawing features part of the monumental dome, the semi-domes, the main nave, colonnaded galleries, the vaulting, the decorations (mosaics), the pulpit, The apse, the mihrab (altar), the gigantic circular-framed disks or medallions hung on columns (with Arabic inscriptions).