Monday, February 15, 2010

The Rescued Fragment

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, Photos from my trip to Azerbaijan
This is known to be the "first church" but when a holy war erupted in Turkey all the original mosaic artwork was plastered over with Muslim paintings. When the war ended, people were able to uncover the original artwork. Though many of the mosaics are left damaged, here are some of fragments that were rescued =)