The Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), ISTANBUL, October 2023

Over a thousand years ago, a Byzantine Roman Emperor, Emperor Justinian, built a cathedral that was so magnificent that when he entered it for the first time in AD 537, oral tradition records that he exclaimed: “Solomon, I have surpassed you!” #Byzantium #HAGIASOPHIA #Ayasofya #ISTANBUL #love #travel #like #art