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CTyankee

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26. As an art historian, I have to agree with you on this. I have studied the predations visited upon

Reply to BlueMTexpat (Reply #20)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 01:51 AM

Jul 2020

the Ghent Altarpiece and feel happy that it is now safe and I would like to feel the same about the Hagia Sophia.

Because of the doings of the Trump administration, Turkey has joined with the EU to deny me and any other Americans entrance to the country. So whatever Turkey did then or now is moot for us, if we would want to visit there.

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Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago [View all] Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 OP

Fascinating! Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #1

I really enjoyed that. Thank you. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2

Incredible acoustics. What a haunting, ethereal wave of voices. wendyb-NC Jul 2020 #3

That sound is just astonishing. Ethereal; even surreal... Aristus Jul 2020 #4

I am so deeply gratified! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #6

Well done! Aristus Jul 2020 #9

What a wonderful project to be involved with Hekate Jul 2020 #15

There is a Blu-ray disc available. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #36

Just ordered the CD/Blu-Ray combo... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #17

Merci milles fois! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #37

Weird timing for this since Turkey is trying to turn it into a mosque Renew Deal Jul 2020 #5

It's why I posted this in General Discussion. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #7

Hardly a "crime" against civilization! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #14

If, as a mosque and not as rusty fender Jul 2020 #16

Non-Muslims are allowed to visit BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #19

Because fundamentalists would likely make it effectively impossible Amishman Jul 2020 #30

The whole point of Hagia Sophia being a museum is precisely to "celebrate all the cultures"... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #18

It doesn't sound as if the Hagia Sophia BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #20

As an art historian, I have to agree with you on this. I have studied the predations visited upon CTyankee Jul 2020 #26

I truly hope that the policy will change. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #28

Do you feel this way about Mt Rushmore as well? jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #24

Mount Rushmore is NOT a building. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #27

Does it really matter if it's a building or not? jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #31

The fact that I mentioned BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #32

Back into a mosque. marybourg Jul 2020 #10

Thank you! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #29

The sound is amazing peggysue2 Jul 2020 #8

Stunning. chowder66 Jul 2020 #11

A lot of music was written for specific building acoustics Warpy Jul 2020 #12

Umm, click bait? denbot Jul 2020 #13

It's in there Lucinda Jul 2020 #40

While in the USAF in the late 1960s, I was stationed MineralMan Jul 2020 #21

I, too, lived in a Muslim country when I was 21 Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #39

Love it! MineralMan Jul 2020 #42

How wonderful dickthegrouch Jul 2020 #22

Avec plaisir! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #23

Haunting and beautiful n/t jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #25

Oh my goodness! lunatica Jul 2020 #33

Utterly fascinating Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #38

I downloaded it yesterday, and have been listening to it all day at work. Aristus Jul 2020 #34

I sincerely hope you will explore Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #35

KNR Lucinda Jul 2020 #41

Oh my God.. literally.. the difference between the studio Peacetrain Jul 2020 #43

I think it's something like Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #44