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Another remarkable building that is not quite so old (a mere ~1500 years) is the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

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Too bad Turkey decided to convert it back from a museum to a mosque [1]. Guess I won't be visiting Istanbul, then...

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53366307

I'm sure you can still visit it even though it is a mosque - I've certainly visited many mosques in Turkey and other countries.

I've been there as a mosque and it was fine, I am agnostic but from a super Catholic family, didn't bother me or the rest of the group at all, it was quite cool.

The smell thought, was super funky, I guess that is what carpets and 1000's of feets do :)

You will be missing out, Turkey is a super cool country, awesome food, super very proud people.

Haia Sofia is not even in the TOP 10 of my list of cool stuff to do in Istambul. I really hope to go back some day and spend a at least 2 weeks in the region next time.

What's in your list Top10 in Istanbul ? Curious

Turkey is (or at least was) a very popular holiday destination from the UK - and I've been loads of times. However, I did get a lot of grief at US immigration once when I was asked about all of the Turkish stamps in my passport... and had to spend twenty minutes or so explaining why I liked Turkey, which fortunately is pretty easy.

The problem is that they are a proud people

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