[Lurker]

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[george76]

the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Byzantine craftsmen were used to create the mosaic decoration

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[Mike Fieschko]

Welcome to Byzantium 1200. From the site: 'Byzantium 1200 is a non-funded and non-profit project aimed at creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine Monuments located in Istanbul, TURKEY as of year 1200 AD.'

[martin_fierro]

[SunkenCiv]

Defending Byzantium
Al-Ahram | 20 - 26 November 2008, Issue No. 923 | David Tresilian
Posted on 11/24/2008 3:55:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2137711/posts

[BroJoeK]

"Byzantine architecture, typified by a Greek cross plan, or later the cross-in-square design, can be seen in churches such as St Sofia, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia"

I was at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't we say: it's the oldest largest cathedral still standing -- a marvel of engineering in it's time, and amazingly standing after nearly 1,500 years in an earthquake zone?

Hagia Sophia

[GreenLanternCorps]

There never was a “Byzantine Empire”. That term dates to the 1600’s. The state that died in the fall of Constantinople in 1453 was the ROMAN Empire. They spoke Greek but were Romans to themselves and everyone around them. It was not a successor state, it was the Eastern half of the Roman Empire.