The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, changed the history of architecture - it changed the way people saw space.

土耳其伊斯坦布尔的圣索非亚教堂改写了建筑史——它改变了人们看待空间的方式。

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The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey was the largest place of worship for 1, 000 years, until Seville Cathedral was built in 1520.

土耳其伊斯坦布尔的圣索非亚教堂在1000年内是最大的用于祈祷的场所，直到1520年塞利·维亚大教堂建造完毕。

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Byzantine churches, domed and decorated with mosaics, proliferated throughout the Byzantine Empire; most notable is the Hagia Sophia (532-537), built by Eastern emperor Justinian I at Constantinople.

最著名的有圣索菲亚大教堂(532 - 537年)，由东罗马帝国国王查士丁尼一世在君士坦丁堡修建。

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Compare this image of the Lego set above to this image of the Hagia Sophia.

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But even if George Lucas and his writers were inspired by the Hagia Sophia, so what?

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Most still consider the Four Seasons, opened in 1996 in a former 19th-century prison next to the Hagia Sophia, the city's best hotel.

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