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Be dwarfed by the sublime artistry of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia

It is appropriate that the Hagia Sophia rubs shoulders on this list with the Grand Canyon. Entering the interior of the greatest Byzantine monument has an effect more akin to a vast natural edifice than a building.

圣索菲亚大教堂和大峡谷国家公园并列在这世界经典500个旅游目的地名单上是恰当的。进入这个拜占庭最伟大的历史遗迹内部，感觉更像是一座巨大的天然宏伟建筑，而不是一座普通的建筑。

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia (Image Credit: zephyrostravel.com )

Above you rises the "Floating dome", described by historian Procopius as "hung from heaven on a golden chain". With its concealed pillars and circular plan on top of a rectangular plan, the dome changed the history of architecture and made Emperor Justinian's 6th century basilica the world's finest building for a millennium.

你仰起头看到的是“漂浮的穹顶”，拜占庭历史学家普罗科匹厄斯(Procopius)将其描述为“挂在天堂的金链上”。穹顶以其隐藏的柱子和圆形平面位于矩形平面之上，改变了建筑的历史，使查士丁尼大帝的6世纪大教堂成为千百年来世界上最漂亮的建筑。

The finer details of this church converted to a mosque by the Ottamans and to a museum by Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish republic are outstanding too; climb to the upper galleries to see golden mosaics of Byzantine emperors and empresses, and find runic graffiti carved out by 9th-century Vikings in the marble balustrade.
( By Lonely Planet)

这座教堂由奥斯曼帝国改建为清真寺，由土耳其共和国创始人阿塔图尔克（Ataturk）改建为博物馆，其更为精致的细节也十分突出。爬到上层画廊，欣赏拜占庭皇帝和皇后的金色马赛克，并在大理石栏杆上找到 9 世纪维京人雕刻的尼文涂鸦。