Thank you for this fascinating post, Rebecca. I am a sucker for anything that contains the words ‘Aya Sofya’. Got me thinking about Westminster Cathedral, a building that is in a similar style and one which I pass often. I am up there today and instead of just rushing past like I normally would I will make a point of stopping for a bit and channeling your post. And for the train people there are plenty in nearby Victoria station!
I haven't spent nearly enough time looking around Westminster Cathedral! it should be on my itinerary next time I'm in London. I've done the medievalist tour of the abbey but back then I didn't yet know that I would one day be into neo-Byzantine architecture (or even what that was). Do you ever get that feeling that you went somewhere when you didn't yet know what you were meant to be looking at?
Oh yes. I have often had that feeling…
Thank you for this fascinating post, Rebecca. I am a sucker for anything that contains the words ‘Aya Sofya’. Got me thinking about Westminster Cathedral, a building that is in a similar style and one which I pass often. I am up there today and instead of just rushing past like I normally would I will make a point of stopping for a bit and channeling your post. And for the train people there are plenty in nearby Victoria station!
I haven't spent nearly enough time looking around Westminster Cathedral! it should be on my itinerary next time I'm in London. I've done the medievalist tour of the abbey but back then I didn't yet know that I would one day be into neo-Byzantine architecture (or even what that was). Do you ever get that feeling that you went somewhere when you didn't yet know what you were meant to be looking at?