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Hagia Sophia - Byzantine Times

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Hephaestus97's Avatar Hephaestus97
Level 22 : Expert Architect
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So with all this Covid self-isolation business I got bored and decided to get back into MC and finish of this build I started a while back. Figured given the amount of time I spent on it, I may as well put it up here and maybe a couple of people would like it.

This is the Hagia Sophia from Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) as it might have looked during its time as a Christian cathedral in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, following the construction of the 2nd dome. That means you won't find any of the later additions such as the flying buttresses, minarets, etc. here. I tried to keep the build reasonably accurate, but took a bit of artistic license here and there to try and improve the overall aesthetics in MC.

The build's a rough 2:1 scale, but I didn't really do too many measurements when building it, so I'm sure the dimensions are all over the place.
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05/18/2020 4:41 pm
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JustHumbleNick
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Awesome build, I have always loved this church. You did the real thing justice for sure!
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04/20/2020 9:23 pm
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Gamefruitpulp
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Looks great!
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04/19/2020 1:54 pm
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J8054
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Now this... this is quite something
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04/19/2020 12:46 pm
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marvelfannumber2
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I like it, though I do kind of miss some of the mosaics inside, and the marble color on the interior is a bit off.
But I love how you did the Templon, Ambo and Ciborium, and you're also the only other person I've seen to get the historical exterior color right.
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04/19/2020 9:27 pm
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Hephaestus97
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Yeah, to be honest I kinda crashed out at the end, and couldn't be bothered adding all of the minor details. Also, the resolution of MC means that it's almost impossible to make smaller mosaics resemble anything close to the real thing
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04/19/2020 11:11 am
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Makaneek
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Awesome! Did you include the Hafdan Inscription?
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04/19/2020 9:28 pm
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Hephaestus97
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Nah, by the end of the build I was getting pretty bored of it, so didn't bother with many of the smaller details, hence why some areas are looking pretty plain
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04/19/2020 9:58 pm
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Makaneek
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I suppose I can't blame you, but I really like the Hafdan Inscription. It's such a cool little historical easter egg.
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04/18/2020 7:14 pm
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lunarotic
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Instant Diamond.
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04/18/2020 3:10 pm
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misterich
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Never seen such a good first upload.
This is not only a very great build that was built very very well; no it's also part of the projects are really love (it's Roman :D) and it has interior. And there are pictures, a lot of them. You wrote a descripting and you give a download link - there is not I would know I could say more wxcept this; Wellcome to Planet Minecraft
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