Comparing The Hagia Sophia And Pantheon

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The Hagia Sophia and Pantheon are of these old Roman structures, vital for their changing verifiable parts and their significance as points of interest. I believe these structures speak to a great part of the historical backdrop of both urban areas and give an important wellspring of knowledge for recorded and imaginative examination. In my comparison paper, I will discuss the significance of the Pantheon and Hagia Sophia to both Roman and Byzantine empires.
The Pantheon all by itself is an astounding architectural design. It speaks to the Roman move from Paganism to Christianity. Moreover, it indicates how Rome keeps on living as a working cutting edge church. Hagia Sophia is similarly a supernatural occurrence of building and an old point

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