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why did justinian claim poetically that hagia sophia’s gigantic dome seemed to hang suspended on a ""golden chain from heaven""?

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Why did Justinian claim poetically that Hagia Sophia's gigantic dome seemed to hang suspended on a "golden chain from heaven"? The dome rests on pendentives and piers, leaving the area below open. How is the plan of Hagia Sophia unlike Early Christian churches in Rome? ... Why is there a Byzantine church in Venice?

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