I say properties, plural, since the scale with the house is huge. Distribute throughout four independent edifices—a few of which date into the early 19th century, and serve as a record lesson in architectural designs starting from Art Nouveau to Arts and Crafts; a fourth was made especially for The Peninsula—and nestled among gardens bursting w

Hagia Sophia was - and is also - justly celebrated for that luxuriousness and opulence of its decoration which involved rare and costly marbles, acres of gold mosaic and abundant liturgical furnishings.  The church has an exceedingly extensive background and loved periods when cash and art was slavishly smeared all around the making.  An astr