I was pointing to the fact (among others) that the two relevant numbers both converge on 1000. What are those odds? Would the Venn diagram show any overlap?
Sturgis is apples and oranges with de-secularizing the globally revered structure that brought Turkey into the modern era when it was turned into a museum.
Hagia Sophia is as big a deal as Notre Dame [was] and Sagrada Familia [is and will be]. By not being a sectarian house of worship.
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In 1935, the first Turkish President and founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, transformed the building into a museum. The carpet and the layer of mortar underneath them were removed and marble floor decorations such as the omphalion appeared for the first time since the Fossatis' restoration,[103] while the white plaster covering many of the mosaics was removed. Nevertheless, the condition of the structure deteriorated, and the World Monuments Fund (WMF) placed Hagia Sophia on 1996 World Monuments Watch, and again in 1998.
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Restoration work was concluded in 2006.