Wow, I definitely hadn’t heard of this one. oO
It does look like some serious restoration is in order, however. Or is it even available to tour?

I haven’t thought too much about it, but I wonder if there’s a common cause between flowery design motifs seemingly covering every possible surface in classic interior architecture that spans… maybe from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent. In Muslim tradition of course, the easy answer involves the prohibition against representing figures, but in the Sikh tradition, for example..?

Incredible historical sites are in tatters in this part of the world.

Understandable. Where I’m originally from, I don’t think it’s been much better, historically.

Oh, one other thing I wanted to add– that the scale of this place is so personal, and charming!

Whereas, the thing about the Sistine Chapel and huge Gothic worship buildings like Notre Dame, is that they were built so damn hugely so as to become impersonal, making the individual feel like an ant in the scheme of things. Which of course was no mistake at all, even as it was completely contradictory to the original message. But that’s a long discussion, haha…