112 THE STORY OF ARCHITECTURE
style has had little influence upon the archi-
tecture of Western Europe. In Greece and
Russia it became, and has continued to be, the
recognised style for buildings of the Greek
Church, though it has naturally received many
modifications. When Constantinople fell into
the hands of the Turks (1453), the old archi-
tecture was revived, and was applied to the
building of mosques, so that it was destined to
exert considerable influence upon the building
forms of the Moslems,
style has had little influence upon the archi-
tecture of Western Europe. In Greece and
Russia it became, and has continued to be, the
recognised style for buildings of the Greek
Church, though it has naturally received many
modifications. When Constantinople fell into
the hands of the Turks (1453), the old archi-
tecture was revived, and was applied to the
building of mosques, so that it was destined to
exert considerable influence upon the building
forms of the Moslems,