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Anadolu Fortress

Anadolu Fortress The Anadolu (Anatolian) fortress was built in 1395 by Yildirim Bayezid. It is located on the Anatolian side, where Göksu Stream flows into the Bosphorus. This fortress was

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Rumeli Fortress

Rumeli Fortress Rumeli Fortress is a work of great importance in terms of history to the Bosphorus in the Sariyer district of Istanbul. The Rumeli Fortress, the seventh sultan of

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Million Stone in Istanbul

Million Stone in Istanbul Million Stone in Istanbul is a marble column halfway in the pit on the tramway near the entrance door of the Basilica Cistern, northwest of Sultanahmet

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Obelisk

Obelisk The Obelisk, located on the Spina wall of the hippodrome in Sultanahmet Square, is an ancient Egyptian. It was brought to Egypt by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in

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Serpentine Column

Serpentine Column Serpentine Column, it is a bronze monument depicting three python snakes entangled in the Hippodrome (today’s Horse Square) in Sultanahmet square in Istanbul. It is the oldest large

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German Fountain

German Fountain German Fountain, it is the fountain located in the hippodrome in Sultanahmet Square. German Emperor II. It is a gift of Wilhelm to the Ottoman Sultan and the

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Hipodrome Istanbul

Hipodrome Istanbul Hipodrome Istanbul, The other name of Sultanahmet Square is hippodrome. Also known as horse square. It is one of the most popular meeting and touring places in Istanbul.

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Underground Cistern

Underground Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) One of the magnificent ancient buildings of Istanbul is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sofia. Constructed for Justinianus I, the Byzantium Emperor

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Beylerbeyi Palace

Beylerbeyi Palace Beylerbeyi Palace was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz (1830–1876) and built between 1861 and 1865 as a summer residence and a place to entertain visiting heads of state. Empress

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Little Hagia Sophia

Little Hagia Sophia Little Hagia Sop. (Küçük Ayasofya Camii), former Greek Orthodox church during the Byzantine period, currently functions as a mosque. Hagia Sophia Museum, Chora Mosque (Church of St.