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Built by Sultan Ahmet I as a part of a large complex, among the Turkish people it is called Sultan Ahmet Mosque. However, tourists fascinated with the beautiful blue tiles always remember...
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The original building of the Hippodrome was built by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus in 203 AD when he rebuilt Byzantium. Constantine the Great reconstructed, enlarged and...
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After the proclamation of Christianity as the official state religion, by Emperor Constantine I., known as the Great, (324-337 A.D.), construction of big churches were undertaken...
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When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the construction of a new palace for this new Ottoman capital, on a site in the district of Beyazit where Istanbul University...
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum which is a complex of three museums ( the Museum of Oriental Antiquities, the Archaeological Museum and the Tiled Pavillion ) , has one of the world's richest collection...
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Created from a century-old neo-classic Turkish prison in the core of this fabled city - steps from the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and the aromatic Spice Bazaar. Just 65 guest rooms and suites...
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Istanbul was one of the most often besieged cities in the world and has always needed permanent water supplies. And as a result many underground cisterns were built during the Byzantine Empire....
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Suleymaniye, rather than a mosque, is an important historical symbol for the Turks. It unites Sinan with Suleyman, one representing the best of the arts and the other most powerful...
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Installed in the Blue Mosque's imperial pavillion, the museum contains a fine collection of Usak, Bergama and Konya carpets dating from the 16th to the 19th century. The best examples...
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum which is a complex of three museums ( the Museum of Oriental Antiquities, the Archaeological Museum and the Tiled Pavillion ) , has one of the world's richest collection...
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Exedra, Church of St. Irene, Istanbul, rebuilt by Justinian in the mid-6th century and again after 740.Within the first courtyard stands the church of Haghia Eirene, one of Istanbul's...
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TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM
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The dark stone building that houses the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art was built in 1524 by Ibrahim Pa?a, Grand Vizier to Süleyman the Magnificent, as his residence. It was the grandest...
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The marketplace behind the Sultanahmet Mosque is situated on the remains of a great palace of the Byzantine Emperors. The mosaics discovered are thought to decorate the floor of...
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