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November 6, 2019

Underground Mosque

06 Nov 2019
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xactly it doesn’t known for which reasons used this strange place and when it was constructed. Probabyly used as a temple during reign of Tiberius II or the crypt of a former castle that was associated with the Castle of Galata. Here was the place where one end of the...

Topkapi Palace

06 Nov 2019
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opkapi literally means “the Cannon Gate”, so called because of the twin towered povilion on the sea side was surrounded with cannons. Topkapi palace is the second palace constructed by Mehmet II. The first one constructed on the district where now stands Suleymaniye...

Tophane District

06 Nov 2019
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ophane or Tophane-i Amire is the cannon foundry from which the district takes its name. The district was a harbor since Genoese were occupantsof the region. When the people coming by sea, Tophane was the first place they had to land. During siege of Constantinople, Mehmet II...

Tekfur Palace

06 Nov 2019
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ophane District on Google Mapsekfur Palace in Byzantine period was known as the Palace of the Porphyrogeitus. It is not known exactly when it was constructed. Probably end of XIII or early years of XIV century constructed and probably as an annex of grater palace complex of...

Taksim Square

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aksim literally means division or distribution. The Taksim square was originally the point where the main water lines from the north of Istanbul were collected and branched off to other parts of the city (hence the name). The square takes its name from the stone reservoir which...

Suleymaniye Mosque

06 Nov 2019
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he Suleymaniye Mosque is the biggest mosque located on the second hill. It was built on the order of Suleyman the Magnificent and was constructed by the great architect Sinan. Sinan accepted the grattest architect of Ottomans period. During his more than 50 years of career, he...

Saint Anthony of Padua Cathedral

06 Nov 2019
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t. Anthony of Padua Cathedral or locally as Sent Antuan, is the largest cathedral Roman Catholic church in Istanbul and is run by Italian Catholic priests.   The original St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral was built in 1725 by the local Italian community of Istanbul, but...

Spice Bazaar

06 Nov 2019
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he Spice Bazaar or Egyptian Bazaar is one of the oldest and the second largest covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul..   In Ottoman period because of many spices were imported via Egypt, the name “Misir Carsisi” “Egyptian...

Sokullu Mehmet Pasa Mosque

06 Nov 2019
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he Mosque was designed by Great Ottoman architect Sinan for Esmahan Sultan, daughter of Selim II and wife of Grand Vezir Sokullu Mehmet Pasa after whom the mosque is generally called. The building construction took place from 1571 to 1572. It is one of the most beautiful of...

Sinan Pasha Mosque

06 Nov 2019
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he Sinan Pasha Mosque is a mosque located in a densely populated district of Besiktas. It was built by famous Ottoman architect Sinan by the order of the admiral Sinan Pasa, brother of Rustem Pasa who was Grand vizier of Suleiman the magnificent. Before the mosque construction...
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