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eyazit Tower is fire-watch tower located in the courtyard of Istanbul University’s main campus on Beyazit. From ground level 85 meter high tower constructed by Mahmut II and designed in Ottoman Baroque style by Senekerim Balyan who built it of stone in 1828. The tower has a...

he Besiktas literally means “cradle stone” and is the name of the historic center of the municipality. According to a story, a cleric when turn back from pligrimage brougt a cradle-shaped stone used in the baptism of Jesus and placed it in the church in todays...

erebatan Sarayi means “Underground palace”, because of the cistern was beneath the ground level it was called so. It was called Basilica cistern, because once there was a stoa basilica on the vicinity. The cistern constructed beneath the stoa and probably some of the...

he Balikli Chuch is located outside the city walls, about 500 meters from the Silivri Kapi, one of the famous city gate. The church is the next to the Orthodox Greek and Armenian cemeteries and surrounded by a high wall. Its original name is Panagia Pege, Virgen Mary church and...

nadoluhisari or Anadolu Castle is a fortress located on the Asian side of Istanbul and give its name to the quarter around it. It was built in 1390’s as part of Beyazit I. preparations of Costantinople seige in 1395. It stands at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus (660...

skudar, ancient Chrysopolis (city of gold) is a large and densely populated historic district on the Asian part of Bosphorus. It was founded in the 7th century B.C. on the Bosphorus shore by the inhabitants of the Greek colony of Calcedonia, today’s Kadikoy. Exactly it is...