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Description Of Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour
ST.SOPHIA:This
ancient basilica, built by Contantine the Great, in the 4th
century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century,
is one of the architectural marvels of all time.
SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE:
Across from St. Sophia built in the 17th century by the
architect Mehmet, this is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because
of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.
HIPPODROME: The scene of
ancient with its four monuments, the GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF
WILHELM II, the OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS, the bronze SERPENTINE
COLUMN and the CLUMN OF CONSTANTINE.
GRAND COVERED BAZARR: In
this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000
shops with each trade having its own area, the goldsmiths
street the carper seller, Turkish arts and crafts, such as
handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperwere, brassware
and trays, water ewers, onyxware and meerschaum pipers
ST.SOPHIA:This
ancient basilica, built by Contantine the Great, in the 4th
century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century,
is one of the architectural marvels of all time.
SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE:
Across from St. Sophia built in the 17th century by the
architect Mehmet, this is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because
of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.
HIPPODROME: The scene of
ancient with its four monuments, the GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF
WILHELM II, the OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS, the bronze SERPENTINE
COLUMN and the CLUMN OF CONSTANTINE.
GRAND COVERED BAZARR: In
this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000
shops with each trade having its own area, the goldsmiths
street the carper seller, Turkish arts and crafts, such as
handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperwere, brassware
and trays, water ewers, onyxware and meerschaum pipers
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