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| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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The Gate of Felicity. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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The third courtyard. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Library |
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The Library of Ahmed III dates from 1718. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Library |
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Beautiful room inside the Library of Ahmed III. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Library |
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Iznik tiles in the library. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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Buildings in the third court. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Audience Chamber |
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The Audience Chamber dates from the 15th century. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Audience Chamber |
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The entrance has Islamic inscriptions above and the signature of the Sultan on ether side. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Audience Chamber |
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The interior. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The tiled hallway at the entrance to the Harem. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Harem contains the Sultan's quarters which were the home of the Ottoman sultans up to 1839. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The throne of solid gold studdied with precious stones captured from Persia. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Sultan's room. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Sultan's quarters. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Sultan's wash room. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Sultan's toilet. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The intensely tiled Harem. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The dome of the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Marble carving in the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Wall paintings in the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Crown Prince Room. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The walls of the Crown Prince room. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Stained glass windows in the room of the Crown Prince. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Concubines' Courtyard. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Cloistered courtyard. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Marble in the Concubines' Courtyard. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The womens' quarters. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The apartments of the concubines. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The womens' chambers are set around a large courtyard. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Wall painting in the Harem. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Beautiful Iznik tiles in the Concubines' Quarters. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Doorway. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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Iznik tiles. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
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The Eunuchs' Quarters. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
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The interior of the Baghdad Kiosk. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
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The Baghdad Kiosk dates from 1638. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
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The beautiful interior. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
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The tiles in the kiosk are from Iznik. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
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View from the Baghdad Kiosk. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
|
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Visitors in the gardens. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
|
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The Yerevan Kiosk was a religious retreat. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
|
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Monument in the garden. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Persian furniture in the extensive site museum. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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The porcelain exhibit. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Blue and orange dish (Qing Dynasty, China). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Yuan Dynasty plate from China. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Bowl with deer (China, Qing Dynasty). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Celadon jar (Yuan, 15th century). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Faberge signed model of a Crimean mosque. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Ewers from the museum. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
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Silver globe. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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View of the Bosphorus that separates Europe from Asia. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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The walls of the Topkapi Palace. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Wooden house by the wall of the Topkapi Palace. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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The 31m high Walled Obelisk. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Ottoman tomb stone. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tomb of Eyup |
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The Tomb of Eyup. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tomb of Eyup |
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Eyup was a friend of Muhammad, killed in 678. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Greek sarcophagos in the grounds of the Archeological Museum. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Many artefacts are in the gardens. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Lion from Babylon made of tiles. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Detail of a tiled Babylonian lion. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Akkadian statue of the governor of Lagash (c2100 BCE, Ur). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Hittite relief. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
|
Archeological Museum |
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Treaty between the Hittites and Ramases II from 1269BC written in Akkadian. This is the world's oldest peace treaty. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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The museum is famed for its carved stone sarcophagi. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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The Alexander Sarcophagos has a sculpture of Greeks fighting Persians (late 4th century BC). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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The Sarcophagos of the Mourning Women is Lycian and dates from 5th century BCE. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Lycean Sarcophagos (5th century BC) is made of marble. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Sarcophagos carvings of Greeks fighting Persians. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Detail of a Greek sarcophagus. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Greek sarcophagos. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Highly decorated Greek sarcophagos. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Greek sculpture. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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A plate from Iznik (1510). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Iznik tiles from 1575. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Pre-Islamic votive statuettes from the Arabian peninsula (4th century BC). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Sacred bath from Ur (Mesopotamia). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
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Egyptian sarcophagos. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
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The Tiled Kiosk (1472) is the oldest non-religious building in Istanbul. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
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The walls with carved windows. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
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The entrance. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
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Tiles over the entrance. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The great walls of Constantinople. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The walls were begun in the 5th century. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The walls survived for 1000 years protecting the city on land and sea. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The walls were finally breached by the Ottomans in 1453. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The breaching of the walls led to the end of the Byzantine Empire. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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The walls of Constantinople along the Bosphorus near Istanbul. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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The district of Eminonu. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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The Column of Constantine dates from 330 and is 57m high. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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The Grand Palace Museum contains mosaics dating from the 6th century from a Byzantine pavement. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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The mosaics were discovered in the 1950s. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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Geese. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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Mythological creatures. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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Camel mosaic. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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Three goats. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
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Hunting scene. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Basilica Cistern |
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The Basilica Cistern is a 6th century underground Byzantine structure with 336 columns. |
2006 |
were added from 1 January 2023.