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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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63282.jpg) |
Beautiful room inside the Library of Ahmed III. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Library |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63283.jpg) |
Iznik tiles in the library. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63284.jpg) |
Buildings in the third court. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Audience Chamber |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63285.jpg) |
The Audience Chamber dates from the 15th century. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Audience Chamber |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01475.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63286.jpg) |
The interior. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63287.jpg) |
The tiled hallway at the entrance to the Harem. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01474.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63288.jpg) |
The throne of solid gold studdied with precious stones captured from Persia. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63289.jpg) |
The Sultan's room. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63290.jpg) |
The Sultan's quarters. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63291.jpg) |
The Sultan's wash room. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63292.jpg) |
The Sultan's toilet. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63293.jpg) |
The intensely tiled Harem. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63294.jpg) |
The Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63295.jpg) |
The dome of the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63296.jpg) |
Marble carving in the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63297.jpg) |
Wall paintings in the Princes' Rooms. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63298.jpg) |
The Crown Prince Room. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63299.jpg) |
The walls of the Crown Prince room. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04878.jpg) |
Stained glass windows in the room of the Crown Prince. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04879.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63301.jpg) |
Marble in the Concubines' Courtyard. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63303.jpg) |
The womens' quarters. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63304.jpg) |
The apartments of the concubines. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63302.jpg) |
The womens' chambers are set around a large courtyard. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63305.jpg) |
Wall painting in the Harem. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01477.jpg) |
Beautiful Iznik tiles in the Concubines' Quarters. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63306.jpg) |
Doorway. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63307.jpg) |
Iznik tiles. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Harem |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63308.jpg) |
The Eunuchs' Quarters. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63309.jpg) |
The interior of the Baghdad Kiosk. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63310.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63312.jpg) |
The tiles in the kiosk are from Iznik. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Baghdad Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63313.jpg) |
View from the Baghdad Kiosk. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63314.jpg) |
Visitors in the gardens. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63315.jpg) |
The Yerevan Kiosk was a religious retreat. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63316.jpg) |
Monument in the garden. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63317.jpg) |
Persian furniture in the extensive site museum. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63318.jpg) |
The porcelain exhibit. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63319.jpg) |
Blue and orange dish (Qing Dynasty, China). |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04882.jpg) |
Yuan Dynasty plate from China. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63320.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63322.jpg) |
Faberge signed model of a Crimean mosque. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01476.jpg) |
Ewers from the museum. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Topkapi Palace |
Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63323.jpg) |
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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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63327.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63330.jpg) |
Many artefacts are in the gardens. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04891.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04892.jpg) |
Hittite relief. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63332.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63333.jpg) |
The museum is famed for its carved stone sarcophagi. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63334.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01479.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63335.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63339.jpg) |
Highly decorated Greek sarcophagos. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63340.jpg) |
Greek sculpture. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04893.jpg) |
A plate from Iznik (1510). |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63341.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63343.jpg) |
Sacred bath from Ur (Mesopotamia). |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Archeological Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63344.jpg) |
Egyptian sarcophagos. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04894.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63345.jpg) |
The walls with carved windows. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04895.jpg) |
The entrance. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Tiled Kiosk |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04896.jpg) |
Tiles over the entrance. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04935.jpg) |
The great walls of Constantinople. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63346.jpg) |
The walls were begun in the 5th century. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63347.jpg) |
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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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63348.jpg) |
The walls were finally breached by the Ottomans in 1453. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Walls of Constantinople |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63349.jpg) |
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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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04897.jpg) |
The walls of Constantinople along the Bosphorus near Istanbul. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63355.jpg) |
The district of Eminonu. |
1986 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63356.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63350.jpg) |
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 |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63351.jpg) |
The mosaics were discovered in the 1950s. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04874.jpg) |
Geese. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63352.jpg) |
Mythological creatures. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63353.jpg) |
Camel mosaic. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel63354.jpg) |
Three goats. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Grand Palace Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04875.jpg) |
Hunting scene. |
2006 |
Turkey |
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Istanbul |
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Basilica Cistern |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel04886.jpg) |
The Basilica Cistern is a 6th century underground Byzantine structure with 336 columns. |
2006 |