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The
three monuments which should not to be missed at the first visit to the city. As they are
so close to each other it is possible to make this excursion in a half day only. The
displacement from one monument to another is by foot through the park where the famous
Hippodrome square was.
St.Sophia is a Byzantine construction dates from 532 and the Basilica cistern
is back to the Vth century. These two monuments show us the level of the Byzantines
knowledge.
More than 1000
years later, the Sultan Ahmet II decided to build the Blue mosque in a particular style,
just opposite to the old St. Sophia
St. Sophia - the splendour of Byzance |
St. Sophia, from Blue mosque's gate
Basilica cistern
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