Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul. The Bosporous Strait.

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Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul

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The Bosporous Strait

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View of Constantinople from the Bosporous

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Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia

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Hagia Sophia

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Theodosian Walls

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Theodosian Walls

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Interior of Hagia Irene

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Topkapi Palace (1453)

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Topkapi Palace

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Topkapi Palace, Harem

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The Blue Mosque (1610 – 1619)

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The Blue Mosque

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The Blue Mosque (detail)

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The Blue Mosque (interior)

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http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/topkapi.html