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Looking SE from above the Suleymaniye mosque we
see the Bosporus narrow water channel mid-left joining the Black Sea to the
Sea of Marmara towards the background of the picture with mainland Turkey in
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 A closer (night) view of the bridge across the Bosporus |
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 The top of the 60 metre Galata Tower can be seen in the background. It was built in the 14th century by the Genoese occupiers for defence purposes. |
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 Looking back across the Bosporus to the Suleymaniye mosque (largest in Istanbul) built 1550 to 1557 by the Sultan Suleyman |
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 Ruins of the substantial city wall built around Istanbul/Byzantium/Constantinople in the 5th century by Emperor Theodosius II |
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 Sultan Ahmet mosque (Blue mosque) built in 17th century |
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 Looking from the Blue mosque to the Aya Sofia mosque which was built in the 5th century as one of the largest ever Christian churches and converted to a mosque in the 15th century. |
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