A Visit to Topkapi, Part 1
April 2, 2015
A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years
A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap we went for a walk
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap we went for a walk
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap we went for a walk
The best-known active mosque in Istanbul, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, stands next door to Hagia Sophia, which it replaced
Hagia Sophia is surely one of the most widely-recognized buildings on Earth, which is amazing considering that the world is so populated with other buildings modeled on it or even directly copied from it.
Decoration in this museum that was an Orthodox Church for 1000 years and then a mosque for 500
A day of repeated heavy snow flurries have left the city, and these palms, well-coated
This huge blocks-long covered market has been an important feature for over 500 years
Pieces come from all over the former Byzantine empire
A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap
On our first day in Istanbul, after arriving at 4:30 on a Sunday morning and heading straight to a nap
The best-known active mosque in Istanbul, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, stands next door to
Hagia Sophia is surely one of the most widely-recognized buildings on Earth, which is amazing considering that the world is so populated with other buildings modeled on it or even directly copied from it.
Decoration in this museum that was an Orthodox Church for 1000 years and then a mosque for 500
A day of repeated heavy snow flurries have left the city, and these palms, well-coated
This huge blocks-long covered market has been an important feature for over 500 years