İstanbul - Hippodrome of Constantinople / Sultanahmet Square
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İstanbul - Hippodrome of Constantinople / Sultanahmet Square
İstanbul - Hippodrome of Constantinople / Sultanahmet Square
Hippodrome of Constantinople was a horse-racing place and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today the area is officially called Sultanahmet Square. Hippodrome was spreading over 480x117 meters and said that it holds 100,000 spectators. In the middle there is an area called spina and surviving monuments takes place at here. Hippodrome was the centre of the city's social life.
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Date: 02/24/2006
Size: 21 photos
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Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk of Theodosius, it was first erected at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor during the reign of Tuthmosis III in about 1490 BC and erected to todays place in 390. It was brought from Egypt.
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 353
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Obelisk of Theodosius
The Obelisk of Theodosius sign
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 245
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Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk of Theodosius
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 289
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Obelisk of Theodosius
One side of base for Obelisk of Theodosius
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 227
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Obelisk of Theodosius
One side of base for Obelisk of Theodosius
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 239
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Obelisk of Theodosius
One side of base for Obelisk of Theodosius
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 219
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Obelisk of Theodosius
One side of base for Obelisk of Theodosius
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 237
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Obelisk of Theodosius
One side of the Obelisk of Theodosius that showing erection
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 203
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Curious eyes
Curious eyes
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 261
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Serpentine Column
Serpentine Column. It was symbolize the victory of the Greeks against Persians.
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 302
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Serpentine Column
Serpentine Column
Date: 03/06/2006
Owner: Uğur Özdemir
Views: 265
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Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus
Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. This obelisk was covered with bronze plates, but during the fourth Crusader they are ripped off.
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 295
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Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus
Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus sign
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 222
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Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus
Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus
Date: 03/06/2006
Owner: Uğur Özdemir
Views: 222
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Marble seat
Only marble seat survived from the era in Sultanahmet garden.
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 230
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German Fountain
It was donated in 1900 to the Ottoman Empire by the German Emperor Wilhelm II after his visit to Istanbul in 1898.
Date: 02/24/2006
Owner: Barış Efe
Views: 252
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