Eminönü (District)
the Eminönü (District) is part of Istanbul .Interesting places in Eminönü (District):
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Tourists at the Hagia Sophia
Made by Linus Gelber
Istanbul. The Aya Sofya, or Hagia Sophia, or Church of the Divine Wisdom, is simply spectacular. The church in its current(ish) incarnation was completed in 537 A.D. under Emperor Justinian, and it must have been even more of a wonder then than it is now. Seeing it, I can't help but think that in some ways we've lost some ground since then. Sophia's huge original dome lasted only a couple of decades before it was brought down by an earthquake in 559, and over the last 1400-some years it has been partially rebuilt a couple of times after disasters both natural and man-made. In 1453 the Sophia became a mosque, after Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks; in 1935 the extraordinary building was rededicated as a museum. The vast central space of the place makes me gasp when I first enter. Renovations are underway, and there's a great honking block of scaffolding rising all the way to the top dome from the center of the floor. Still, the place is exquisite. I've been to the Taj Mahal, St. Peter's, the Duomo of Florence, St. John the Divine, and a few other miraculous places both ancient and modern - Aya Sofya may be the most amazing monument I've ever seen. I'm thrilled to be here. In real life, the Aya Sofya is bigger than this. This image has been spotted as high as #140 on the Flickr daily Interestingness charts.
Süleymaniye Camii sunset - Istanbul
Made by Nikki&Michi
Sunset over Süleymaniye Mosque, (Süleymaniye Camii), Istanbul. It was built on the order of sultan Suleiman I, constructed by Mimar Sinan. View from the Galata Bridge. Visited May 2007. More pictures: Fotogalerie Istanbul best viewed large on black:
red glance
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Landscapes
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A postcard stand in the Blue Mosque Bazaar, Istanbul
Istanbelievable
Made by HakanGil
Istan*** Series is over.. (Finally)
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