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| About Istanbul View local info for other Areas | ||||
| İstanbul is very important place in the worldThe city is spread over an area of 7500 km2 150 km long and 50 km wideIstanbul became the biggest and the most crowded city of EuropeBecause, ıts location between Asia and Europe, the city always had a great geopolitical importancethe city population is estimate 12 to15 millions Around 2 millions tourists visit İstanbul every yearThey are see the historical and natural beauties of the city The city has a lots of historical mosque,church and museums of Turkey THE ÇAMLICA HILL Çamlıca hill is the higgest hill in İstanbulIt is 263 m high from the sea levelIt was used as a picnic areaIn the 1980 is the Touring Automobile Association built a series of restaurant,a Turkish cafe and a park THE TAKSIM SQUARE The large square at the end of the Istıklal street is the Taksim square, which is one of the most active centers of İstanbulThe square is the most important for IstanbulThere are a lot of different counturies peopleThere are a lot of big department store this place is really beatiful BOSPHORUS BRİDGE OR THE ATATÜRK BRIDGE The project preparations were started in1950The bridge building started in 1970It was completed on 29 October 1973 It was built by German and England engineersThirty five engineers and four hundred Turkish workers were employed during the construstionIts cost was $25 millionsThe height of the bridge from sea is 64 m The Atatürk Bridge carries 200000 vehicles and 600000 people a day THE FATİH SULTAN MEHMET BRIDGE The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge was built between 1985 and 1988 the opening date was at the save time the 535th anniversary of the Otoman conquest of the city THE SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE It was built by Architect Sinan, the most famous architect at Ottoman history between 1550-1557 Süleymaniye Mosque, according to the construction reports of those days,5723 workers (of these 1713 are Moslems, 3523 Christians ) completed the construction in 27 million working daysThe cost of the mosque is $60 millions today THE LEANDROS TOWER The leandros Tower covers on area of 1250 m2 and was built 200 metres from the Usküdar beachIt has got a intelligent history One day a witch has got apples for the girl and gave her a poisana us apple, she did after eating itThat is why the tower is called the Leandros Tower THE GALATA TOWER This tower at the slopes of Galata is visible every where in the city, and is 61 m tallThe tower is at the hill which over looks both to the Bospherus and the Golden Horn and the sea of Marmara One day,an scientist named Hazerfen Ahmet Çelebi jumped down the tower and flew to the opposite side of the Bosphorus strait by using the wings which he had invented ( 17th century ) THE FORTRESS It was constructed with the order of Yıldırım Beyazıd in 1393, during one of the sicges of İstanbulIt is opposite to the Rumeli HisarıIn the previous period there was a Christian Church at the same place Its original name was Güzelce Hisar There are a lots of pashas villasThese are the Bahriyeli Sedat Bey Villa, the Zarif Mustafa Pahsa Villa, constructed in the 19 th century; the Yağcı Sefik Bey Villa, constructed in 1905 and the Hasan Pahsa Villa THE DOLMABAHÇE PALACE MUSEUM The Dolmabahçe Palace Museum was built between 1611-1614It ıs that 14 tens of gold and 40 tons of silver were used for the decoration of the palaceThe furniture was bought from Paris, the vases from Hereke and Lyan , the crytal materials from Bccarant and the the can dlesticks from England with special orderAlmost all of 131 large and 99smal hand-made carpets are silk carpets, and they were woven in the royal workshops in HerekeThe total area covered by the carpets is 4500 square metersThe total area at the palace is 250000 square meters There are 12 gatesThere are 285 rooms, 43 holls, 6 balconies, 6 hamams and 1427 windowsIn the deconation, 156 clocks, 280 vases and 58 candle sticksBy the way, the carpet of 124 m2 is the second largest hand-made Hereke carpet in Turkey |
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