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ISTANBUL MOSQUES Blue Mosque: Hippodrome: Fatih Mosque: Suleymaniye Mosque: |
ISTANBUL MUSEUMS Hagia Sophia: Underground Cistern: Mosaic Museum: Turkish and Islamic Art Museum: Archaeological Museum: Kariye(Chora) Museum: |
ISTANBUL PALACES Topkapi Palace: Dolmabahce Palace: Beylerbeyi Palace: Ciragan Palace: |
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ISTANBUL TOWERS The Leandros Tower: Galata Tower: |
ISTANBUL SUBURBS Rumeli Fortress: Camlica Hill: Princes Islands: |
ISTANBUL BAZAAR Grand Bazaar: Egyptian(Spice) bazaar: |
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MOSAIC MUSEUM Excavations which began in 1935 by Prof. Baxter. The fragments of the mosaic pavements which we will see were once part of the Great palace. The mosaics belonging to the palace are from the fourth and fifth century A.D. The mosaics are extremely tactile in effect, among them are the figures of a lion devouring a lizard, a stag entwined with a snake, a woman giving breast to a child, the combat of a spear bearing hunter and tiger, a child feeding a donkey, a young girl carrying an amphora, a camel with children mounted on its back, and a monkey pacing a banana from the tree. English | | ||||
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