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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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HIPPODROME (The Sultan Ahmet Square)& Hippodrome was built by the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in 203 A.D. The hippodrome was a stadium which served as a meeting place for the politicians, for chariot races, wrestling, boxing, and other athletic activities that took place. The arena was over 400 meters long and 120 meters wide, In the fourth century the spectator capacity was increased to 100,000, They organized the games in the hippodrome. Green took their seat to the left, the Blues to the right of the emperor's box. Women were not admitted. After the emperor had appeared in his box and greeted his people, the four gates beneath his box opened and from each raced a chariot drawn by four horses into the arena. The game lasted the whole day. The chariot track was covered with white sand which was brought from Egypt. The winner was awarded a prize which consisted of a crown made of flowers, some presents, bonuses and money,. | ||||
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