Istanbul Travel Guide

The city of Istanbul is comparable with Rome by its single history, but it in the world with regard to archaeology. Istanbul indeed indeed conceals the vestiges of several civilizations of which at least: civilizations Roman, Byzantine and Othoman, deeply marked. The old church of Divine Wisdom, in Greek, Hagia Sophia. The Basilica of holy Sophie was built by l' Justinien emperor between 532 and 537. The palate of Topkapi or Topkapi Sarayi is extraordinary complex a d' buildings extending on one of the seven hills of Istanbul (old Constantinople) in an exceptional situation dominating the Marmara Sea and the horn of Gold. The mosque of the Ahmet Sultan, one of the most known monuments of the Turkish and Islamic world. Those which visited Istanbul at least once will not be able to never forget impression of surprised and amazement that one feels by discovering the Blue Mosque. The Bosphorus, which offers one of the more passages of the world, is a place separating two continents, Europe and Asia. In mythology, the Bosphorus means " the passage of the cow".