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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LG4_march-16th-martyrs_Istanbul.html
English: The "March 16th Martyrs" is an event that took place on 16th March 1920 when the military station in Şehzadebaş was raided and six soldiers killed during the British occupation of Istanbul. After the Armistice of Mudros …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LF5_the-tuerbe-tomb-of-sultan-selim-ii_Istanbul.html
English: It is the first burial construction in the graveyard of Ayassofya made by the Architect Sinan, in 1577. The external walls of the building are covered with marble panels and there is a three-arched small porch (riwaq) at the front. The b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LF2_haseki-hurrem-bathhouse_Istanbul.html
English: This building that was one of the great and gorgeous buildings of Ottoman bathhouses in Istanbul, was constructed by Hurrem Sultan in 1556-57. The architect of the building, that was called "Hagias Sophia Bathouse", was Architect Sinan. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEV_million_Istanbul.html
English: Constantine I built a forum adorned with sculptures, pillars and marble arches known as the Constantine Forum in Mese which is today called Çemberlitaş. The emperor preserved the entire Strategion, the main square of the ancient B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LET_the-milion-stone_Istanbul.html
English: In Ancient Rome, It used to be the starting point of all the roads reaching to Constantinople and the origin point used for the calculation of the distance of other cities to this city. It has the same function as the Milliarium Aureum mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LES_the-nymphaeum-traiani_Izmir.html
English: The fountain building was donated by Tiberius Claudius Aristion and his wife between A.D. 102 and 114 in honour of Artemis of Ephesos and Emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117). The original height of the building reconstructed as an architecture! …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEL_the-basilica-cistern_Istanbul.html
English: Constructed in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Justinianus, the most prosperous period of the East Roman Empire, the cistern Basilica is 70m. in width and 140m. in length. The dome, covering an area of 9800 m2, is supported …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEI_basilica-cistern_Istanbul.html
English: The Basilica Cistern was constructed by Eastern Roman Emperor I. Justinianus (527-565) in 542 A.D. to provide water requirement of the Great Palace. Due to the brilliance among the marble columns arising within the water, it was called …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LCE_admiral-hayrettin_Istanbul.html
English: This place belongs to "The Foundation of the Sons and Servants of Great Turkish Admiral Hayrettin (Barbarossa) Pasha." The sailors of the Pasha were resting here without losing sight of the sea. In the XVI Century, one of the biggest fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LCD_theater-fountain_Mugla.html
English: The theater fountain is located within vaulted niche of 11.85 m inserted into the supporting wall of the theater (Analemma). This fountain, without doubt, not only serves the audience of the games in the theater, but also to the dense hum…
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