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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVG_hagia-sophia_Istanbul.html
English: The present Ayasofya is the third building of the same name that was constructed in the same place. The First Great Church serving as the cathedral was constructed by Emperor Constantius (337-361) in 360; it had a basilica plan and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M02_the-tomb-of-suleiman-the-magnificent_Istanbul.html
English: Suleiman the Magnificent (1494, Trabzon - 1566, Szigetvár), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the 89th Caliph of Islam. In the west, he was known as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the east, he was known as Sultan Suleiman t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZU_the-remnants-of-the-theodosian-hagia-sophia-5th-century_Istanbul.html
English: The church built by the Emperor Theodosios II (408-450) on a basilica plan covered by a wooden-roof was opened for worship in 415. It was destroyed by fire during the Nike Revolt against the Emperor Justinian (527-565). A Lamb Relie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LYH_obelisk-of-theodosius_Istanbul.html
English: The obelisk was originally set up by Tutmoses III of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt in close to 1450 BC along with a similar one in front of the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak. Inscribed on the obelisk is an Egyptian hieroglyph script, still cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LW6_walled-obelisk_Istanbul.html
English: Walled Column also known as Walled Obelisk is one of three ancient monuments, which has survived to the present day. In the middle of the Hippodrome, there was a set that bisects race space and called as "spina" in Roman period where car …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTR_suleymaniye-mosque-and-social-complex_Istanbul.html
English: This building is a social complex constructed by Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) on the order of Suleiman the Magnificent (1550-1557). The Süleymaniye Mosque is at the center of the social complex constructed on a high hill facing Bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSZ_mausoleum-of-sultan-ahmed-i_Istanbul.html
English: Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I (1603-1617) is located at the northeast part of Sultanahmet Kulliye. There is a darülkurra (a part of a madrasah) behind this mausoleum surrounded with wall and a building on the corner, in front of porticos, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSY_the-tuerbe-tomb-of-sultan-mehmed-iii_Istanbul.html
English: The building was constructed by the Architect Ahmed Agha in 1608. The octagonal shape of the tomb is covered by a central dome, with a large main hall in the middle and two lateral spaces the entrance. There are mural paintings on bot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSV_350-ehzade-mosque-and-complex_Istanbul.html
English: This mosque was dedicated to one of the Princes of Salesman the Magnificent, who died young: Sehzade Mehmed, the son of Suleyman and Hurrem was born in 1521 and died in 1543. Some believe that Sinan, was building it for Suleyman, but, e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOM_topkapi-palace_Istanbul.html
English: Topkapi Palace was the resident of Ottoman sultans, and center of state management and education. Mehmed the Conqueror ordered the construction of a palace in Bayezid, at the location of Istanbul University at the present that would later…
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