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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.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEV_million_Istanbul.html
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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/HM1LEL_the-basilica-cistern_Istanbul.html
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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
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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
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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/HM1LCC_the-fountain-of-ahmed-iii_Istanbul.html
English: The Fountain was constructed by Mimar Ahmed Aga on the order of Ahmed III following the recommendation of Nevsehirii Damat
Ibrahim Pasha, replacing a Byzantine fountain named Perayton. The fountain which is one of the most beautiful samp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LC3_st-euphemias-martyrion_Istanbul.html
English: St. Euphemia who was known to be a saint in the era of Ancient Chalcedon, was killed because of her religious belief on 16 September 303. Euphemia was buried within a martyrion (burial place), out of the city in Chalcedon, done by her fam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LBO_cistern-of-philoxenos_Istanbul.html
English: The cistern was constructed in 4th century. As the Emperor Constantinus I reestablished the city, some members of the senate were forced to migrate here and Philoxenos that was one of them constructed his palace next to the Hippodrome. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LBL_german-fountain_Istanbul.html
English: German Fountain is a monument dedicated to the second visit of the Prussian King and German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1898. The monument, which was presented in the name of Turkish-German friendship, extending its function of being a fountain…