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Double Colonnade759 viewsSurrounded the Sultan's apartments and extends to the harem. The door at the left rear led to the Golden Path, a corridor that runs through the entire harem.
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Really Skinny Yali759 viewsThe price of real estate here means that you have to make the most of every square inch. It's the same principle that led to building skyscrapers in New York.
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Corinthian758 viewsA column capital in the Corinthian style.
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Amphitheater757 viewsThe theater was severely damaged by earthquakes in the 7th century AD. Later, villagers built cottages on top of the cavea (seating section), but when excavations began the entire village of Geyre was relocated after excavations began in 1966.
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Chuck Mattox at the Amphitheater757 viewsPondering the ephemerality of human creations.
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The Museum is Closed757 viewsThis was unfortunate; not only is the museum housed in the old Roman Baths, worth seeing in themselves; but it also contains historical artifacts from several regions of Turkey, dating even back to the Bronze Age.
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Aquarium on a Vase757 viewsAquatic themes were a favorite motif for plates and vases.
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Dolmabahçe Palace - close-up view757 viewsSelamlık (public section)
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Library Furniture757 viewsThis curious piece of furniture stands in the Library. I don't know its overall purpose, but it appears to harbor a light in the dome.
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Upper Galleries757 viewsThe western gallery was the Empress' Loge, the northern was for the court women, and the southern for the emperor. The hexagonal structure at lower right, below the gallery, is the Sultan's Loge, a 19th-century addition.
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Pianissimo756 viewsYou could say that this one really took the cake.
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Kandilli Observatory756 viewsOur first stop after landing in Istanbul was the Kandilli Observatory, or more formally known as the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, affiliated with Boĝaziçi University of Istanbul.
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