So.. to start off with, the nicest pictures in my collection.
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The Hagia Sophia. A 1000 year old build still standing, since Justinian's time.
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The Hagia Sophia at night.
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Another beautiful shot
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Simply not enough shots can do this beautiful structure justice. A true testament of Roman Engineering
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The entrance
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The interior.
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Constantine the Great offering the city of Constantinople on the left, and Justinian offering the Church of Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) on the right.
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John II Komnenos and his wife, I believe.
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Just outside the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. What you see here is what's left of the Hippodrome.
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The Obelisk in the Hippodrome (one of the few things left standing)
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A closer look at the mosque
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Inside
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Another shot of the mosque.
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Night shots
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The entrance into the Topkapi Palace
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The palace grounds of the Topkapi Palace
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One of the many rooms
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One of the many courtyards
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A model of the Topkapi Palace. Notice the walls around the palace, obviously meant to deter sea based landings.
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Views of the Bosphoros from somewhere on the edge of the Topkapi Palace.
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The Roman Cistern (near the Hagia Sophia. It served the... since demolished Byzantine Imperial Palace.)
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Inside the Roman cistern
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Roman Aqueduct
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Remnants of the Walls of Constantinople...