The fifth postcard we've received comes from ISTANBUL, Turkey's capital city!
Adrián Gándara has done some research on this fascinating city!
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| Istanbul |
WHERE IS ISTANBUL?
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| Location of Turkey |
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| Location of Istanbul within Turkey |
Istanbul is the biggest city of Turkey with 15 millions of persons. It is located in the northwest of the country on the banks of BOSFORO, strait that separates Europe and Asia. It is one of the most fascinating places of the planet.
ISTANBUL IS FAMOUS FOR...
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| Istanbul market |
Istanbul is a city with a lot of contrast, sounds, colors, flavors, smells… It is magic and wonderfully chaotic and there went the capital of three empires: Roma, Byzantine and Ottoman. Istanbul is a famous for being a too oriental city to be an European an excessively western to be an Asian.
PLACES TO VISIT
Hagia Sophia
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| Hagia Sophia |
This wonderful landmark is a former Christian basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi). From the date of its construction in 537 until 1453, it served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire.
The Grand Bazaar
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| Grand Bazaar |
The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops, which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. In 2014, it is listed No.1 among world's most-visited tourist attractions with 91,250,000 annual visitors!
Topkapi Palace
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| Topkapi Palace |
Topkapi Palace was one of the major residency of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years (1465–1856) of their 624-year reign.It is among the monuments contained within the "Historic Areas of Istanbul", which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
The Bosphorus Strait
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| Bosphorus cruise |
The city of Istanbul is at a geographic crossroads, straddling Europe and Asia Minor and is divided by a sea lane called the Bosphorus Strait, which joins the Black Sea in the northeast and the Mediterranean Sea in the southwest. Cruises in the Bosphorus stand as one of the major tourist attractions in Istambul.
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