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12-DEC-2006

Istanbul dec 2007 1263.jpg

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To the right of the circumcision room one arrives at a platform. At the time the picture was taken the Bagdad Pavilion was hidden from view due to restoration.

We do see a balcony with a bronze-gold canopy, built in 1640 under Sultan Ibrahim, the Iftariye: a place to eat the iftar, the meal of breaking ones fast in the month of Ramadan.

It is a great place to take pictures of much of the old town, which lies at ones feet. The next series was taken at that spot.

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1/50s f/8.0 at 16.0mm iso200 full exif

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