İstanbul Photo Gallery by Mark Hersh at pbase.com

İstanbul

Original name Byzantion, a Greek city founded in 667 BC. Became Constantinople when Constantine, one of the co-emperors of the Roman Empire, cut the ribbon on a new capital city for his part of the empire (the eastern part) in AD 330. It then served as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as Byzantium) until the conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The modern Turkish republic changed the name to İstanbul in the 20th century.

So... there's a lot of history here!

Archeology museum: Alexander sarcophagus	"Lycean" Sarcophagus	Note the fine detail	Tile work	Aya Sophia
Center of the World	Blue Mosque		Jesus Pantocrator, inside the Chora Church Museum	Not crowded at all...
Mary and Christ Child	St. Peter	St. Paul	The Resurrection	Old city wall
Kastoria Synagogue Wall and Gate	Banat neighborhood	Orthodox Church Patriarchite	Byzantine eagle	Inside the Church of St. George
Relics		Up the Bosphorus to the Sea (Black Sea, that is)	That's it	Black Sea
Fishing boats	Orient Express station		Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts	Some large carpets in this museum
Calligraphy	Koran holder		Funicular	Republic Monument
The Grand Church (Orthodox)	İstiklal Avenue	From the Galata Tower	Where the waters meet	Galata Bridge
Typical crowd on the bridge	Inside the Blue Mosque		Huge pillars
Inside the Grand Bazaar	Topkapı Palace	Courtyard of the Queen Mother	Apartment in Harem	Courtyard of the Favorites
Dome in Reception Hall		Double Colonnade of the Privy Chamber	Sofa Pavilion	Inner Narthex, Aya Sophia
Emperor's Gate	View of nave from the 2nd level	Big walls and columns	Mosaic in the apse	The Arabic words
Deisis Mosaic				Simit, anyone?

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