HISTORY

Hagia Sophia Mosque

Built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of...

St. Antoine Church

The original St. Anthony of Padua Church was built in 1725 by the local Italian community of Istanbul, but was later...

Galata Tower

The Romanesque style tower was built as Christea Turris ("Tower of Christ") in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese...

Rumeli Fortress

The Fortress Museum incorporates Rumeli, Yedikule and Anadolu Fortresses. Among all, Rumeli Fortress however clearly stands...

The Blue Mosque

Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul,...

Tünel

In 1867 a French engineer, Eugène-Henri Gavand, came to Constantinople as a tourist. During his visit, he was taken aback...

Mısır Apartmanı

The apartment was built in 1910 by Ottoman Armenian architect Hovsep Aznavur and commissioned by Khedive of Egypt Abbas...