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Dolmabahce Palace (the last of the sultans' palaces, built in the late 19th century) | |
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The Ortaköy Mosque | The high-rent district (wood houses are expensive to keep up here!) |
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One of the two bridges over the Bosphorus | Rumeli Hisari (built when the Turks took Constantinople) |
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The Spice Bazaar! (don't miss it!) | A Roman aqueduct (a major road runs right through it) |
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Courtyard of the Suleymaniye Mosque | A detail from the beautiful interior |
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The Suleymaniye Mosque's candelabra | An old cemetery nearby - note the headstones' headgear! |
Last updated 11/12/99 by Jean Richter, richter@eecs.Berkeley.EDU