City with a history of thousands of years has made many people
fall in love with its charm. Napoleon who
once ruled half of Europe had dubbed
Istanbul as the capital of the world. Orhan Paruk,
Nobel literature laureates in 2006 to dedicate a
special book for
her hometown. Even the latest James Bond movie
reportedly scheduled to be re-filmed in this city,
following two new film From Russia With Love and The World is not Enough. Historical and cultural wealth of Istanbul's special
summarized, as told by Hani Sulastri
Hamid, Executive summary
by darmansjah
Istanbul is one of the largest city in Turkey. Although no longer
functioning as the capital of Istanbul
since 1923 but remains
the most important in this
country. Every year millions of tourists visit this city because of
the many interesting places that are
not owned by another State. If you love traveling and
are interested to learn the history,
background of Istanbul who was formerly Byzantium and Constantinople, and
the long history of the Ottoman
Empire that make this city
has many interesting relics, you have
been to Istanbul as
its history is rich do not be surprised if Istanbul is crowned European Culture
Capital in 2010.
Another thing that makes this city interesting is it lies on two continents, Asia and
Europe.
Region is the first time I visited Sultanahmet, the most
futuristic in Turkey. Here there are many
buildings that must be visited by
tourists such as Hagia Sophia, Topkaki Palace, Blue Mosque,
Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaaar. Because of its location adjacent to, any building can be visited
in one day wkatu full. By the time
I visited the Hagia Sophia, the queue to
buy tickets was
long snaking because
many wanted to see first hand the
charm of this historic
building. Hagia Sophia is the red
building with a lot of the dome. At first Istanbul
was an icon of
a church founded by
Emperor Justinian in the 6th century to
replace the previous cathedral destroyed by fire. In 1453 Sultan Mehmed II conquered
Constantinople Hagia Sophia
changed into a
mosque. Substitution of the
functions of the church into a mosque seen on
various sides of this
magnificent building. Among the mosaic-mosaic depicting
the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ on the
walls visitors can see and written in Arabic calligraphy
Allah and Muhammad
in big letters.
The interesting thing here is a stone that has a perforation in
the middle called the wish
stone. When visitors enter and conduct
another round of thumb, it is hoped will be
achieved. Oh yes, the Hagia Sophia to enter
visitors must pay
20 lira for a ticket.
After visiting
the Aya Sofia, I headed Topkaki Palace.
Not too far away from Hagia Sophia, enough to walk about five minutes. After
paying $ 20 lira admission, I then entered the gates of the magnificent Palace Topkaki
like a palace in a fairy tale. There is a large door and two buds dome on the
right and left. The palace was formerly the residence of the Ottoman dynasty sultan.
Here visitors can see the Harem, the palace which is where the sultan to various
activities. I can feel the grandeur of being a sultan when I saw this place. Topkaki
also save a lot of historical objects such as jewelry, clothing and tools of
war legacy of the Ottoman Empire that ended at the beginning of the 20th
century. This palace also save a lot of Muslim heritage artifacts, among which is
one of the swords of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Having exhausted
the magnificent surrounds Topkaki Palace and very wide, I went to the Blue Mosque.
Blue mosque is said to be due to the
blue dome is very beautiful when viewed from a distance. Historic mosque is a
place to rest and worship for those who are Muslims. Because it is still used
as places of worship, visitors do not have to pay admission like other historic
buildings. Interestingly the mosque does not prohibit non-Muslim visitors to
enter. They can go as long as it uses decent clothes that cover arms and legs. Board
may lend the mosque fabric covering the arms and legs when a visitor needs it.
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