Into the seven hill city of Turkey Osman imprinting

Istanbul in its history has had many different names, Byzantium and Constantinople are all the most familiar.

Turkey, once the Osman Empire

Has a long history of the ancient city of Istanbul was founded in 668 BC, is the site of the ancientGreece-- city of Byzantium, later and reconstruction after the war, became EastRomeThe capital of the Empire, in 330 B.C. renamed Constantinople, the new Rome (Rome monarchy of Constantin the great in the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium established Rome Empire capital to compete with pure Christian, there is still a large number of pagan flooded the city of Rome). In 1453 after Osman Turks made the city, began to call Istanbul.

Istanbul is also the nickname "seven hill city", because the city's old town was founded in seven by Constantin hill, seven hills form a contrast with Rome's backing, the seven hills in the city to seven mosques representative, every hill a.

Blue Mosque

Blue Mosque Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii)

TRAM:Sultanahmet station

The girl into the mosque, can not wear too bare clothes such as tank tops and the like, can not wear short skirts, must wear headscarves, the mosque has borrowed gown and hood. The mosque did not need tickets, but personal feeling of Blue Mosque is really very general.

Enter all the mosques must take off shoes, there are a lot of girls not hooded when he saw us enter the mosque, but inside the carpet foot odor that we had to take a turban and cover the nose.

The Blue Mosque was built in the 1609. The mosque walls are blue, and white Iznik tiles decoration. There are six minarets around the huge dome, the Blue Mosque is one of the ten wonder of the world. The construction of Blue Mosque did not use a nail, but after several earthquakes without collapse. The window of 260, more than 2 pieces of blue tiles, carpets and the art of calligraphy in Arabia is an important aspect of the temple.

It is said that only the Muslim holy city of Mecca mosque to cover the six minarets, Blue Mosque in the construction, the architect to hear what a world "- Tan dense gold" command, did not think of "gold" and "six" sounds very close to Blue Mosque, the results more than a moment with six minarets.

Hagia Sophia Church

Hagia Sophia Church Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia)

TRAM:Sultanahmet station, and the Blue Mosque across the street

Tickets: 20 lira (closed on Monday)

Hagia Sophia in East Rome during the reign of emperor Justinian (AD 532 years -- 537 BC), when the Byzantine Empire was at the peak stage. As one of the ten big is the world yearn for the Cathedral of St. Sophia Cathedral and Blue Mosque across the street. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, Saint Sophia Cathedral has been transformed into worship Allah mosque in Turkey.

The left aisle on a rectangularDaliHave a thumb hole near Shi Shizhu, people will thumb plug inside, and laborious rotation, a first time to think of the movie "Roman holiday" in the male and female make fun of the scene. This is called "cry stone", is said to be thumb into the damp cave, and the plane is rotated 360 degrees, can realize their wish at that time.

Image & text.Preserved egg _QueenSina blog