Beyoğlu
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Beyoğlu is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 as of 2022. It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old
Istanbul asv 2020 02 img 46 Galata Bridge and Tower
Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul Turkey
Istanbul asv 2021 10 img 07 Taksim Monument
Beyoğlu City Hall, June 2021
Constantinople
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Constantinople, the modern Istanbul, was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empire from 330 until its takeover by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. After this, it continued to function as the Ottoman ca
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…sq mi), and its population is 225,920 as of 2022. It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople, today known as the Fatih district) by the Golden Horn. Beyoğlu was historically known as Pera and was originally established in the Byzantine period…
Aerial view of Byzantine Constantinople and the Propontis (Sea of Marmara)
The Column of Constantine, built by Constantine I in 330 to commemorate the establishment of Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire
The four bronze horses that were once in the Hippodrome of Constantinople are today put on display in Venice.
A simple cross: an example of iconoclast art in the Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul, which was secularized and today serves as a museum and concert hall.