Fatih
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Fatih or the Historical peninsula, is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 as of 2022. It is home to almost all of the provincial
Hagia Sophia in Fatih
Panorama of Istanbul taken from Galata Tower. Shown from left to right: The Asian side of Istanbul, Topkapi palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Galata bridge and New Mosque.
Panorama of Fatih
The Great Walls of Constantinople
Walls of Constantinople
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The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine
Fatih
…small population. Fatih is bordered by the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the Theodosian wall and the east by the Bosphorus Strait. Historic Byzantine districts encompassed by present-day Fatih include: Exokiónion, Aurelianae, Xerólophos, ta…
Restored section of the Theodosian walls at the Selymbria Gate. The outer wall and the wall of the moat are visible, with a tower of the inner wall in the background.
Photo of the peribolos, the space between the inner and outer walls
First Military Gate of Theodosian Walls of Constantinople