Guide 25 of 29
Büyükada, the Great Island
İstanbul
A walking route on the largest of the Princes' Islands, from the ferry pier to the monastery on the hill: islands of exile, wooden mansions, the orphanage, the pine forest and the bays. Twelve stops, about an hour of listening spread over a longer walk.
Stops12
Duration16min
Narrated inTRENFA
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The Weeping Column
Hagia Sophia · northwest corner
That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.
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