Guide 03 of 29
Dolmabahçe Palace
İstanbul
The Ottoman answer to Europe: four and a half tonnes of chandelier in a single hall, six hundred kilos of gold, and an empire's final century. Thirty stops, about fifty-five minutes.
Stops30
Duration31min
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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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