Guide 24 of 29
The Land Walls and Yedikule
İstanbul
An outdoor walk along the fifth-century land defences, from Edirnekapı south to Yedikule: moat, double wall, towers, market gardens, and everything artillery changed after a thousand years. Twelve stops, about six kilometres.
Stops12
Duration16min
Narrated inTRENFA
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$29
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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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