Guide 28 of 29

The Rahmi M. Koç Museum

İstanbul

A museum of industry, transport and communication on the Golden Horn, in an old anchor foundry and a former shipyard building. Steam engines, ships, trains, cars, aircraft and toys. Fourteen stops, about a ninety-minute visit; very well suited to visiting with children.

Stops14
Duration17min
Narrated inTRENFA
Part of the full collection
$29

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The Rahmi M. Koç Museum
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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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