Guide 13 of 29
The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
İstanbul
A vizier's palace on the edge of the Hippodrome, one of the world's most important carpet collections, Seljuk woodwork and Qur'an manuscripts. Fifteen stops, about twenty-six minutes.
Stops15
Duration20min
Narrated inTRENFA
Part of the full collection
$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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