Guide 29 of 29
The Çamlıca Mosque and Its Hill
İstanbul
A very large contemporary mosque on the highest hill of the Asian side, and the city's classic viewpoint: the historic peninsula, the Bosphorus, the bridges and the Marmara in one sweep. Eight stops, about fifteen minutes.
Stops8
Duration11min
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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