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Galata Tower

İstanbul

A trading colony's defensive tower, later a fire lookout, a prison, and today the best terrace in the city. Ten stops, about eighteen minutes.

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Duration11min
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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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