Guide 15 of 29
Rumeli Fortress
İstanbul
A fortress raised at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus to close a waterway. It only makes sense together with Anadolu Hisarı on the opposite shore. Ten stops, about twenty-five minutes, all in the open air.
Stops10
Duration13min
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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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