Istanbul - Turkey, Istanbul Modern day Sultan Ahmet Square, also known as Horse Sqaure, is a grassy rectangle adjacent the Blue Mosque containing relics of the ancient Hippodrome, the center of life in Byzantine Constantinople. Originally built in 203 AD, it was enlarged and redecorated by Constantine the Great a century later. Most of the raceway remains unexcavated. Here, the Hippodrome square with the Blue Mosque in the background.
|
Uploaded: Apr, 27 2014 | Taken: Oct, 16 2008| Viewed: 5 times
Camera: Eastman Kodak Company | Model: Picture Kiosk G4 | Exposure 1/1000s, f2.9 | FLength: 6mm | SW: Picture Kiosk G4 KPK V2.0 SP1.1 FC1
|
|
|
siffer 's travel pictures |
 |
|
|