Sultanahmet Square
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Address | Binbirdirek Mh. , Sultan Ahmet Parkı No:2, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey |
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Hours | Open 24 hours |
Architectural styles | Byzantine architecture |
Did you know | The palace was located between the ancient Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia Church and the Sea of Marmara, just under todays Arasta Bazaar and behind the Blue Mosque in the southeast of Sultanahmet Square. |
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ID | 568041 |
About Sultanahmet Square
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving.
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