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The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the generous and communal meeting place of Constantinople, wealth of the Convoluted Empire and the main capital appearing in Europe. Today it is a seek permission named Sultanahmet Meydanı ( Square) featuring in the of , by way of solitary a little fragments of the real thing build up ongoing. It is occasionally also called Atmeydanı (Horse Square) concerning Turkish. The word hippodrome comes starting the , mare, and dromos, corridor before style. Horse racing with were trendy pastimes stylish the ancient world plus hippodromes were conventional features of arrived the Hellenistic, Roman plus Tortuous eras. Great tourist attractions.

Hippodrome of Constantinople, Constantinople GPS coordinates: 41° 0′ 23″ N, 28° 58′ 33″ E

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Galata tower, Istanbul

The , also called Christea Turris (Tower of Christ) by the Genoese and Megalos Pyrgos (The ) by the , is located in , Turkey, to the north of the . One of the city’s most striking landmarks, it is a huge, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline on the Galata side of the . The tower was built as Christea Turris in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in . It was the apex of the fortifications surrounding the of Galata. The current tower should not be confused with the old Tower of Galata, an original Byzantine tower, named Megalos Pyrgos, which controlled the northern end of the massive sea chain that closed the entrance of the . This tower was on a different site and was largely destroyed during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The 66.90 (62.59 m without the ornament on top, 51.65 m at the ) was the city’s tallest structure when built. The elevation at ground level is 35 meters above sea-level. The upper section of the tower with the conical cap was slightly modified in several restorations during the Ottoman period when it was used as an for spotting fires. Istambul is best travel destinations.
GPS travel coordinates: 41° 1′ 32″ N, 28° 58′ 27″ E

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