Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Life in the city

Along with the traditional Turkish restaurants, many European and Far Eastern restaurants and numerous other cuisines are also thriving in the city.
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Scuff

Slippers made of coarse cloth.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Burnt Column

Çemberlitaş
Çemberlitaş.

The Column of İstanbul is one of the most important examples of Roman art in Istanbul. The column is 35 meters tall today and can be seen from the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus as part of the famous historic skyline of Istanbul. Restoration work has been going on since 1955. Cracks in the porphyry were filled and the metal brackets renewed in 1972. Since 1985, the monument of the historic peninsula of Istanbul, including the column, have been listed as a World Heritage Site. As of 2007 the column is being restored by the Istanbul Municipality and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and is surrounded by iron bars for the restoration work. [Read More]

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