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Photo Gallery of Turkey: Istambul, Troy, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pergamum, Bosforus, Blue Mosque
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The author of this photo Gallery in Troy
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Marta invite us to a trip in Turkey.
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Hagia Sophia-Istanbul-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The “church of holy wisdom”. The supreme church of Byzantium is over 1,400 years old. Inaugurated by Emperor Justinian in 537. It was converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in the 15th.
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Golden Horn.Galata Bridge.Asian bank-Istanbul-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Golden horn is a flooded river valley that flows southwest into the Bosphorus. The Galata Bridge, which links Europe and Asia, is a good place to appreciate the city and admirate the minaret-filled sky-line.
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Cappadocia-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: In Central Anatolia.Remarkable conical rock out-crops, called “fairy chimneys” are the region’s most famous and characteristic features. Carved into the rock are scores of hidden chapels adorned with exquisite frescoes, proff of the Christian presence in the 4th century AD.
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Ephesus-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: It is one of the greatest ruined cities in the western world. A Greek city was first built about 1000 BC as a centre for the worshi p of Cybeles, the Anatolian Mother Goddes. The city we know was founded in the 4th century BC by Alexander the Great’ succesor, Lynasichus. Under the Romans it became the chief port in the Aegean.
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Troy-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Called Truva, in Turkish,it has nine strata. The city which was the pivot of Homer’s “Illiad” was found by Heinrich Schliemann. The site called the Pillar House may have been the palace of King Priam.
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Aphrodisias-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The city was given this name during the 2nd century BC. It was dedicated to Aphrodite, goddes of love.
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Baghdad Pavilion-Topkapi Palace-Istanbul-Turkey
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Built in 1639 for Murat IV to celebrate his capture of Baghdad. It has exquisite blue-and- white tilework.
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