Today we visited four "biggies" from Istanbul's history: the Hippodrome from the Romans in A.D. 200; the Hagia Sofia built by Justinian in 537 (later turned into a mosque); Topkapi Palace, built by Mehmet II in 1460 ... and holding the 86 carat Topkapi diamond and the Topkapi dagger, with four giant emeralds on the sheath of a gold dagger ... ; and the Mosque of Ahmet I, aka the Blue Mosque, built in the early 1600's. The blue tiles are really impressive, but our little "point and shoot" cameras could not capture the beauty. We also show a shot of both Europe and Asia in the same frame.
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