1. Magnificent St. Sofia Museum
Also been called as Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox than
later as an Imperial Mosque and today as a museum in Istanbul Turkey. This
Museum remained the world’s largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years until
Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520. This building originally was
constructed as a church between 532 and 537 on the orders by the Byzantine
Emperor Justinian. It was designed by the Greek geometers isidore of Miletus
and Anthemius of Tralles. This church dedicated for the Wisdom of God, the Logos.
When the Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Empire
under Mehmed, he has order that the church of Orthodox Christianity converted
into a mosque.
This Museum is the witness the change in this world…
2. Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace is the large museum in Istanbul Turkey. In
the 15th century, it still served as the main residence and
administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans. Topkapi originally be
called as a “New Palace”. This palace been renovation on 1509 earthquake and
1665 fire. This palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller
buildings. Female members of Sultan’s Family lived in the Harem.
After 17th century, Topkapi has lost their
importance because Sultans spend more of their time in new palaces. In 1856,
Sultan Abdul Mejid decided to move the court to the newly built palace. Then
Topkapi retained some of its function including the imperial treasury, library,
and mint.
Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1923, Topkapi was
transformed into a museum by a government decree dated on 3 April 1924.
3. Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the
subterfuge that the Greeks used to enter the city of Troy and win the war. In
the canonical version, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed
a huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside. The Greeks pretended
to sail away, and the Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory
trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates
for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of night. The
Greeks entered and destroyed the city of Troy, ending the war.
4. Cotton Castle
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is
a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous
for its hot springs and enormous white terraces of travertine, a carbonate
mineral left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean
region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of
the year.
The ancient Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis was built on top
of the white "castle" which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft)
long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high. It can be seen from the
hills on the opposite side of the valley in the town of Denizli, 20 km away.
Known as Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) or ancient Hierapolis
(Holy City), this area has been drawing the weary to its thermal springs since
the time of Classical antiquity. The Turkish name refers to the surface of the
shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcium-rich
springs. Dripping slowly down the vast mountainside, mineral-rich waters foam
and collect in terraces, spilling over cascades of stalactites into milky pools
below. Legend has it that the formations are solidified cotton (the area’s
principal crop) that giants left out to dry.
5. Cappadocia
Cappadocia ia a historical region in Central Anatolia. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revolt (499 BC), the Cappadocians were reported as occupying a region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.
The name, traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history, continues in use as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage.
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