1. Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul

4. The Bosporous Strait

5. View of Constantinople from the Bosporous

6. Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia

7. Hagia Sophia

8. Theodosian Walls

10. Interior of Hagia Irene

11. Topkapi Palace (1453)

12. Topkapi Palace

13. Topkapi Palace, Harem

14. The Blue Mosque (1610 – 1619)

15. The Blue Mosque

16. The Blue Mosque (detail)

17. The Blue Mosque (interior)

18. Internet Sources http://www.historylink101.net/turkey/rf-blue-mosque.htm http://www.historylink101.net/turkey/rf-hagia-sophia.htm http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Turkey/Blue- Mosque.html http://lexicorient.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct- frame.pl?http://lexicorient.com/e.o/istanbul.htm http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/topkapi.html