A bold tribute to the City of Two Continents and Bridge Between East and West where Istanbul, the largest city in Turkiye and the only metropolis in the world to straddle two continents, its European and Asian districts separated by the Bosphorus strait where the Black Sea flows into the Marmara Sea in one of the world's most strategic and beautiful waterways, has served under its successive names of Byzantium, Constantinople, and Istanbul as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for a thousand years from 330 CE, of the Byzantine Empire until the Ottoman conquest of 1453, and of the Ottoman Empire until 1923, making it the longest-serving capital city in European history and one of the most historically layered cities in the world, where the Hagia Sophia, built by the Emperor Justinian and completed in 537 CE as the greatest church in Christendom, converted to a mosque after the Ottoman conquest, transformed into a museum in 1934, and reconverted to a mosque in 2020, stands as a monument to the successive civilizations that have made Istanbul their capital, where the Blue Mosque with its six minarets, the Topkapi Palace housing the treasures of the Ottoman sultans, the Grand Bazaar with its 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops, and the Galata Tower rising above the Golden Horn give Istanbul an historic and sensory richness unmatched in the Mediterranean world.
Product Details
Size: 2"x2" (5x5 cm)
Material: Glossy film over photo paper print, metal frame, plastic base with magnet
Weight: 20g
Magnet strength: Strong, holds securely on fridges and metal surfaces
Made in Canada 🍁
Why You'll Love It
City Identity: Celebrate Istanbul's two continents and Bosphorus Hagia Sophia Ottoman Byzantine heritage
Perfect Gift 🎁: Ideal for Istanbul city lovers and Turkiye Byzantine Ottoman culture fans
Versatile Display 🧲: Looks great on any fridge or metal surface
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