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The best place to feel the antiquities are city walls. Our stroll through history begins in Yedikule Fortress – Dungeons where many diplomats were imprisoned when the Ottoman Empire declared war on that country. Not only diplomats – but some Ottoman sultans were also put in jail and executed in some of the dungeons here! What else? We see the Gates of the walls, the cemetery of the Orthodox Patriarchs and the miraculous Ayazma of Balikli, some Works of Architect Sinan, and more churches. Highlight of the tour is the opportunity to walk on the historic walls. First, we walk on the walls in the Yedikule Fortress, than we walk over a kilometer from Belgrate Gate to Silivri Gate – This will definitely keep your feet on the ground.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The best place to feel the antiquities are city walls. Our stroll through history begins in Yedikule Fortress – Dungeons where many diplomats were imprisoned when the Ottoman Empire declared war on that country. Not only diplomats – but some Ottoman sultans were also put in jail and executed in some of the dungeons here! What else? We see the Gates of the walls, the cemetery of the Orthodox Patriarchs and the miraculous Ayazma of Balikli, some Works of Architect Sinan, and more churches. Highlight of the tour is the opportunity to walk on the historic walls. First, we walk on the walls in the Yedikule Fortress, than we walk over a kilometer from Belgrate Gate to Silivri Gate – This will definitely keep your feet on the ground.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Yedikule, Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
After pick you up from your hotel, our stroll through history begins in Yedikule Fortress – Dungeons where many diplomats were imprisoned when the Ottoman Empire declared war on that country. Not only diplomats – but some Ottoman sultans were also put in jail and executed in some of the dungeons here!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Church of St. Mary of the Spring, 3, Seyitnizam Mah, Istanbul Turkey
Our next stop is Balıklı Ayazması also known as Chruch of St. Mary of the Spring. The present church, built in 1835, bears the same dedication as the shrine erected in this place between the end of the fifth and the beginning of the sixth century. After several renovations, this building was destroyed in the first half of the fifteenth century by the Ottomans. The complex got its name from a nearby holy spring, reputed to have healing properties. For almost fifteen hundred years, this sanctuary has been one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Greek Orthodoxy
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Belgradkapı, Kazlıçeşme, 34020 Zeytinburnu/İstanbul, Turkey
Our last stop will be Belgradkapı before we’ll drop off you to your hotels. After conquering Belgrade in 1521, sultan Suleiman the Magnificent resettled town’s population. He relocated several groups to Constantinople itself, in areas which became known as Belgrade Forest and Belgrade Gate (Belgrad Ormanı and Belgradkapı, respectively)
Duration: 1 hour
