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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8406431, member: 95174"]I have been there several times in the last decade, it was for work, it is an amazing city, it still has the original city walls standing but with the occasional store built into the wall. My last trip was only for a day so we did a cruise on the Bosphorus and some shopping in the Bazaar. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you get the chance to go you will be in awe, history does not have to be sought out, it is everywhere. </p><p><br /></p><p><u>If you click on the links in the article, you will see the damage they are talking about</u>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a favorite photo I took from a previous visit. This building is the center of eastern Roman history, even during the final siege of 1453 this is where the woman and children went to gather. So this building not only represents the grandeur of the Romans, it also has the memories of the best of times and the horrors of the worst of times (For the inhabitants.). The fall of this city and this church was the end of the Roman empire. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1491252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8406431, member: 95174"]I have been there several times in the last decade, it was for work, it is an amazing city, it still has the original city walls standing but with the occasional store built into the wall. My last trip was only for a day so we did a cruise on the Bosphorus and some shopping in the Bazaar. If you get the chance to go you will be in awe, history does not have to be sought out, it is everywhere. [U]If you click on the links in the article, you will see the damage they are talking about[/U]. Here is a favorite photo I took from a previous visit. This building is the center of eastern Roman history, even during the final siege of 1453 this is where the woman and children went to gather. So this building not only represents the grandeur of the Romans, it also has the memories of the best of times and the horrors of the worst of times (For the inhabitants.). The fall of this city and this church was the end of the Roman empire. [ATTACH=full]1491252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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