The ancient Egyptian obelisk of the Istanbul Theodore Western Observatory is 19.59 meters high. Its base is a Romanesque base with a size of 2, with reliefs on all sides of the base. The picture below is a relief on the northeast. In the middle of the upper part of the relief is the Great Emperor, his wife and son, who are receiving worship from foreign envoys.

On both sides are officials and soldiers. The lower part of the relief, the kneeling foreign envoy is presenting the gift to the emperor. The other three reliefs describe the competition and viewing scenes of the racecourse that year, as well as the scenes of the emperor celebrating the winners. The base of the Egyptian obelisk is taller than the Western Observatory of Theodore. The column of Constantine Bopherogenistans in the distance.

It is referred to as the wall column. The wall column is 32 meters high and is built of stones of different sizes. It is a wall column built in the ancient arena built to commemorate the great achievements of Constantine the Great. Istanbul is erected between the two monuments. During the reign of Constantine the Great, Istanbul was to rebuild Istanbul.

He ordered the transport of monuments from different parts of the empire to Istanbul from the original site. This snake pillar was transported from Greece, with the names of 31 allied Greek cities engraved on it. According to records, the top of the pillar was a golden plate supported by the heads of three big snake heads entangled with each other, and the head has now been damaged.

The three entangled snake heads on the hollowed-out monument are separated from each other, with 29 joints and 8 meters high, and are viewed from three directions in a arc of 36-32. The snake pillar is now only 5.3 meters remaining and is placed in a three-meter-deep wall with a diameter of 6 and 5 meters. It is said that the snake pillar has a characteristic, which is that it can protect Istanbul from attacks by snakes, centipedes and scorpions.

Once, a Turkish soldier chopped off a snake head, and then there were more snakes, centipedes and scorpions. However, now the three snake heads are gone. Istanbul is still as usual. The ancient stadium snake pillar Istanbul met a casual mother and daughter at the ancient racecourse. That beautiful little girl is so cute.

I kept looking at Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi, and was very interested in the strange faces of "foreigners" such as Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi. Did the beautiful little girl in Istanbul see the building in front? Just next to the racetrack, it is also the best place to photograph the Blue Mosque.

Unfortunately, the sun has set and the light is not strong. One of the best locations for shooting the Blue Mosque from the direction of the ancient stadium The Fountain Pavilion on the Istanbul Racecourse is a pleasing Ottoman building. It was a gift to the Sultan when the German Emperor William II visited the Ottoman Empire in 1901.

Built by craftsmen from Constantinople, it is called the German Fountain Pavilion. In the lower right corner of the picture, Zhou Xiken is explaining to the group members. It was too late in the German Fountain Istanbul, and Zhou Xiken did not break his promise and arranged a Chinese meal for Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi walked down the wall of the old palace.

In fact, the old palace, Hagia Sophia Cathedral, Blue Mosque, the ancient racecourse and the underground water palace are all around Sultan Ahmed Square. Facing the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, the groundwater palace on the left is the underground water palace and the old palace on the right. The Chinese restaurant is at the end of this slope, to the right of the three-way intersection.

The Chinese restaurants in Turkey have been localized, and the chefs still make the dishes salty and sour. Zhou Xiken said. The chef is a Chinese, and everyone says that this is a Chinese restaurant in Turkey. There is no parking around the restaurant in Istanbul on the exterior wall of the old palace. After dinner, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi walked to another street to get on the bus.

At this time, Dingdingmao was walking behind Yunluo. He told Yunluo with great emotion that he had learned a lot of knowledge in the past few days. Dingdingmao had brought a group in Turkey once before, but there were few attractions that time. This time, compared with another colleague who led the Turkish team, there were many attractions in Yunluo and Nalan Seqi Group.

He said that he had gone through the light of Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi, and this time he had visited many more attractions. No wonder Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi suggested that they would not want to go to the Military Museum and the Suleiman Mosque tomorrow. He tried his best to persuade Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi to go because he had never been there. In order to complete the prescribed itinerary, Zhou Xiken dared not reduce the attractions at will, and the above attractions still have to go.

Street View Istanbul Street View Istanbul 5. Accommodation Istanbul Yunluo and Nalanshuqi's accommodation Plazahotel, located just outside, not far from the Eurasian Bridge. The hotel lobby Istanbul housing interior view Istanbul bathroom Istanbul This was the breakfast shot the next morning, and the dishes were very rich.

The rich buffet in Istanbul is said to be original honey, and you only need to take a piece from above and be eaten. Attractions in today's itinerary include: Old Palace, Military Museum, Suleiman Mosque, Bosphorus Strait, Chamilica Mountain. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi also requested additional attractions.

Dolmabahce Palace and the underground water palace. In this way, with the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, Blue Mosque, and ancient racetrack yesterday, in addition to a few museums, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi have basically visited the main attractions in Istanbul, which can bring a satisfactory end to Turkey.

However, if the above attractions are only counted for visiting time (calculated according to the scheduled time), it will take 7 hours. Considering the traffic jams along the way, the time for waiting in line to attractions, and the time for lunch and dinner is delayed, today's itinerary is very tight. If you change to another tour guide, you may not agree to Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi adding attractions, and Zhou Xiken will not refuse.

Some sisters want to shop, hoping that after visiting these attractions today, there will be only shopping attractions left tomorrow: the commercial streets around Grand Bazaar and Taksim Square. Therefore, Yunluo proposed that there are too many attractions today, and whether to leave one until tomorrow, Zhou Xiken did not agree. Zhou Xiken is from Istanbul. He repeatedly expressed that he hopes Yunluo and Nalan Seqi like his hometown.

I also hope everyone has fun, so Yunluo had to obey the majority. The original plan was that the first attraction today was Topkapa Old Palace, but the weather was not good, and it started to rain heavily in the morning. After getting on the bus, Zhou Xiken told the driver that the rain was too heavy. If you visit the Old Palace mainly outdoors, you might be wet from the rain, so you temporarily diverted to the Military Museum.

1. Avoid the wind and rain in Istanbul. The military museum is large in scale and has two floors. It is said that it is known as the second largest military museum in the world. However, it is much smaller than the military museums in the capital. The sisters are not interested in military museums and are only used as shelter from the rain. It is charged for taking photos in military museums.

Each camera is 12 lira, and only one camera is left in the whole group. The rest are stored at the door. Did you see the counter behind the sanitation staff? Everyone found a small gift of interest there. Bookmark 0.5 lira one, and Turkish figure refrigerator sticker 1.25 lira one.

It is the cheapest small gift that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi found in Turkey, and the workmanship is better than that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi bought in other places. Everyone rushed to buy it together, which was delayed a lot of time. Military Museum Istanbul Military Museum exhibits from weapons, military uniforms, desert tents to the conquest of the Sudan, etc.

There are all kinds of things. There are many large oil paintings here that describe the military history of Turkey. When Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi visited this oil painting, they discovered the Great Wall. Zhu Zhu made Zhou Xiken. This is you attacking Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi Huaguo. Zhou Xiken hurriedly explained that it was not Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi, but Western Turkic people.

The Turks were a branch of the Huns and established the Turkic Khanate in 550. In 583, the Turkic Khanate failed in the war with the Sui Dynasty and split into the East and West Turks. The Eastern Turkic Khanate failed in many wars with the Tang Dynasty and declined. In the fourth year of Zhenguan (630), Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turkic Khanate. By the fifth year of Xianqing (657) of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty.

Under the continuous attack of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks also perished, and the rest moved westward. Zhou Xiken emphasized that the Turks are now derived from the fusion of multi-ethnic groups, not just the Turks. Everyone was happy to see Zhou Xiken looking anxious and serious. The Military Museum Istanbul is in front of the map of the Military Museum.

Zhou Xiken proudly told Yun Luo and Nalan Shiqi that from 1071 to 1243, the Seljuks of the Turks established the Sultanate of Rona in Konia, with territory including the current Turkey, Iran, Iraq and the Ottoman period. During the reign of Emperor Suleiman (1520 to 1566), the empire's civil and military achievements reached its peak.

The land spans Europe, Asia and Africa, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. They are all within their jurisdiction. When talking about this history, the Turks said that Yun Luo and Nalan Shiqi said that Genghis Khan once expanded the territory of China to Europe. Unfortunately, in the 16th century, the empire was in its peak and decline, and it was constantly ceding its land.

As a result, at the beginning of the 20th century, it was completely devoid of its dominance and became a semi-colonial land of Western European countries such as Britain, France, and Germany. Now Turkey's territory is less than half of its heyday. Despite this, in Europe, Türkiye's land area is still behind Russia and is in the second position.

The portraits of the Istanbul Military Museum in the Military Museum are very exquisite and full of three-dimensionality, which is what everyone likes. The paintings of various war scenes in the Military Museum are vivid. Zhou Xiken accompanied him throughout the whole process and explained them to everyone, otherwise he would be more boring if he couldn't understand the words.

There is an exhibition room in the Istanbul Museum of Military Museum. A classroom scene of Kemal, the founder of the Turkish Republic, was in school. A seat was left next to the tourist for photos. Everyone took photos here as a souvenir. When Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi walked out of the exhibition hall in Istanbul, the Military Museum.

The heavy rain was almost stopped. Lg took this photo. Dingdingmao said, it's not bad, but some people are still interested. The Military Museum Istanbul came out of the Military Museum and originally planned to go directly to the old palace, but Yunluo and Nalan Seqi's cars passed by the new palace. Zhou Xiken asked everyone for their opinions. Where can I see first?

In order to save time, Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi chose to visit the new palace first. Because the new palace will have to rest on Monday, today is Sunday. If you miss it today, there will be no chance tomorrow. The old palace will not rest on Monday, Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi originally suggested that the old palace be placed in tomorrow. 2. The scenic spot outside the itinerary, Dormabahce Palace.

For simplicity, people often call the Topkapa Palace built in the 15th century the Old Palace, and the Dolmabachche Palace built in the mid-19th century the New Palace is located in the European part of the west coast of the Bosphorus. 400 years ago, it was originally a huge bay covering an area of ​​200,000 square meters.

In the Ottoman era, this bay was used to welcome the expedition fleet. It was filled in the 17th century and became a private garden for the Sultan. In the mid-19th century, when the old palace Topkapa Palace was not enough to be used or modern enough, Sultan Abdul Maijid I chose this place and transformed it into a sultan residence that was far more magnificent than any royal palace in Europe.

The new palace was built in 1843 and completed in 1856. "Dolmabachche" means "a garden built by reclamation". Today is Sunday, with many tourists, and outside the gate, the ticket gate is full of people. Zhou Xiken, the Dolmabachche Palace, Istanbul, hurriedly contacted me. Fortunately, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi are group tickets, which saves the time to queue up to buy tickets.

There are several times more people queuing up to buy tickets than here. There are so many people! The construction of the new palace in Istanbul is at the time of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, which brought almost unbearable financial pressure to the empire. After its completion in 1856, every sultan could only live in this palace for a short time, and less than 70 years have passed.

The empire collapsed. This is the Emperor's Gate, with solemn and complex floral decorations on it. The carvings are exquisitely carved, blending the characteristics of the Ottoman period and the artistic style of European architecture. There are four Emperor's Gate, which is for the Sultan to use when entering the palace. Ministers can only walk through another gate when entering the palace.

The Emperor's Gate (Direction) The flower decorations on the Emperor's Gate of the New Palace of Istanbul The primary school students waiting in line at the gate of the New Palace of Istanbul are very cute. The children visiting the New Palace of Istanbul The New Palace of Istanbul are tall and broad, with a magnificent momentum, vaguely revealing the glory and prosperity of the once prosperous Ottoman Empire.

The new palace covers an area of ​​7,000 hectares, with 43 halls, 70 bathrooms and 285 rooms. In order to build the Dolmabahce Palace, the Ottoman Dynasty invested a lot of money and owed a lot of foreign debts. The new palace cost one billion marks. The decorations and curtains inside were given by the royal families of all countries around the world, and the palace was extremely luxurious.

The internal treasures are dazzling, with luxurious crystal lamps, ivory and gold products everywhere. It is said that in order to decorate the entire palace, a total of fourteen tons of gold and forty tons of silver were used. After the founding of the Turkish Republic, Kemal, the first president, lived and worked here.

Kemal died here. To commemorate Kemal, all the clocks in the palace stayed at 9:05 - the moment he died. After that, the Palace of Domabache was restored and converted into a museum. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's tickets only visited part of the palace and did not go.

Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi told Zhou Xiken that he wanted to go. He said that the new palace was too modern and could not reflect the living conditions of the highest rulers of the Ottoman Empire at that time as the old palace. It was recommended that Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi visit the old palace. The most worth mentioning of the new palace in Istanbul is its location.

Zhou Xiken proudly compared the location of the new palace with the Russian Hermitage. The Palace is located on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, but there is a street between the Neva River and the Hermitage. There are many vehicles. The location here is on the seashore of the Bosphorus. There are no roads or vehicles between the palace and the Strait, and the Bosphorus Strait is much wider than the Neva River.

It is more grand and grand. Yun Luo told Zhou Xiken that from the perspective of location alone, the new palace is better than the Winter Palace. Here, by borrowing the Bosphorus Strait, the palace looks extraordinary and fascinating. In the picture, Zhou Xiken has just finished explaining, and the sisters are facing an excellent location and taking photos.

A proud location. The New Palace in Istanbul is also the Emperor's Gate, which is for the Sultan to enter from the sea. Unfortunately, the weather is not good, so it cannot see the beautiful scenery of the strait. The Emperor's Gate (the entrance to the sea) has to queue up to enter the palace in the new Palace in Istanbul. Because the New Palace is also a place where the Turkish president receives state guests.

Therefore, the control of tourists is very strict. In addition to limiting the number of visitors every day, tourists must follow the palace guide and cannot visit alone. When entering the palace, they must be inspected. There are two teams waiting. The team in the distance is from Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi, and the team in the nearest speaks Turkish.

Yunluo and Nalan Seqi waited for nearly two hours, from the rain to the sun showing smiles. For some reason, the Turkish team entered very quickly. The long queue of tourists in Istanbul took advantage of the waiting gap to take a few photos in the palace garden. As for the garden alone, this place is not as luxurious as the Summer Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

New Palace Garden Istanbul New Palace Garden Istanbul This is also the gate of the emperor, for the Sultan to enter from. The gate of the emperor (entrance) Istanbul New Palace Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi enter the palace from the administrative side hall, which is the entrance hall. I heard in advance that photography is not allowed, but many European and American tourists take photos as soon as they enter the hall.

Everyone thought that like Russia, there was no strict management, so everyone picked up the camera until the staff stopped it. Therefore, a few photos were left. The entrance hall had already shown a little about the luxury of the New Palace. It is said that the marble that decorated the New Palace was shipped from Marmara Sea, and the snowflake stone was shipped from Egypt.

The erythema stone was transported from the city of Berga, and the interior decoration and lighting were designed by Italian and French artists. Compared with many royal palaces in Europe, the Dolmabahce Palace is not large in scale, but its luxury is amazing. Due to the rare war, it is still well preserved after more than 150 years of today. All the items in the palace are authentic.
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