Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in İstanbul, Turkey
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6.2 km
207 m
Explore İstanbul in Turkey with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in İstanbulIndividual Sights in İstanbulSight 1: Rezan Has Museum
The Rezan Has Museum is a private museum in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to culture and arts. It is a museum space that connects the past to the future with the 17th century Ottoman building remains and the 11th century Byzantine water cistern, enriching its collection by incorporating documents and objects belonging to the Cibali Tobacco Factory in 2009. Ahu Has daughter in law of the philanthropist Turkish businessman Kadir Has, founded the museum in May 2007. The museum is named after Rezan Has, wife of Kadir Has. Rezan Has Museum made its debut in the world of culture and art in May 2007 with the opening exhibition of the 11th International Eastern Carpet Conference, "Timeless Simplicity".
Sight 2: Nalıncı Kasım Sokak Çeşmesi
Nalıncı Kasım Sokak Fountain is an Ottoman-era fountain in the Cibali neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on Nalıncı Kasım Street of the same name. It is in a state of disrepair and the water does not flow. His boat remained below road level and his inscription has not survived to the present day. It is on the exterior wall façade of the Cibali Tobacco Factory, which is used as Kadir Has University.
Sight 3: Gül Cami
Gül Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
Sight 4: Cumhuriyet Çeşmesi
The fountain of the Republic is the fountain in the district of Fatih Sultan Selim in Fatih District of Istanbul. In the inscription, "Cumhuriyet Fountain" and 341 according to the Hijri Calendar in the pediment. The fountain, which has a simple style, only decorations on the boat. The marbles in the Seki section are broken.
Sight 5: Church of St. George
The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and, as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453, and of the Ottoman Empire until 1922. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople whose leader is regarded as the primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is frequently looked upon as the spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.
Sight 6: Metroloji Filistin Ortodoks Kilisesi
Metrology Church is a church in the Balat neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Although there is an orthodox church in Balat, it is affiliated to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, not the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul. Today, it is closed to visitors and has no congregation.
Sight 7: Παναγία η Μουχλιώτισσα
Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα ; Turkish name: Kanlı Kilise, is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul. It is one of the only remaining Byzantine churches of Constantinople that has never been converted to a mosque, always remaining open to the Greek Orthodox Church.
Sight 8: Panagia Paramythia Church
The Church of Panagia Paramythia is a church in the Fener district of Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is also known as Panayia Vlahsaray Greek Orthodox Church. It is registered as a first-degree historical monument. In 2021, a restoration project was prepared, but no work has started yet. It is in the side garden of the Metrology Church.
Sight 9: Kefeli cami
The Kefeli Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church, later jointly officiated by Roman Catholics and Armenians, and finally converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The Catholic Church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Its date of dedication as an Eastern Orthodox church is unknown, but it is commonly identified with the 9th-century Monastery of Manuel.
Sight 10: Hırka-i Şerif Camii
Hırka-i Şerif Mosque is a historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It takes its name from a relic, the mantle of Muhammad, which is preserved in the mosque.
Sight 11: Mesih Ali Paşa Camii
Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It was commissioned by one of Murad III's grand viziers, Mesih Mehmed Pasha, and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. The mosque was completed in 1585–86.
Sight 12: Bali Paşa Camii
Bali Pasha Mosque is located on Bali Pasha street Hoca Efendi street in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is made of cut stone and its minaret is classically on the right. II. The mosque, which was started by Bayezid's vizier Malkoçoğlu Balı Pasha and could not be completed, was completed by his wife Hüma Sultan in 1504.
Sight 13: Bayezid Ağa Camii
Bayezid Ağa Mosque or Arabacı Bayezid Ağa Mosque is a mosque in Topkapı Square of Topkapı District of Fatih district of Istanbul. After the conquest in 1453 II. It was built by Bayezid Ağa, Mehmed's sekbanbaşı. The mosque, which was ruined and unusable over time, was rebuilt at 1954–57 with the help of the community.
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