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Ä°skenderpaÅŸa
İskenderpaşa is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 12,024 (2022). It is in the European part of Istanbul. It is considered one of the most visited areas of Istanbul, as it is located near the shopping center of the city. Sites * Historia Shopping and Life Center: an indoor shopping center with a fountain, a variety of shops, restaurants, a cinema and a food court. * Kıztaşı(Maidenstone): located in the middle of a small square in Fati Municipality, Fatih district, the structure consists of an 8.75 m high column erected in two pieces of red-gray Egyptian marble brought from Aswan (Aswan, Syene) and a 2.35 m high quadrilateral pedestal. * Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque: a grand Ottoman imperial mosque built by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, the wife of Mahmud II, Sultan Mahmut II and the mother of Abdulaziz, Sultan Abdulaziz. * Saraçhane Archaeological Park: the artifacts displayed in the Sarachkhane Archa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih
Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the courthouse. It encompasses the peninsula coinciding with old Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was once again remerged into Fatih because of its small population. Fatih is bordered by the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the Theodosian wall and the east by the Bosphorus Strait. History Byzantine era Historic Byzantine districts encompassed by present-day Fatih include: ''Exokiónion'', ''Aurelianae'', ''Xerólophos'', '' ta Eleuthérou'', ''Helenianae'', ''ta Dalmatoú'', ''SÃgma'', '' Psamátheia'', ''ta Katakalón'', ''ParadeÃsion'', ''ta OlympÃou'', ''ta Kýrou'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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