Showing posts with label Beauty of Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty of Turkey. Show all posts
Friday, 27 December 2013
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Pamukkale Turkey
Pamukkale Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish.Travertine terrace formations at Pamukkale.It is 20 km away from valley in the town of Denizli and it can be seen hills on the opposite side of the Denizli valley.The ancient city of Hierapolis was built on top of white "castle". A total of about 2,700 m (8,860 ft) long, 600 meters (1.970 feet) wide and 160 meters high (525 feet).
Bodrum Castle Museum
Bodrum Castle
Located in southwest Turkey in the city of Bodrum. The castle now coverted in The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Castle was built by the Knights Hospitaller starting in 1402 as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium. it now houses a one of the world's finest museums.
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Friday, 20 December 2013
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia
Located in Istanbul, the Hagia Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian in the sixth century Sophia 's Basilica was built in one . Masterwork of Roman engineering , large scale Dome (31 meters or 102 feet in diameter ) for more than 1000 years the largest enclosed space in the world was covered . In 1204 Church was looted by the fourth Crusaders Holy relics.The contains a large collection , and became a mosque when the Ottomans in the 15th century. The Hagia Sophia is a domed monument built as a cathedral and is now a museum in Istanbul.
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