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13:00 Pick
up from your hotel.
TOPKAPI
PALACE The
great palace of the Ottoman sultans
from the 15th to the 19th centuries
housing an exquisite collection of
cyrstal, silver, and Chinese porcelain,
robes worn by the sultans and their
families, the famous jewels of the
Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the
Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of
the Prophet Mohammed.
SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE The mosque of
Suleyman the Magnificent was built between 1550 and
1557 by the famous architect Sinan whose wish was
to surpass the builders of? St. Sophia which is conspicuous
from its great size, emphasized by the four minarets
rising one from each corner of the courtyard.
17:00 Tour ends & Return to hotel .
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