Karaköy
Near Balat
Balat
Bulgarian Church in Balat
An Orthodox School for girls. It used to be a church. The only church that wasn't changed into a mosque when the ottomans came and conquered Constantinople (former name of Istanbul) in 1453.
Balat
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Showing posts with label church. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Istanbul - Around Balat
This is a boat used to clean the Golden Horn. Very simple : A driver drives the boat around and a man in the front picks up all the litter. It's better than nothing I guess but mostly ineffective.
Karaköy
Near Balat
Balat
Bulgarian Church in Balat
An Orthodox School for girls. It used to be a church. The only church that wasn't changed into a mosque when the ottomans came and conquered Constantinople (former name of Istanbul) in 1453.
Balat
Karaköy
Near Balat
Balat
Bulgarian Church in Balat
An Orthodox School for girls. It used to be a church. The only church that wasn't changed into a mosque when the ottomans came and conquered Constantinople (former name of Istanbul) in 1453.
Balat
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Taksim & Oreo
Istiklal Street.
The Turkcell BatChicken protecting students against high prices
Hagia Triada Church in Taksim.
Oreo keeping it cool and realxing.
The Turkcell BatChicken protecting students against high prices
Hagia Triada Church in Taksim.
Oreo keeping it cool and realxing.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
i.m.ç.
Then we went back to Europe to the i.m.ç. (pronounce (e-may-che), which is the Istanbul Manifaturacilar çarsisi (Istanbul 'Drapers' Market). It's this huge place where they sell fabrics, stuff, draperies, etc. We were looking for some fabrics to cover a small sofa we wanted to have built for the guest room in our place. It's so huge you don't know where to look or go. Anyway, here are some photos I took in the area.
Behind the i.m.ç.
The Church of the Monastery of the Pantocrator was built by Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus and his wife, Empress Irene. The famous Middle Byzantine monastic foundation included a triple-church, a hostel, a hospital, and a hospice for the elderly, richly endowed by its imperial founders. It is now walled the Zeyrek Mosque. I'm sure my friends Noah and Jessica remember visiting it ;)
Ebul Vefa Hz Mosque in front with the big Süleymaniye Mosque (Suleiman The Magnificent) in the back.
Some back streets looking like a war zone. None of the buildings are finished.
You can see the Golden Horn with the Atatürk Bridge. The far right part is where Taksim would be. The towers far away in the center is where Levent is. And the towers on the far left is where Mecidiyeköy is.
The shoeshine boy left his stuff unattended.
The Zeyrek District on the other side of the main road.
Ekin, Asli and Aydan coming out this Sticker Store happy to have found what they were looking for.
Behind the i.m.ç.
The Church of the Monastery of the Pantocrator was built by Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus and his wife, Empress Irene. The famous Middle Byzantine monastic foundation included a triple-church, a hostel, a hospital, and a hospice for the elderly, richly endowed by its imperial founders. It is now walled the Zeyrek Mosque. I'm sure my friends Noah and Jessica remember visiting it ;)
Ebul Vefa Hz Mosque in front with the big Süleymaniye Mosque (Suleiman The Magnificent) in the back.
Some back streets looking like a war zone. None of the buildings are finished.
You can see the Golden Horn with the Atatürk Bridge. The far right part is where Taksim would be. The towers far away in the center is where Levent is. And the towers on the far left is where Mecidiyeköy is.
The shoeshine boy left his stuff unattended.
The Zeyrek District on the other side of the main road.
Ekin, Asli and Aydan coming out this Sticker Store happy to have found what they were looking for.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Day Off
Today I decided to walk to Cihangir, near Taksim to take pictures of some stencils. The weather seems nice and mild.
This picture was taken in our street, one of this building is actually where we live. I really like the one in the front, it's a typical house of the neighborhood but a bit falling apart.
I walked through the Topagaci district (Topaadji), Tesvikiye district (Teshveekeeyea) and the Maçka district (Matchka). Before arriving to the open air theater you can enjoy this view of the Bosphorus. The cable cars you see are actually working and you go from ITU (Istanbul Technical University) to the University's campus on the other side flying above the Maçka Park.
The interesting thing is that very few people in Istanbul know about those cable cars.
In this little park near the University you can actually see the cable cars boarding place on the left and the campus on the right, behind the trees. By foot it would take 15 minutes with hills, with the cable car, it only takes 2 minutes. (it goes from here to here - google maps)
I skipped the Taksim Place and went through the Gumussuyu district and started wandering around, discovering every new back streets.
I discovered this little church by the previous wooden house.
The building under construction is abandoned since many years now. They started to build this parking lot but then the construction stopped due to the lack of work permit. I believe a trial is still going on to decided of its faith. It totally denatured the face of the district. You can see it from everywhere, it's a huge and ugly building (here on google maps, that's the big grey building). The 'funny' thing is that some mafia (probably) is using it as a parking lot. So you can go and park there if you want.
The mosque by the parking lot.
The Marmara Hotel (the one on Taksim Square) from Cihangir's back streets.
Well today I discovered a lot of new stencils I've never seen before. I almost walked 8 km (5 miles). So good night.
PS : You can see the path used by downloading this .kmz file (google Earth) here.
This picture was taken in our street, one of this building is actually where we live. I really like the one in the front, it's a typical house of the neighborhood but a bit falling apart.
I walked through the Topagaci district (Topaadji), Tesvikiye district (Teshveekeeyea) and the Maçka district (Matchka). Before arriving to the open air theater you can enjoy this view of the Bosphorus. The cable cars you see are actually working and you go from ITU (Istanbul Technical University) to the University's campus on the other side flying above the Maçka Park.
The interesting thing is that very few people in Istanbul know about those cable cars.
In this little park near the University you can actually see the cable cars boarding place on the left and the campus on the right, behind the trees. By foot it would take 15 minutes with hills, with the cable car, it only takes 2 minutes. (it goes from here to here - google maps)
I skipped the Taksim Place and went through the Gumussuyu district and started wandering around, discovering every new back streets.
I discovered this little church by the previous wooden house.
The building under construction is abandoned since many years now. They started to build this parking lot but then the construction stopped due to the lack of work permit. I believe a trial is still going on to decided of its faith. It totally denatured the face of the district. You can see it from everywhere, it's a huge and ugly building (here on google maps, that's the big grey building). The 'funny' thing is that some mafia (probably) is using it as a parking lot. So you can go and park there if you want.
The mosque by the parking lot.
The Marmara Hotel (the one on Taksim Square) from Cihangir's back streets.
Well today I discovered a lot of new stencils I've never seen before. I almost walked 8 km (5 miles). So good night.
PS : You can see the path used by downloading this .kmz file (google Earth) here.
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