Step Into History
Walk Istanbul in 1560
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Step Into History · City walk
Suleiman's Istanbul, 1560
The imperial city stands at the height of Ottoman power under Suleiman: mosques and palaces rise above a dense web of markets, quays and city walls. This walk follows the shoreline, the great processional streets and the crowded bazaars from the Bosphorus and Golden Horn to the new Süleymaniye, showing the public face of the capital in daily use.
36 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Istanbul as it stood in 1560 (“History of Istanbul”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Üsküdar Shore View
- 2. Üsküdar Quay
- 3. Eminönü Quay
- ↳ Harbour Warehouse Hall · interior
- 4. Seraglio Point
- 5. Bab-ı Hümayun
- ↳ Chamber of Privy Counsel · interior
- 6. Topkapı Outer Esplanade
- ↳ Imperial Audience Chamber · interior
- 7. Gülhane Meadow
- 8. Ayasofya Exterior
- ↳ Vast Imperial Nave · interior
- 9. Hippodrome (Atmeydanı)
- 10. Divan Yolu
- ↳ Caravanserai Inner Courtyard · interior
- 11. Çemberlitaş Column
- 12. Kapalıçarşı Entrance
- ↳ Silk Draper's Showroom · interior
- 13. Bedesten Front
- ↳ Stone Bedesten Hall · interior
- 14. Sahaflar Street
- ↳ Bookbinders' Workshop · interior
- 15. Beyazıt Square
- ↳ Beyazıt Mosque Prayer Hall · interior
- 16. Süleymaniye Exterior
- ↳ Main Domed Sanctuary · interior
- 17. Süleymaniye Terrace
- ↳ Imaret Kitchen Hall · interior
- 18. Tahtakale Market
- ↳ Early Coffee House · interior
- 19. Tophane Foundry
- ↳ Cannon Foundry Furnace · interior
- 20. Galata Tower Hill
- ↳ Stone Tower Chamber · interior
- 21. Galata Quay
- 22. Galata Hill Panorama