With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic events for more than 2,000 years. Its masterpieces include the ancient Hippodrome of Constantine, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia and the 16th-century Süleymaniye Mosque, all now under threat from population pressure, industrial pollution and uncontrolled urbanization. source:whc.unesco.org
Inscribed: 1985
Postcard 1: The Topkapi Palace: The gate of salutation
Postcard 2: Galata Bridge and Galata Tower
Postcard 3: Hagia Saphia Museum and fresco of the Madonna and child. Hagia Sophia is a former basilica , later a mosque and now a museum in Istanbul.
Thanks to my friend Mr Yogish Shenoy for sending this card from Turkey and getting a few of them by hand.
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