Historical Peninsula
Historical Peninsula is a suburb in Historical Peninsula, Istanbul. Historical Peninsula is situated nearby to the suburb Küçük Ayasofya, as well as near Cankurtaran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Square.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum.
Sultan Ahmed Square
Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.
Great Palace Mosaic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Great Palace Mosaic Museum, is located close to Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, at Arasta Bazaar. The museum houses mosaics from the Byzantine period, unearthed at the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Kumkapı.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Kumkapı
Quarter
Kumkapı is a quarter in Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, Kumkapı is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.
Historical Peninsula
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Sultan Ahmet” and “Sultanahmet”
- Category: locality
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.00411° or 41° 0′ 15″ northLongitude
28.97691° or 28° 58′ 37″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8GHC2X3G+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4999339814OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6944973
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Historical Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سلطان أحمد”
- French: “Fatih”
- German: “Fatih”
- Portuguese: “Fatih”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Fatih”
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