Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts is a museum in Historical Peninsula, Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts is situated nearby to Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, as well as near Obelisk of Theodosius.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum and Sultan Ahmed Square.
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Museum
Photo: Chapultepec, Public domain.
The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey which first opened in 1914 and in 1983 moved into the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, the second grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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 Eastern Roman Empire. Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. Sultan Ahmed Square is situated 120 metres east of Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts.
Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk
The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.
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
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.0063° or 41° 0′ 23″ northLongitude
28.9746° or 28° 58′ 29″ eastElevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8GHC2X4F+GRGeoNames ID
11874031
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