Sultan Ahmed Square

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 , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.
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Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
Photo: Maurice Flesier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Square
  • Description: historic square in Istanbul
  • Also known as: “At Meydanı”, “Carigradski Hipodrom”, “Circus Maximus”, “Hipodrom Meydanı”, “Hipodrom u Konstantinopolu”, “Hipodromo de Constantinopla”, “Hippodrome of Constantinople”, “Hippodromos”, “Hippodroom (Constantinopel)”, “Hippodroom van Constantinopel”, “Ippodromo di Bisanzio”, “Ippodromo di Costantino”, “Konstantinoplski hipodrom”, “Konstantinopol Hipodromu”, “Konstantinopoles hipodroms”, “Konstantinopolis Hipodromu”, “Konstantinopolitanska hippodromen”, “Konstantinov hipodrom”, “Piața Sultanahmet”, “place aux chevaux”, “Sultan Ahmet Meydanı”, “Sultanahmet”, “Sultanahmet Meydani”, “Sultanahmet meydanı”, “Sultanahmet Meydanı, At Meydanı”, “Sultanahmeta”, “Константинопольский ипподром”, “Площадь Ахмедие”, “Площадь Ипподром”, “Султанахмет (площадь)”, “Хиподром”, “Хиподром у Константинопољу”, “ההיפודרום של קונסטנטינופול”, “アト・メイダヌ”, “スルタンアフメト・メイダヌ”, and “君士坦丁堡赛马场”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hagia Sophia and Obelisk of Theodosius.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand… is situated 400 metres northeast of Sultan Ahmed Square.

Obelisk
The is the Ancient Egyptian…

Museum
Photo: Chapultepec, Public domain.
The is a museum…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Historical Peninsula and Mollafenari.

Photo: Sinoplu diyojen, Public domain.
The is the oldest part of .

Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Suburb
Photo: Khateeb88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Sultan Ahmed Square

Latitude
41.00652° or 41° 0′ 24″ north
Longitude
28.97605° or 28° 58′ 34″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X4G+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25512790
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q387548
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Sultan Ahmed Square” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hippodroom van Konstantinopel”
  • Albanian: “Hipodromi i Kostandinopojës”
  • Albanian: “Sheshi Sulltan Ahmet”
  • Arabic: “ميدان السلطان أحمد”
  • Avaric: “СултӀанахӀмет”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sultanəhməd meydanı”
  • Belarusian: “Канстанцінопальскі іпадром”
  • Bulgarian: “Хиподрум”
  • Catalan: “Hipòdrom de Constantinoble”
  • Chinese: “君士坦丁堡竞技场”
  • Chinese: “君士坦丁堡競技場/君士坦丁堡竞技场”
  • Chinese: “君士坦丁堡競技場”
  • Croatian: “Carigradski hipodrom”
  • Czech: “Hippodrom v Konstantinopoli”
  • Dutch: “Hippodroom”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان سباق الخيل فى القسطنطينيه”
  • Esperanto: “Hipodromo de Konstantinopolo”
  • Finnish: “Konstantinopolin hippodromi”
  • French: “hippodrome de Constantinople”
  • French: “Hippodrome de Constantinople”
  • French: “Place du Sultan-Ahmet”
  • Galician: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
  • German: “Hippodrom”
  • German: “Sultan-Ahmed-Platz”
  • Greek: “Ιππόδρομος της Κωνσταντινούπολης”
  • Hebrew: “היפודרום קונסטנטינופול”
  • Hindi: “सुल्तानहमद चौक”
  • Hungarian: “Konstantinápolyi Hippodrom”
  • Icelandic: “Paðreimur”
  • Indonesian: “Hipodrom Konstantinopel”
  • Italian: “ippodromo di Costantinopoli”
  • Italian: “Ippodromo di Costantinopoli”
  • Japanese: “コンスタンティノープル競馬場”
  • Kazakh: “Сұлтанахмет алаңы”
  • Korean: “술탄아흐메트 광장”
  • Latin: “Hippodromus”
  • Latvian: “Sultanahmetas laukums”
  • Macedonian: “Константинополски хиподром”
  • Macedonian: “Цариградски хиподром”
  • Malay: “Hipodrom Constantinople”
  • Mingrelian: “სულთანაჰმედი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “At Meydani”
  • Norwegian: “At Meydani”
  • Persian: “میدان سلطان احمد”
  • Persian: “هیپودروم قسطنطنیه”
  • Polish: “Hipodrom”
  • Portuguese: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Sultão Amade”
  • Romanian: “Hipodromul din Constantinopol”
  • Russian: “Площадь Султанахмет”
  • Russian: “Султанахмет”
  • Serbian: “Hipodrom u Carigradu”
  • Serbian: “Хиподром у Цариграду”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hipodrom u Carigradu”
  • Slovenian: “Konstantinopelski hipodrom”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سولطان احمد مئیدانی”
  • Spanish: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Sultán Ahmet”
  • Swedish: “Hippodromen i Konstantinopel”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสสุลต่านอาเหม็ด”
  • Turkish: “Atmeydanı”
  • Turkish: “Sultanahmet Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Султанахмет”
  • Urdu: “قسطنطنیہ کا گھڑ دوڑ کا میدان”
  • Vietnamese: “Trường đua Constantinopolis”
  • Western Panjabi: “سلطان احمد ویہڑہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum and German Fountain.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ayasofya Tarihi Müzesi Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Binası and Sönmez.

Turkey: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Istanbul and Edirne.

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