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 Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.
Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
- Square
- Description: historic square in Istanbul
- Also known as“Hippodrome of Constantinople”“Konstantinopolis Hipodromu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Hagia Sophia and Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand…
400 metres northeast of Sultan Ahmed Square
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum…
Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk
The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Historical Peninsula and Mollafenari.
Historical Peninsula
Sinoplu diyojen, Public domain.
The Historical Peninsula is the oldest part of Istanbul.
Mollafenari
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Sultan Ahmed Square
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Latitude
41.00652° or 41° 0′ 24″ north
Longitude
28.97605° or 28° 58′ 34″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X4G+JC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
highway = pedestrian
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = square
OpenStreetMap feature
place = square
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Sultan Ahmed Square” goes by many names.
Hippodroom van KonstantinopelAfrikaans
Hipodromi i KostandinopojësAlbanian
Sheshi Sulltan AhmetAlbanian
ميدان السلطان أحمدArabic
СултӀанахӀметAvaric
Sultanəhməd meydanıAzerbaijani
Канстанцінопальскі іпадромBelarusian
ХиподрумBulgarian
Hipòdrom de ConstantinobleCatalan
君士坦丁堡竞技场Chinese
君士坦丁堡競技場Chinese
君士坦丁堡競技場/君士坦丁堡竞技场Chinese
君士坦丁堡赛马场Chinese
Carigradski hipodromCroatian
Konstantinov hipodromCroatian
Hippodrom v KonstantinopoliCzech
HippodroomDutch
Hippodroom (Constantinopel)Dutch
Hippodroom van ConstantinopelDutch
ميدان سباق الخيل فى القسطنطينيهEgyptian Arabic
Hipodromo de KonstantinopoloEsperanto
Konstantinopolin hippodromiFinnish
Hipódromo de ConstantinoplaGalician
Ιππόδρομος της ΚωνσταντινούποληςGreek
ההיפודרום של קונסטנטינופולHebrew
היפודרום קונסטנטינופולHebrew
सुल्तानहमद चौकHindi
At MeydanıHungarian
Konstantinápolyi HippodromHungarian
PaðreimurIcelandic
Hipodrom KonstantinopelIndonesian
Ippodromo di BisanzioItalian
Ippodromo di CostantinoItalian
Ippodromo di CostantinopoliItalian
アト・メイダヌJapanese
コンスタンティノープル競馬場Japanese
スルタンアフメト・メイダヌJapanese
Сұлтанахмет алаңыKazakh
술탄아흐메트 광장Korean
Circus MaximusLatin
HippodromusLatin
Konstantinopoles hipodromsLatvian
SultanahmetaLatvian
Sultanahmetas laukumsLatvian
Константинополски хиподромMacedonian
Цариградски хиподромMacedonian
Hipodrom ConstantinopleMalay
სულთანაჰმედიMingrelian
At MeydaniNorwegian
At MeydaniNorwegian Bokmål
میدان سلطان احمدPersian
هیپودروم قسطنطنیهPersian
HipodromPolish
Hipodromul din ConstantinopolRomanian
Piața SultanahmetRomanian
Константинопольский ипподромRussian
Площадь АхмедиеRussian
Площадь ИпподромRussian
Площадь СултанахметRussian
СултанахметRussian
Султанахмет (площадь)Russian
Hipodrom u CarigraduSerbian
ХиподромSerbian
Хиподром у КонстантинопољуSerbian
Хиподром у ЦариградуSerbian
Цариградски хиподромSerbian
Carigradski HipodromSerbo-Croatian
Hipodrom u CarigraduSerbo-Croatian
Hipodrom u KonstantinopoluSerbo-Croatian
Konstantinov hipodromSerbo-Croatian
Konstantinopelski hipodromSlovenian
Konstantinoplski hipodromSlovenian
سولطان احمد مئیدانیSouth Azerbaijani
Hippodromen i KonstantinopelSwedish
Konstantinopolitanska hippodromenSwedish
จัตุรัสสุลต่านอาเหม็ดThai
At MeydanıTurkish
HipodromTurkish
Hipodrom MeydanıTurkish
HippodromosTurkish
Konstantinopol HipodromuTurkish
Sultan Ahmet MeydanıTurkish
SultanahmetTurkish
Sultanahmet Meydanı, At MeydanıTurkish
СултанахметUkrainian
قسطنطنیہ کا گھڑ دوڑ کا میدانUrdu
Trường đua ConstantinopolisVietnamese
سلطان احمد ویہڑہWestern Panjabi
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