Hippodrome At Constantinople, Shewing The Obelisk, The Spiral Delphic Pillar Upon The Right, Together With The Sumptuous Mosque Of Sultan Ahmet & C.

Description

The ancient hippodrum, built on the first of the seven hills of the historical peninsula in Istanbul, was built by the Roman Emperor Severuz in the 2nd century. The ancient hippodrum has a width of 117 meters and a height of 480 meters, and the human capacity of the building is between 60,000 and 100,000 people. Before the 19th century, it was named Horse Square due to horse training during the Ottoman Empire. It is known as Sultan Ahmet Square after the 19th century. The Sultanahmet Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I in 1616 by architect Sedefkar Mehmet Aga across from Hagia Sophia. Sultanahmet Mosque is called the Blue Mosque by foreigners because of the blue color in the mosque. The obelisk in the engraving was brought from Egypt by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in 390. The Serpent Column was brought from the Temple of Apollo in the ancient city of Delphi, southwest of Mount Parnasos in Greece. Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in 537 as a church on the historical peninsula of Istanbul. After Istanbul was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, it was converted into a mosque by Fatih Sultan Mehmet. It was used as a museum between 1935-2020, and it has been used as a mosque again since 2020.