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After leaving your hotel, first visit to the Blue Mosque with its magnificent series of domes and semi-domes, its six slender minarets. Next stop is the Hippodrome and Obelisks. The ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races and the center of Byzantine civil life. The next stop, Haghia Sophia Museum was built at the command of Emperor Justinian in the years 532 to 537 as a basilica. Finally we visit the Grand Bazaar which was built at the command of Fatih Mehmet shortly after the Conquest. It contains 4399 shops, 2195 workshops, 497 stalls and 18 fountains.
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