The pathway between Topkapi Garden Park and Gülhane Park offers a free tour of Byzantine ruins. Three areas contain a smattering of hidden crosses, demonstrating the cross’s importance to Byzantine believers. This walking tour includes items inside the museum’s courtyard, which is found on my YouTube channel, Exploring with Nakhati Jon.
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Hidden Crosses over the Cafe Terrace
The Archeology Museum of Istanbul hosts over 1 million historic pieces in three main buildings. There is no religious Byzantine historical section in the three buildings; the religious Byzantine section lies in the courtyards and the exterior of the Museum area, which is open to the elements of nature. From the wall of the Archeology Cafe, a terrace oversees a storage section below. Let’s look at what hidden crosses lay there.
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Hidden Crosses in Archaeology Museum Istanbul – Storage Section
On the far end of the courtyard of the Archaeology Museum is the office building where Istanbul Christian ruins remain dormant in the corridor. All too often, I find the Christian ruins in corners stacked side by side and/or outside in a gathering area of ruined remains.
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Antalya Bell Tower – Whoops! Clock Tower Walking Tour
The Antalya Clock Tower, recently renovated in 2024, centers in a prime location on the edge of the old city of Kaleici. The tower displays a mix of Seljuk, Ottoman, and Greek influences on the city. Within the tower are marble pieces, most likely from Byzantine buildings, which the Seljuks placed within the tower.
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Istanbul’s Christian Archaeology in the Cafe Garden Monuments
The courtyard of the Archaeology Museum hosts Christian history. Often unlabeled but with observation, many pillars and capitals give us insight to some Cafe Garden monuments.
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The Hidden Beauty on the Balcony at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Despite the attempts to make the building an Islamic exhibition, take advantage of some new glimpses on the balcony at the Hagia Sophia visit (Aya Sofya Camii), once the largest church in the world from 537 to 1506 AD. As advertised: Once a church, later a Mosque[1]https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/ayasofya The balcony has been closed for a few years, but Jan. 2024 opened up this area again but closed most of the lower floor. We will explore what can still be seen from the second floor.
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