Archive for April, 2009

Golden Horn - Istanbul

It forms a deep natural harbor for the pensinsula it encloses together with the Sea of Marmara. The Byzantine Empire had its naval headquarters there, and walls were built along the shoreline to protect the city of Constantinople from naval attacks. At the entrance to the Horn, there was a large chain pulled across [...]

Maiden’s Tower

Maiden’s Tower is the attribute of Istanbul due to its different area at the circle point of the two continents Europe and Asia, 2500 years old history and legends that accept been accountable to abounding belief and balladry through out the history.