A building known as the Tiled Kiosk comprises one of three structures that form this city's namesake Archaeological Museums where the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great can be seen.
A building known as the Tiled Kiosk comprises one of three structures that form this city's namesake Archaeological Museums where the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great can be seen. Outdoor sculpture  in this city includes a work where two snakes interwine as they rise, Serpent Column as well as the crumbling remains of the Walled Obelisk; both of which are found in its Hippodrome. A 1630 attempt at human flight occurred from the top of one of this city's landmarks after which the pilot was given a sack of gold and promptly exiled to Algeria for sorcery. That landmark was completed in 1348 by (*) Genoese colonists and is a conical-topped stone tower located in this city's Galata district. It's not Rome, but its seven hills house such buildings as a palace which has a highest structure known as the Tower of Justice as well as a Byzantine church dedicated to Logos capped with a pendative-supported dome. Home of Topkapi Palace and the Hagia Sophia, FTP, identify this city lying on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait, the largest city in Turkey.
A building known as the Tiled Kiosk comprises one of three structures that form this city's namesake Archaeological Museums where the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great can be seen.
Istanbul or Constantinople or Byzantium