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A drawn image of the Pera Palace Hotel from around 1990.

An image of the dining room in the Pera Palace Hotel.

The Aqueduct seamlessly fits right into the modern urban fabric of the city of Istanbul.

A view of the aqueduct from up above.

The Romans were genius engineers, and this is an illustration of the kinds of structures these engineers used on the Aqueduct systems.

The Romans were genius engineers, and this is an illustration of the kinds of structures these engineers used on the Aqueduct systems.

2. The map of the siege of Constantinople. The Fall of Constantinople was a major turning point, affecting trade, influencing the Renaissance, and explanding the Ottoman Empire.

In July 2013, developers destroyed the garden of Ismailpasa in Yedikule without warning. Gardeners scrambled to harvest their crops in front of approaching bulldozers.

Closer examination of the disturbed soil along the Theodosian walls reveals undocumented remains, including animal remains and Byzantine and Ottoman ceramic sherds.

This map shows the historical boundaries of the city. We can see how the city has from 1807 (mostly within the Theodosian Walls) to 1960 (almost the size of modern day Istanbul).