Hagia Sophia was not only the world's biggest church but the tallest, largest man-made enclosed space when it was constructed in 532-537AD for the Emperor...
Three Days in IstanbulFor more than a thousand years Istanbul was the western world's largest and most important city, from 330 when it became capital...
After residing in Topkapi Palace for four hundred years, the royal Sultanate built the new palace of Dolmabahce in 1842-1856 after deciding that Topkapi was...
Now it is time to reward yourself with the most pleasant out-of-town diversion -- a ferry ride on the Bosphorus, the strategic waterway that divides...
A major visitor activity in Barcelona is pursuit of architectural masterpieces created by Antoni Gaudi, and one of the best is his phantasmagoric Park Guell,...