Historic Areas of Istanbul

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site

The Historic Areas of Istanbul comprise a UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing the city’s most significant Byzantine and Ottoman monuments, including landmarks such as Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Historic Peninsula of Istanbul 3

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
contains Archaeological Park ⓘ
Basilica Cistern ⓘ
Blue Mosque ⓘ
Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus ⓘ
surface form: Church of St. Sergius and Bacchus

Theodosian Walls ⓘ
surface form: City Walls of Istanbul

Fatih district ⓘ
Fatih district ⓘ
surface form: Fener and Balat districts

Golden Horn ⓘ
surface form: Golden Horn shoreline

Grand Bazaar ⓘ
Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
surface form: Gulhane Park

Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ
Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ
Theodosian Walls ⓘ
surface form: Land Walls of Constantinople

Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ
Spice Bazaar ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Suleymaniye Conservation Area

Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ⓘ
Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
surface form: Sultanahmet Archaeological Park

Theodosian Walls ⓘ
Topkapi Palace ⓘ
Topkapi Palace ⓘ
surface form: Topkapi Palace Museum

Zeyrek Conservation Area ⓘ
Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
governingBody Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey ⓘ
hasComponent Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
surface form: Archaeological Park at the Sultanahmet Square

Theodosian Walls ⓘ
surface form: Land Walls of Theodosius and their associated conservation area

Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Suleymaniye Mosque and its associated conservation area

Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Marmara Region ⓘ
originalName Historic Areas of Istanbul self-link ⓘ
partOf Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul
region Europe and North America ⓘ
significantPeriod Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
UNESCOCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageConventionStateParty Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 356 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Topkapi Palace → UNESCOSiteName → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Hagia Sophia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul
Istanbul → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Historic Areas of Istanbul → originalName → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-link ⓘ
Blue Mosque → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Historic Areas of Istanbul → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul
Galata Tower → viewIncludes → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul