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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Historic Areas of Istanbul canonical	18
Historic Peninsula of Istanbul	7
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Areas of Istanbul	2
Istanbul’s historic center	1
Ottoman heritage of Istanbul	1

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 (29)

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

Istanbul → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Galata Tower → viewIncludes → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Hagia Sophia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Topkapi Palace → UNESCOSiteName → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Historic Areas of Istanbul → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Historic Areas of Istanbul → originalName → Historic Areas of Istanbul self-link ⓘ

Blue Mosque → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Şehzade Mosque → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Balat neighborhood → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

subject surface form: Balat

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Areas of Istanbul

Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Haydarpaşa Railway Station → hasViewOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Archaeological Park → associatedWith → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman heritage of Istanbul

Zeyrek Conservation Area → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Little Hagia Sophia Mosque → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Gate of Felicity → heritageSiteOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent → heritageDesignation → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

subject surface form: Tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent

tomb of Hürrem Sultan → heritageSiteOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

subject surface form: Tomb of Hürrem Sultan

Galata Bridge → isPartOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Istanbul’s historic center

Zeyrek Mosque → locatedIn → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Zeyrek Mosque → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Areas of Istanbul

Zeyrek Mosque → heritageDesignation → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Istanbul Province → hasHistoricCore → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Istanbul Province → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Constantinople (probable) → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantinople

Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul

Chora Church in Constantinople → partOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

subject surface form: Chora Church

Üsküdar ferry docks → hasViewOf → Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul