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| navigate by keyword : art monument memorial grave sculpture headstone relief carving statue iron rock wall cemetery flooring wood meydan horse square turkish 400meterlong blue mosque area historically true center constantinople games chariot races held festivals political events celebrated obelisk theodosius ancient egyptian pharaoh thutmose iii 1479a1425 erected 18th dynasty egypt reerected hippodrome greek dikilita erecte dikilit istanbul turkey |
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| At Meydan? (Horse Square in Turkish) is a 400-meter-long square that runs alongside the Blue Mosque. This area was historically the true CENTER OF CONSTANTINOPLE, it is here that games and chariot races were held, festivals and political events were celebrated here. The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople |
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