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79 m · The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III is a fountain in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built under Ottoman sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the style of the Tulip period. It was a social centre and gathering place during the Ottoman period of Constantinople.

103 m · Located in Fatih, Istanbul, İshakpaşa Hamamı is a classical Ottoman architectural structure built in the 15th century alongside the İshak Paşa Mosque. The hammam sustained damage during the earthquakes of 1509 and 1766. Currently under private ownership, restoration projects for the hammam have been prepared. It is within walking distance of Hagia Sophia (226 m) and the Blue Mosque (409 m).

124 m · Bâb-ı Hümâyûn, built by Fatih Sultan Mehmed in 1478, is the monumental main entrance gate of Topkapı Palace. It played a central role both architecturally and politically as the starting point for ceremonies and the reception area for ambassadors during the Ottoman Empire. The gate is within walking distance of Hagia Sophia (111 m), Sultanahmet Mosque (548 m), and Topkapı Palace (349 m). The nearest public transport is Cankurtaran train stop (369 m).

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172 m · Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church (360–1453) and a museum (1935–2020). The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537, becoming the world's largest interior space and among the first to employ a fully pendentive dome. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture". From its dedication in 360 until 1453, Hagia Sophia served as the cathedral of Constantinople in the Byzantine liturgical tradition, except for the period 1204–1261 when the Latin Crusaders installed their own hierarchy. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, it served as a mosque, having its minarets added soon after. The site became a museum in 1935, and was redesignated as a mosque in 2020.

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223 m · Sıbyan Mektebi, located in the Fatih district, is a historic educational building from the Ottoman period where children were taught reading, writing, basic religious knowledge, and simple arithmetic. These schools, often named after their founders, were built as part of complexes or as standalone structures within neighborhoods. Children typically started Sıbyan Mektebi at 4 years, 4 months, and 4 days old. It is within walking distance of Hagia Sophia (117 m), Sultanahmet Mosque (353 m), and Topkapı Palace (529 m). The nearest public transport stop, Sultanahmet tram stop, is 302 m away.

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259 m · Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, sometimes known also as Saint Irene, is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It is the oldest known church structure in the city and one of only two Byzantine churches still standing in Istanbul today that were never converted into mosques, alongside the Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols, as it was used as an arsenal for storing weapons until the 19th century. The Hagia Irene now operates as a museum and concert hall.

272 m · The Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bathhouse is a sixteenth-century hammam in Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Hürrem Sultan, consort and wife of the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. It was designed by Mimar Sinan on the site of the historical Baths of Zeuxippus for the religious community of the nearby Hagia Sophia.

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297 m · The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Today, it is kept with little water for public access inside the space.

302 m · Cankurtaran Mescidi, also known as Seyyid Hasan Mescidi, is a prayer structure located in the Cankurtaran Neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul province, of which only foundation remains have survived to the present day. The structure is located at the intersection of Cankurtaran Street and Bayram Fırını Street. In Hadîka, the founder of the mosque is II.

315 m · The Milion was a marker from which all distances across the Roman Empire were measured. Erected by Septimius Severus in the 3rd century AD in the city of Byzantium, it became the zero-mile marker for the empire upon the re-founding of the city as Constantinople in 330 AD. Thereafter, it would serve as the starting-place for the measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Eastern Roman Empire.