BASILICA CISTERN THE BASILICA CISTERN,IS THE LARGEST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ANCIENT CISTERNS THAT STILL LIE BENEATH THE CITY OF ISTANBUL, TURKEY. THIS CATHEDRAL SIZED CISTERN IS AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER OF 143 BY 65 MMETRES, CAPABLE OF HOLDING 80,000 CUBIC METRES OF WATER DISTANCE 0.6MI / 1.0KM N BEYOGLU THE ROMANCE OF 19TH CENTURY ISTANBUL DISTANCE 4.3MI / 7.0KM N BYZANTINE HIPPODROME BYZANTINE HIPPODROME THE POLITICAL AND RECREATIONAL HEART OF BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE AND OTTOMAN ISTANBUL DISTANCE 0.2MI / 0.4KM N DOLMABAHCE PALACE THE DOLMABAH E PALACE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, LOCATED AT THE EUROPEAN SIDE OF THE BOSPORUS, SERVED AS THE MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM 1856 TO 1922. DISTANCE 4.3MI / 7.0KM N GALATA TOWER THE GALATA TOWER TURKISH GALATA KULESI IS LOCATED IN ISTANBUL IN TURKEY TO THE NORTH OF THE GOLDEN HORN. ONE OF THE CITY S MOST STRIKING LANDMARKS, IT IS A HUGE, CONE CAPPED CYLINDER THAT DOMINATES THE SKYLINE ON THE GALATA SIDE OF THE GOLDEN HORN DISTANCE 3.7MI / 6.0KM N GRAND BAZAAR A HOT SPOT FOR SHOPAHOLICS SINCE THE 14TH CENTURY, THE GRAND BAZAAR IS ONE OF THE WORLD S LARGEST COVERED MARKETS WITH OVER 4,000 SHOPS. THE BAZAAR IS SPECIALLY KNOWN FOR ITS JEWELRY, LEATHER, POTTERY, SPICES, AND CARPETS DISTANCE 1.9MI / 3.0KM N HAGIA SOPHIA THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE WISDOM HAGIA SOPHIA IN GREEK IN SULTANAHMET, ISTANBUL, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT BUILDINGS EVER CONSTRUCTED. DISTANCE 0.2MI / 0.4KM N MAIDENS TOWER ALSO KNOWN IN THE ANCIENT GREEK AND MEDIEVAL BYZANTINE PERIODS AS LEANDER S TOWER TOWER OF LEANDROS , SITS ON A SMALL ISLET LOCATED IN THE BOSPHORUS STRAIT OFF THE COAST OF USKUDAR. DISTANCE 11.8MI / 19.0KM S ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHEDRAL ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHEDRAL, ALTERNATIVELY KNOWN AS THE SANT ANTONIO DI PADOVA CATHEDRAL, S. ANTONIO DI PADOVA, ST. ANTOINE, OR LOCALLY AS SENT ANTUAN, IS THE LARGEST CATHEDR