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Hippodrome (At Meydani)

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Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Hippodrome (At Meydani)
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Hippodrome (At Meydani)
Phone:
+90 536 251 41 56

Address:
Ku00FCu00E7u00FCk Ayasofya Mh., Ku00FCu00E7u00FCk Ayasofya Cd. No:41, 34122 Fatih/u0130stanbul, Turkey

The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos , horse, and dromos , path or way. For this reason, it is sometimes also called Atmeydanı in Turkish. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era.
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