Glimpses of an enchantress

entrance to Fuad Pasha Cami

the obelisk of Theodosius I

KIONA TETPAΠΛEYPON AEI XΘONI KEIMENON AXΘOC

MOYNOC ANACTHCAI ΘEYΔOCIOC BACIΛEYC

TOΛMHCAC ΠPOKΛOC EΠEKEKΛETO KAI TOCOC ECTH

KIΩN HEΛIOIC EN TPIAKONTA ΔYO

Divan Yolu, the "Road to the Imperial Council"  

once the imperial road from Constantinople to Rome

once used by donkeys , horses, horse carriages and trams or trolley cars in the last century, the road  is now busy with bumper to bumper yellow taxis and automobiles on both directions of the street

while the Metro trains are running through the median

the Constantine Column (Cemberlitas) erected in 330 A.D. by Emperor Constantine to announce the end of the pagan Roman Empire

Atik Ali Paşa mosque in Cemberlitas

Galata, Beyoğlu