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The UNESCO property is a serial site of four areas: the Archaeological Park, the Süleymaniye quarter, Zeyrek and both sides of the Theodosian land walls.
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Istanbul Historic Areas
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Hagia Sophia was designed by Anthemios of Tralles and Isidoros of Miletus and built from 532 to 537; the Süleymaniye complex was designed by Sinan from 1550 to 1557.
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The Historic Peninsula's land walls were first built by Theodosius in the early fifth century; UNESCO records a 6,650-meter terrestrial defense line completed in 447.
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Istanbul served successively as capital of the Eastern Roman and Ottoman empires; its Historic Peninsula is bounded by the Golden Horn, Bosphorus and Sea of Marmara.
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UNESCO's Historic Areas of Istanbul are four zones rather than one monument: the Archaeological Park, Süleymaniye, Zeyrek and the land walls.
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Istanbul's strategic position links the Balkans with Anatolia and the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, and the city has shaped major political, religious and artistic events for more than 2,000 years.
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