Modern Istanbul stretches nearly 200 miles across, with many neighborhoods and traffic that can make getting from anywhere in the city center to home take up to two hours. The Old City encompasses the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia, Topkapi, and Roman ruins.
Outside the Mosaic Museum is this marble lion still visible across the wear of time. On the other side of him is another, more worn but visible as a lion only through relation with this one.
The Old City is surrounded by a protecting wall that continues to be a part of the building life of that portion of the city.
Near the Cistern is the landmark imposed by the Romans that is the zero point of Istanbul from which they could measure distance to similar posts in other places. The Romans truly modernized the world!
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