Sultanahmet neighborhood

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The Sultanahmet neighborhood is Istanbul’s historic core, famed for its concentration of major landmarks such as the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapı Palace, and other Byzantine and Ottoman-era sites.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sultanahmet area 8
Sultanahmet neighborhood canonical 7
Sultanahmet 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
architecturalStyles Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
contains Arasta Bazaar ⓘ
Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi ⓘ
linked to: Hagia Sophia

Basilica Cistern ⓘ
Blue Mosque ⓘ
German Fountain ⓘ
Gülhane Park ⓘ
Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ
Ibrahim Pasha Palace ⓘ
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts ⓘ
Obelisk of Theodosius ⓘ
Serpent Column ⓘ
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ⓘ
Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
Topkapı Palace ⓘ
linked to: Topkapi Palace

Walled Obelisk ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
governedBy Fatih Municipality ⓘ
hasMuseums yes ⓘ
hasPublicSquares yes ⓘ
hasReligiousSites yes ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Historic Areas of Istanbul UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriodRepresented Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine-era monuments ⓘ
Ottoman-era monuments ⓘ
concentration of major historical landmarks ⓘ
locatedIn Fatih district ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
namedAfter Sultan Ahmed I ⓘ
near Golden Horn ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
partOf European side of Istanbul ⓘ
historic peninsula of Istanbul ⓘ
primaryFunction cultural tourism ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken Turkish ⓘ
religiousTradition predominantly Islamic ⓘ
tourism major tourist destination ⓘ
transportAccess Sultanahmet tram station ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1985 ⓘ
urbanCharacter mixed residential and touristic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Istanbul Archaeological Museums → locatedIn → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque → locatedIn → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Sultanahmet Square → locatedIn → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Nuruosmaniye Gate → near → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
former Stoa Basilica → modernSite → Sultanahmet district of Istanbul ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Altın Boynuz → locatedNear → Sultanahmet ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Great Palace of Constantinople → remainsLocatedUnder → Sultanahmet district of Istanbul ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Istanbul Peninsula → contains → Sultanahmet ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Sirkeci area → adjacentTo → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Beyazıt neighborhood → near → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Kumkapı → locatedNear → Sultanahmet ⓘ
subject linked to: Kumkapı neighborhood
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Küçük Ayasofya → locatedNear → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Karaköy → connectedTo → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
subject linked to: Karaköy neighborhood
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Salacak coast → faces → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Archaeological Museum (main building) → locatedIn → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Museum of the Ancient Orient → locatedInArea → Sultanahmet ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Eminönü ferry docks → near → Sultanahmet ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Atmeydanı → locatedIn → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Cankurtaran neighborhood → locatedIn → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood
Cankurtaran neighborhood → adjacentTo → Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
Haseki neighborhood → nearby → Sultanahmet area ⓘ
linked to: Sultanahmet neighborhood