ISTANBUL

"They might be giants" tell us rightfully that Istambul was Constantinople. Indeed Constantinople was to become one of the great world capitals, a font of imperial and religious power, a city of vast wealth and beauty, and the chief city of the Western world. Constantinople is now Istambul, but the power of history and religion prevails, specially in its historical peninsula, also known as Suriçi (Walled City), which was founded as a residential area and the capital of two empires (Eastern Roman and Ottoman Empire) that once ruled 4 continents.