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Golden Horn Bridge
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Samir
September 12, 2019
The Golden Horn, one of the oldest settlements in the world, is known as the Golden Horn (Khrysokeras) in antiquity. The name of the region was Keras in the Byzantine period, Haliç-i Konstantiniyye in the Ottoman period and Haliç which was used today. The legend of the Bosphorus, which includes the Golden Horn, arises from the forbidden love between Zeus and Io, the daughter of Inakhos, the king of Argos. According to the legend, the Bosphorus - Bosphorus - takes its name from the story of the beautiful Io who was sacrificed to the libertine of the god of god Zeus and the jealousy of Hera. One day Zeus fell to Io, the daughter of the king of Argos. Since she is afraid of her, she wants to turn Io into a white cow and protect her from his wife's rage. Hera is aware of everything. First, he puts a guard with a hundred eyes on the head of the cow. poor Io goes around the whole ancient world to get rid of this horse fly. In the meantime, it passes through the Bosphorus and is called the Cow / Ox crossing. However, Io, who is pregnant with Hera, later hurts, after all, she is a mother and takes the fly from her neck. io gives birth to a baby girl on the Asian coast, they call her Keroessa. This girl later had a son named Byzas of Poseidon, the sea god. Byzas founded a city where he was born.
The Golden Horn, one of the oldest settlements in the world, is known as the Golden Horn (Khrysokeras) in antiquity. The name of the region was Keras in the Byzantine period, Haliç-i Konstantiniyye in the Ottoman period and Haliç which was used today. The legend of the Bosphorus, which includes the…
Jessica
April 19, 2014
Golden Horn This Horn-shaped bay lies on the European side of Istanbul and is one of the best natural harbors in the world.
Afshin
May 12, 2022
Golden Horn bridge of Istanbul
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