Our Works Unesco's World Heritage List - Istanbul

OUR WORKS IN UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST
(ISTANBUL)

 

 

İstanbul, known as the city with seven hills, has been one of the oldest cities bearing witness to the history. İstanbul, an intercontinental city, has a distinguished silhouette with priceless beauty at all hours of the day and night and every day of the year. This legendary city whose streets smell history, is one of the most special geographical areas in the world where the cross-cultural communication has still continued.
The historic areas of İstanbul, having universal value, were registered into UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985. These historic areas consist of four regions:
1. Sultanahmet Urban Archaeological Conservation Area: This area consists of two region: One of them is Sur-i Sultani, located in the east side of Historical Peninsula and over Sarayburnu Hill where The Topkapı Palace is situated, and the other one is Sultanahmet. The East and South frontiers of this area are composed of the Marmara shore walls. The west frontier of this area starts from Sur-u Sultani in the north and reaches to the Marmara Walls in the south by including Small Hagia Sophia.
2. Suleymaniye Mosque and its Associated Conservation Area: This area is located in the surroundings of Süleymaniye Social Complex and Şehzade Mehmet Social Complex constituting a deterministic point for the city silhouette on a hill overlooking Haliç and it contains Vefa and Vezneciler districts.
3. Zeyrek Mosque and its Associated Conservation Area: This area is situated in a terrace overlooking Haliç and in the west side of Atatürk Boulevard and it consists of the Molla Zeyrek Mosque and the streets surrounding it.
4. İstanbul Land Walls Conservation Area: This area contains the walls and its immediate surroundings bordering the peninsula, on which the city was founded, in the west and extending to Haliç in the north by starting from the Sea of Marmara in the south.
A commemoration block with four stamps themed “Our Works in UNESCO’s World Heritage List (İstanbul)” and a first day cover - fdc were put into circulation by  PTT on 21 May 2015.