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The Best Attractions In Princes' Islands

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The Prince Islands ; officially just Adalar , are an archipelago off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands constitute the Adalar district of Istanbul Province. The mayor of the Adalar district is Atilla Aytaç . They consist of four larger islands, Büyükada with an area of 5.46 km2 , Heybeliada with an area of 2.4 km2 , Burgazada with an area of 1.5 km2 , Kınalıada with an area of 1.3 km2 , and five much smaller ones, Sedef Adası with an area of 0.157 km2 , Yassıada with an area of 0.05 km2 , Sivriada with an area of 0.05 km2 , Kaşık Adası with an area of 0.006 km2 , and Tavşan Adası with an area of 0.004 km2 .
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The Best Attractions In Princes' Islands

  • 1. Halki Theological School Heybeliada
    Heybeliada or Heybeli Ada is the second largest of the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. It is officially a neighborhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul, Turkey. The large Naval Cadet School overlooks the jetty to the left as you get off the ferry or seabus. There are two interesting pieces of architecture on the grounds of the school. One is Kamariotissa, the only remaining Byzantine church on the island, and more importantly the last church to be built before the conquest of Constantinople. The other is the grave of Edward Barton, the second English Ambassador to be sent to Constantinople by Elizabeth I of England, who spent his last days in Heybeli in order to escape the plague raging through the city in 1598. His remains were later relocated to the British Cemeter...
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  • 5. Adalar Müzesi / Museum of the Princes' Islands Buyukada
    Museum of the Princes' Islands is a museum on Büyükada of Princes' Islands in İstanbul Province, Turkey dedicated to the past of the Princes' Islands.
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  • 9. Buyukada Tabiat Parki Buyukada
    Büyükada Nature Park is a nature park in Istanbul Province, Turkey. Büyükada is the biggest of the Princes' Islands, a group of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara, in Adalar district southeast of Istanbul Province. An area east of the island was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011. It covers an area of about 4.45 ha .
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  • 12. Burgazada Princes Islands
    Burgazada, Burgaz Adası, or shortly Burgaz is the third largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul. Burgazada is a common setting and even a major theme for writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık, where he also resided. Today, his residence is kept as a museum. In 2003, Burgazada suffered a terrible forest fire, losing 4 square kilometres of its entire woodland. The island consists of a single hill 2 kilometres across. Demetrius I of Macedon, one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great, built a fort here and named it after his father Antigonus I Monophthalmus. The island took this name, but is generally known by the Turks today as simply Burgaz. Historically, the island has been inhabited chiefly ...
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  • 13. Heybeliada Island Princes Islands
    Heybeliada or Heybeli Ada is the second largest of the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. It is officially a neighborhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul, Turkey. The large Naval Cadet School overlooks the jetty to the left as you get off the ferry or seabus. There are two interesting pieces of architecture on the grounds of the school. One is Kamariotissa, the only remaining Byzantine church on the island, and more importantly the last church to be built before the conquest of Constantinople. The other is the grave of Edward Barton, the second English Ambassador to be sent to Constantinople by Elizabeth I of England, who spent his last days in Heybeli in order to escape the plague raging through the city in 1598. His remains were later relocated to the British Cemeter...
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