Gate of Istanbul under restoration in BURSA

BURSA - Doğan News Agency

Restoration work has been initiated in the 2,000-year-old Gate of Istanbul, the most magnificent part of the city walls in the northwestern city of Bursa’s İznik district. 

İznik is one of the important pilgrimage centers for the world of Christianity as the 1st and 7th Ecumenical Councils were held there in 325 and 787 A.D. and was home to the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations. 

The project to turn the sunken basilica in the lake into a museum and others works in the ancient theater, tile furnaces, Abdulvahap Hill, khans and madrasahs have still been continuing in the city. 

The restoration, carried out by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, is slated to cost 4.5 million Turkish Liras. 

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