Today I want to write about the Bosphorus Strait. Bosphorus divides Istambul, connects The Black Sea and The Sea of Marmora and separates Asia and Europe. The strait has a length of about 30 kilometers. In Istambul there are three bridges:
- Bosphorus Bridge (1973)
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (1988)
- Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (2016)
Of course the Bosphorus has got legend.
A long time ago a sultan lived in Instambul . He had a beauitful daughter but one day, an oracle prophesied, that she would be killed by a snake on her 18th birthday. Sultan wanted to protect the princess. He built a tower on the Bosphours. On the 18th birthday of the princess, the sultan brought her a basket of exotic fruits as a birthday gift. However the snake was hiding in the basket. He bit the princess and she died on her father's arms. Hence the name Maiden's tower. Today, there are a restaurant and a café.
I hope you like my post.
See you soon
Weruka
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