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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576500" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>the Golden Horn Of Istanbul</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THE ‘GOLDEN HORN’ OF <br> ISTANBUL </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is an inlet arm from the Bosphoros Strait, <br>Which stretches inwards towards the west; <br>And curves up like a deer’s horn, -<br>Known to the world as the ‘Golden Horn’! <br>It separates the old Istanbul’s historic city, <br>From its modern counterpart in the north; <br>Forming the world’s longest natural harbor, <br>A waterway almost 7.5 km long! <br>The harbor was once the Naval Headquarters <br> of the Byzantine Empire! <br>When a heavy chain guarded the inlet’s <br>entrance; <br>Stretching across the mouth of the ‘Horn’ entire; <br>From the Old City to the Galata Tower! *<br>The old city stands on seven hillocks, once <br>known as the ‘City of Seven Hills’; <br>And top of every rise, a temple, or a mosque<br>or a monument is seen, -<br>With its steeples, towers and minarets, the city<br>stands solemnly still! <br>Each building here has a story to tell; <br>In 1453 to the Ottoman Turks the city fell! <br>As I stood ruminating on one such high rise, <br>And saw the sun going down in the west; <br>The inlet waters appeared bathed in gold, <br>Glittering in the sun’s setting rays! <br>And at that moment I realized, as I looked at <br>the inlet nice and long, <br>How aptly it has been named, as the inlet of <br>‘The Golden Horn’! <br>   -Raj Nandy<br>   New Delhi<br>   13 May 09<br>(*Galata Tower is located at the entrance of<br> the inlet- in the northern half of the city.<br> ‘The Golden Horn’ waterway divides the<br> city of Istanbul into northern & southern <br> halves!)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Raj+Nandy">Raj Nandy</a><div class=q>
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 ISTANBUL 

It is an inlet arm from the Bosphoros Strait, 
Which stretches inwards towards the west; 
And curves up like a deer’s horn, -
Known to the world as the ‘Golden Horn’! 
It separates the old Istanbul’s h..."></div>
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