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Geography

One city sits on two continents

Istanbul is split by the Bosphorus, with neighbourhoods in both Europe and Asia connected by bridges and a tunnel.

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7 Wonders

The Temple of Artemis was rebuilt three times

The great marble temple at Ephesus was flooded, burned down by an arsonist in 356 BC and rebuilt grander each time. Today a single reassembled column marks the site.

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7 Wonders

The word mausoleum comes from one man's tomb

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, a Persian satrap, around 350 BC. It was so admired that his name became the general term for any grand tomb.

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7 Wonders

Earthquakes toppled the Mausoleum over centuries

A series of quakes between the 12th and 15th centuries wrecked the tomb, and crusaders reused its polished stone to fortify Bodrum Castle, where the blocks are still visible.

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Countries

Istanbul sits on two continents at once

The Bosphorus strait splits the city between Europe and Asia, and commuters cross between continents twice a day by ferry, bridge and an undersea rail tunnel.

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