Our fun facts about Istanbul continue with an inspirational one. In the 19th century, Alphonse de Lamartine said, ‘If one had but a single glance to g

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Our fun facts about Istanbul continue with an inspirational one. In the 19th century, Alphonse de Lamartine said, ‘If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul‘. And he wasn’t the last one inspired by this magnificent city. Taken @Istanbul, Turkey

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