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Fountain). The fountain was a gift from Kaiser
Wilhelm of Germany to commemorate his visit
to İstanbul in 1901, and all of its parts were
produced in Germany, hence it bears this name.
The internal face of the dome was gilded. It
stands in the very place where the gate of the
ancient hippodrome stood, which was decorated
with numerous statues and monuments.
The Hippodrome; the Site of Entertainment
and Rebellion, Victories and Massacres: The
Hippodrome, with its final seating capacity of
100,000 people, is located in the square facing
the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, and its construction
was commenced by Septimus Severus in the
beginning of the 3rd century AD. However, it was
not completed until the reign of Constantine,
who made İstanbul his capital and the most
prominent city of his time and who constantly
strove to make it greater and more beautiful
than Rome. During the Byzantine Period the
Hippodrome was the stage for the rivalry
between the Blues and Greens, factions who
were engaged in passionate struggles to support
istanbul
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