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Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - all three are names for a city with a great past and interesting present. The only city to have served as the capital of three empires, the only one astride two continents, the meeting place of East and West , Asia and Europe, Christianity and Islam.

Continuously inhabited for 27 centuries, Istanbul is one of the oldest major cities - along with Athens, Jerusalem, Beijing, Rome and Damascus. Not many cities have played as significant a role in history as Istanbul.