The Ancient Greek engineer Mandrocles of Samos is credited with creating the Pontoon Bridge, which spanned the Bosphorus Strait.
Topographical view of The Bosphorus in Istanbul with Galata bridge and tower, Aya Sofia and the Suleymaniye Mosque in the distance from the European side of the Golden Horn, 20th century oil on canvas ...
Some cities whisper their past. Istanbul shouts it from the rooftops, the domes, and the water. Nowhere is this more vivid than along the Bosphorus—the strait that quite literally divides continents ...