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Down by the shore of the Bosphorus is the glittering façade of the 19th-century Dolmabahçe Palace, while beyond stretches the graceful span of the Bosphorus Bridge, a concrete symbol of the city, linking Europe with Asia.
Istanbul owes its long-held historical significance to a strategic location at the mouth of the Bosphorus.
The Bosphorus is one of the world’s most active shipping lanes, and the overland traffic is now carried by two of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
In the words of the 16th-century French traveller Pierre Gilles: “The Bosphorus with one key opens and closes two worlds, two seas. ”
Those belonging to this set are the lucky few who frequent the city’s more expensive restaurants and casinos, and retire at the weekends to their restored wooden mansions (yalı) along the Bosphorus.