This water strait takes its name from a myth that is about Zeus and his complicated love life. Zeus had a jealous wife named Hera. Bosphorus means cow strait. Io was a beautiful nun in temple of Hera. Zeus fell in love with Io. Hera was in jealous with Io so Zeus transformed her as a white cow to protect […]

Those are the walls that are second longest walls after Great China wall. It is around 5700 mt. long and the average height is around 10 or 12 meters. The construction year is unknown although it was reconstructed by Byzantine Emperor Constantinus.