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The sideways Medusa Head Pillar.
Greek Mythology: The Medusa was an ugly creature. Let’s have a look at how she came into existence, for she wasn’t always that ugly… Again, the Gods played their role.
The Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaia (Earth) and Okeanos (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Eury…ale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three. She was once very beautiful and lived far in the north were the sun didn’t visit. Being very curious, she wanted to see the sun, and asked the Goddess Athena for permission to visit the south. Athena refused to allow her to visit. The medusa got angry and dared to say that Athena hadn’t given her permission because she was jealous of her beauty. that was it! Athena was angered and punished her by turning her hair into snakes and cursing her by making her so ugly that who ever lookes at her eyes would turn into stone.

The World’s Second Subway

The construction of the Tunnel that is the second oldest subway of the world began with the initiative of Eugene Henri Gavand, The French engineer. Mr. Gavand who had come to Istanbul came into presence of Abdul Aziz Khan, the ottoman Sultan after preparing a railway project which will connect Galata that is the heart of trade and banking of the period and pera where the heart of social life beats. Operation of the Tunnel was determined as 42-years period of time and it opened to service in the January 1875 by constructing with build operate transfer model. Wooden wagons which the two sides of them are open and were working with steam system were illuminated with gas lamps because of the reason that there was no electricity when the Tunnel began to operate. It remained separate from it passengers for a while during the days of the Second World War because some materials could not be bought. It renovated in 1971 and continued to operate with electricity. The Tunnel travels over 573 meters distance between Karaköy and Beyoğlu in only 90 seconds and carries approximately 12 thousand of passengers by plying 200 trips per day

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