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The Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul is a historic Turkish bath that recently reopened after years of neglect. Built in the 1500s by Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire's renowned architect, the hamam is located on top of a Byzantine-era cistern. A 13-year restoration project revealed fragments of the bath's original blue-and-white patterned tiles, which are now displayed in a nearby museum. The museum also showcases Byzantine stone carvings, pottery, and various items that provide insight into Ottoman hamam culture. Visitors can enjoy the luxurious experience of being scrubbed clean under a magnificent dome adorned with star-shaped skylights. [Extracted from the article]

The Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul is a historic Turkish bath that recently reopened after years of neglect. Built in the 1500s by Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire's renowned architect, the hamam is located on top of a Byzantine-era cistern. A 13-year restoration project revealed fragments of the bath's original blue-and-white patterned tiles, which are now displayed in a nearby museum. The museum also showcases Byzantine stone carvings, pottery, and various items that provide insight into Ottoman hamam culture. [Extracted from the article]

The Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul is a historic Turkish bath that recently reopened after years of neglect. Built in the 1500s by Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire's renowned architect, the hamam is located on top of a Byzantine-era cistern. A 13-year restoration project revealed fragments of the bath's original blue-and-white patterned tiles, which are now displayed in a nearby museum. The museum also showcases Byzantine stone carvings, pottery, and various items that provide insight into Ottoman hamam culture. [Extracted from the article]

The Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul is a historic Turkish bath that recently reopened after years of neglect. Built in the 1500s by Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire's renowned architect, the hamam is located on top of a Byzantine-era cistern. A 13-year restoration project revealed fragments of the bath's original blue-and-white patterned tiles, which are now displayed in a nearby museum. The museum also showcases Byzantine stone carvings, pottery, and various items that provide insight into Ottoman hamam culture. [Extracted from the article]

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FEATURES AT THE STARTING LINE, I stamped my feet in the snow and repeated this mantra: "There'll be hot wine at the end." The finish line was in sight, and beyond it, a banquet table surrounded by wine-drinking runners cloaked in gold-foil blankets, still crowned with their headlamps, descending on the pastry-laden buffet like ravenous medieval kings. PHOTO (COLOR): Wine is served before and after the race. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses how researchers in the field of sensory urbanism are developing ways to understand how a city sounds, smells, and feels. It explores how nonvisual information defines the character of a city and affects its livability, how people react to different sensory environment, and various methods used by researchers including sound walks, smell maps, and data scraping.

The article presents information on various Islamic inventions and technological innovations. It informs that early Muslim scientists made significant advances in distillation, a process they refined to create medicines, perfumes, and essential oils. In the 11th century, an astronomer known as Azarchel created an instrument called universal astrolabes which allowed Muslims to determine time and direction from the constellations.