Did you know there’s a city situated on two continents?

Which is the only city that is located on two continents at the same time?

It is Istanbul, The largest city of Turkey, in the northwest part of the country. Founded c. 660 B.C. as Byzantium, it was renamed Constantinople in A.D. 330 by Constantine the Great, who made it the capital of the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire.
It is one more the most popular and attractive cities in Turkey. But it is also famous for the fact that Istanbul embraces two continents, one arm reaching out to Asia, the other to Europe. In the city’s heart, the Bosphorus Strait, course the waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn.

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