Sirkeci
Railway terminus blending Ottoman arches with European design, once the Orient Express's final stop.
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This guide to Sirkeci station in Istanbul begins with a winter departure in 1929, when the westbound Orient Express left these platforms bound for Paris, and with the crime novelist who knew the line. It also turns to the building itself, opened in 1890 and designed by a Prussian architect sent to study Ottoman buildings, and to the royalty, diplomats and spies who stepped off here. Best heard in the main hall, with the arched windows and stained glass in view.
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