"“It’s called Yerebatan Sarayi.”

Sarayi?

Langdon wondered.

As in Topkapi Sarayi?"

"Inverted as the damned,

Langdon realized,

picturing Botticelli’s Map of Hell and the inverted sinners he had placed in the

Malebolge."

"Spice Bazar

is one of the largest

covered marketplaces

in the

world"

"Langdon had once read that...

the Blue Mosque’s balconied minarets had inspired the design for Cinderella’s iconic castle at

Disney World."

"Hagia Sophia.

Not so much a building

… as a mountain."

"There, high above the city, rose the

Ottoman

stronghold of

Topkapi Palace."

Galata Tower

glistened above the quiet residences that dotted the hillside. The world looked strangely peaceful from here, a far cry,

Langdon

imagined..."

"At a glance, the

Bosporus

appeared as a wide gash that severed Istanbul in two. In fact,

Langdon

knew the channel was the lifeblood of Istanbul’s commerce."