Izmit - Hamidiye Avenue with Railway line
Hamidiye Avenue, with railway running through centre of town - Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul. The Eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286-324 AD. Founded in 712 BC - scene of the 1999 Earthquake (7.4 on richter scale) which devastated the region and killed more than 19, 000 people and leaving many more homeless
Picture No
10546974
Media ID
46535278
Size
5502px x 3591px
(17.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Postcard by Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople
Date
1907
