In search of Constantinople. Guide to Byzantine Istanbul
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This guide does not say a word about where to spend the night in Istanbul than to eat and what to buy. Nevertheless, you need to take it with you. Sergey Ivanov, a specialist in the history and culture of Byzantium, professor of the NRU “Higher School of Economics”, invites the reader to make a double trip - in space and in time. The book will bring you along Istanbul streets to the remnants of Constantinople, still keeping the memory of his greatness, beauty and diversity. Despite the indifference of the Turkish authorities to these unique monuments, they are still able to tell a lot to a careful observer - dramatic and sad, funny and touching stories, full of adventures. The guide pages will resurrect the city before his eyes, as if he had not disappeared anywhere: they would spend along the palaces, monasteries, hospitals and schools, introduce the emperors and patriarchs, commander and eunuchs, merchants and artisans, saints and harlots, will be carried away into a whirlpool of a violent and rich life, once. boiling in the capital of the Great Empire
Author:
Author:Ivanov S.A.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-118145-1
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