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Everyman Guide to Istanbul

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 416 pages. This guide includes an encyclopaedic and historical section about Istanbul an d 232 itineraries. A practical section listing addresses and telephone numbers, opening times of museums and details on hotels, bars, restaurants, nightlife, th eatres and shopping is also included. The encyclopaedic and historical section l ooks at the natural history of Istanbul, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara; t he history of the area from Byzantium and the eastern empire to Constantinople, the Ottoman empire and the 20th century; language - the origins of the Turkish l anguage; architecture - a thematic dictionary of Byzantine and Ottoman architect ure, the buildings of Suleiman the Magnificent and Sinan and the Topkapi Palace; lifestyle - Islam music, theatre, Turkish baths, the decorative arts, kilims, c arpets, Iznik, Turkish cooking and cafes; painting - Turkish miniatures, Europea n orientalists. The book also looks at Istanbul as seen by Mary Montague, Flaube rt, Kemal and Guersel. There are also 10 detailed itineraries, including the sev en hills of the city, the Topkapi, the Seraglio, Santa Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Mosque of Suleiman, the Bazaar and the Golden Horn. There are also 6 itinera ries outside the city, including the Bosphorus and the Islands, the Ottoman capi tals Bursa and Edirne, the Dardanelles and Troy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3667j

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