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Monuments of Unaging Intellect: Historic Postcards of Byzantine Istanbul - Softcover

OUSTERHOUT, ROBERT & NEZIH BASGELEN

 
9789757538820: Monuments of Unaging Intellect: Historic Postcards of Byzantine Istanbul

Synopsis

Published 2000, Robert Ousterhout and Nezih Başgelen, hardcover,154 pp. The most comprehensive published collection of early postcards depicting Istanbul's Byzantine monuments, this lavishly illustrated album includes over a hundred views of the city at the turn of the century. More than just curiosities or collectors' items, the cards provide a visual record of the transformation of Istanbul and its ancient sites--documenting the removal and restoration of buildings, the devastation of the great 1894 earthquake, and historic events such as the opening of the Ottoman parliament on 17 December 1908.

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