UID:
kobvindex_INT0003918
Format:
492 pages
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illustrations (some colour), maps
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20 cm
Edition:
[2nd edition, reprint]
ISBN:
9786054518005
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6054518003
Uniform Title:
Strolling through Istanbul : the classic guide to the city
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE (English edition): "This classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Summer-Boyd and John Freely - the 'best travel guide to Istanbul' ("The Times"), 'a guide book that reads like a novel' ("New York Times") - is here, for the first time since its original publication thirty-seven years ago, published in a completely revised and updated new edition. Taking the reader on foot through this captivating city - European City of Culture 2010 - the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of the great living city. Woven throughout are vivid anecdotes, secret histories, hidden gems and every major place of interest the traveler will want to see. Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best."
Note:
INDEX NOTE: includes index.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE (English edition): List of maps and plans -- List of plates -- Notes on Turkish words and spelling -- Turkish spelling -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the revised edition -- Preface to the first edition -- The View from the Bridge -- From the Galata Bridge to Haghia Sophia -- Haghia Sophia -- Topkapi Sarayi -- Through the Outer Gardens of the Saray -- Around the Blue Mosque -- From Haghia Sophia to Beyazit Square -- Through the Markets and Bazaars -- Around Beyazit and Sehzadebasi -- The Suleymaniye -- From the Galata Bridge to Sehzadebasi -- Around the Mosque of the Conqueror -- The Fifth and Sixth Hills -- Kariye Camii -- Along the Golden Horn -- The Seventh Hill -- Along the Land Walls -- Up the Golden Horn to Eyüp -- Üsküdar and the Princes' Islands -- Pera and Galata -- The Lower Bosphorus' European Shore -- The Bosphorus - A last stroll -- Appendices : Byzantine Emperors ; Ottoman Sultans ; Notes on Byzantine Architectural Forms ; Notes on Ottoman Architectural Forms ; Sinan's Extant Works in Istanbul -- Indexes
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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the English language edition: Strolling through Istanbul : the classic guide to the city. Revised and updated edition. London, UK : Tauris Parke, 2010
Language:
Turkish
Keywords:
Guidebooks
