Constantinople, Ancient and Modern: With Excursions to the Shores and Islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad (Classic Reprint) - libri usati

Excerpt from Constantinople, Ancient and Modern: With Excursions to the Shores and Islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad

Summary account of Byzantium - Of Corylantinoplefince the pajiji fion of the Turks - City walls - Gates - Seven towers - Seraglio - Sublime Forte - Church of St. Irene, now the armoury - The two courts, with their gates - Column of Theodo/ius - Kiofques - Sultan's new garden - Baths - Library - trea/ztr'es - Apart ments offiate - Chamber of audience - Inhabitants - Sketch of female economy in the feraglio, with the prcfint arrangement of the harém.

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