Constantinopolis/Istanbul: Cultural Encounter, Imperial Vision, and the Construction of the Ottoman Capital

by Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu

A symbolic locus embodying myriad meanings, the political center of the eastern Mediterranean, and one of the old world's largest urban centers, Constantinople was the site of large-scale urban and architectural interventions. Changing visions--the changing political, cultural, and religious orientations of those who lived there and those who ruled from there--inscribed themselves in its spaces, transforming it and lending it new meanings. Constantinopolis/Istanbul...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271027762
• ISBN13: 9780271027760
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.1" x 10.2"