Table of Contents

*Preface* 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 Sqaure * 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 Eyup * Uskudar and the Princes’ Isles * Pera and Galata * The Lower Bosphorus: European Shore * The Bosphorus * Appendices * Byzantine Emperors * Ottoman Sultans * Notes on Byzantine Architectural Forms * Notes on Ottoman Architectural Forms * Sinan’s Extant Works in Istanbul * Index *

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A travel guide to Istanbul. It describes historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of a city.

About the Author

The late Hilary Sumner-Boyd was professor of humanities at Robert-College-Bosphorus University. His magisterial work, The Seven Hills of Constantinople: A Study of the Byzantine and Turkish Monuments of the City, was unpublished at the time of his death in 1977 and is now being prepared for publication by Bosphorus University Press.John Freely (1926-2017) was of the most widely respected writers of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. He is the author of The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades, The Ionian Islands, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all I.B.Tauris). He lives in Istanbul.

Reviews

'A classic. The best travel guide to Istanbul.' - The Times; 'A guide book that reads like a novel' - William Buckley, The New York Times; 'It is a guide-book that reads more like a literary tale and should do well with its subject city decreed European Capital of Culture this year.' - The Bookseller; 'Both engaging and scholarly, this is a guide to Istanbul that has yet to be surpassed.' - Daily Telegraph; 'classic and still very useful...go step by step with the authors through various time periods of Istanbul. Their entertaining tidbits of information on bits of the city, including Topkapi, Pera and Galata and the Bosphorous itself, make this book far livelier than your standard hiking guide.' - Maria Eliades, Time Out Istanbul; 'this classic guidebook remains the preeminent reference to the city's most beloved, historical features...Written with love by people with a deep understanding of the city, this is the ideal travel companion for those with a thirst for architecture...intended for gaining a deep appreciation and understanding for the ancient city' - Huffington Post;