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It was in the Byzantine era that the ancestors of the Roma kids of Sulukule first settled on this particular spot of land, close to the Golden Horn and just outside 5th century city walls of old ...

This episode begins season two of the animated documentary series on the rise of the Ottoman Empire. After conquering Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans began reshaping the city into their ...

The museum would be the crowning glory of the recently renamed Istanbul, the Turkish vernacular name for old Constantinople.

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Today, there is no division or subdivision to study Byzantine history, although Istanbul — old Constantinople — is the center, is the heart of the Byzantine civilization." ...

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View A view of the Bosphorous from the old Byzantine walls, Constantinople by Fausto Zonaro on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Fausto Zonaro.

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has agreed to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move immediately hailed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko but ...