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In #hagiasophia / #ayasofya on the 1st floor, the southern side, I found the #gravemarker , put there in the 19th c by Italian restorers, of the greatest #villain in history, the #doge of #venice , Enrico Dandolo, the one responsible to directing the #fourthcrusade to #constantinople and the #1204 Sack of Comstantinople. That crime weakened fatally the #byzantineempire and #christianity as a whole, opening the way for the emergence of the #ottoman #caliphate and #islam ‘s assault over Europe for the next six centuries. #istanbul #istanbulstudytrip #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #enricodandolo #sackofconstantinople
Your expert in historic houses in front of the object of pilgrimage of Romanians to #istanbul : the #sword of #stephenthegreat , the Prince of #moldavia (1457-1504), kept in #topkapi Museum. It is probably a #ceremonial sword of a type used a couple of centuries earlier in west and central Europe, but still in use in the east, made by custom order in Genova. Stephen probably handed it over to #sultan #bayezid II as a symbol of becoming a vassal of the #ottoman #padishah . #nationalidentity #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #istanbulstudytrip #ottomanempire
Your expert in historic houses mesmerised by the majesty of the #bluemosque (b. 1616), #istanbul . #istanbulstudytrip #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography
The #bluemosque architectural and worshiping complex in #sultanahmet area of #istanbul , a sublime masterwork of arch. Mehmed Agha, a disciple of the famous architect Sinan, completed in 1616, at a time when the #ottomanempire was showing its first signs of weakness in the centuries long decline that followed. The #mosque is thus a statement of confidence at a juncture time. Its position, aligned with Hagia Sophia over the Hippodrome, is part of the same message. I was impressed by the purity of its outlines and the balance and harmony of the whole structure, and how improved to perfection on the #byzantine design. #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecture #istanbulstudytrip #ottomanarchitecture #ottomanart
The majestic lines and intricacies of the #baghdad #kiosk , a masterwork of #ottomanarchitecture and #ottomanart from the mid- 17th c, in the time of #sultan Murad IV, named after his famous campaign against #baghdad . #topkapi Palace Museum, #istanbul . #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecture #istanbulstudytrip #ottomanempire
The typical rounded roof #eave corner encountered in the #ottomanbaroque style, seen here in one of its most flamboyant embodiments in the #divan pavilion, within the #topkapi #palace grounds. #istanbul #istanbulstudytrip #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #ottomanart #ottomanarchitecture
#peacock in #paradise -1590 #ottoman #fountain decoration, the period of #sultan Murad III. The Museum@of Ottoman and Islamic Ceramic Art, the Tiled Kiosk, #istanbul . #istanbulstudytrip #ottomanart #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography
Another #prairie house from the #baragan plain in southeastern #romania , made from #mudbricks and plaster, with #whitewash decoration, and provided with a central #ottoman #kitchen / #chimney . #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #balkans #vernacular
My Canadian brother, on the right in image, is visiting Romania for the first time since 2012, on his way to a conference in Greece. Here we are at the house where we grew up, in the Baragan Prairie, together with our parents. The house is used now only in the summer, but this is the environment, which formed us, as free spirits of the boundless steppe. #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturehistory #architecturephotography #balkans

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