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The Ottoman army conquered Constantinople in 1453. The Ottoman Sultanate was abolished in 1922. The city of Constantinople or Istanbul, as it is now called, was under the Ottoman rule for ...
Of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul, the monumental Ottoman imperial mosques are the most important and surely the most visible. The biggest and the most impressive complexes are from the ...
I mentioned in my previous post that one reason why I like Istanbul is because of its history and historical sites. Certainly, firstly known as Byzantium and then Constantinople, it was a ...
In my previous article - Back in Riccione - I mentioned that the main reason for my recent travel to Italy was to attend my friend's 50th birthday party. A month before that, my friend's ...
There is a place in Belgrade that I've been wanting to visit for a long time. Remarkably, I have never been there. Not even when I lived in Belgrade, before I moved to London. If you asked ...
This is my second post in the series of posts on the Yugoslav 20th century art. During my latest visit to Belgrade, I went back to the National Museum to see this collection. I mostly missed ...
I first visited the newly restored National Museum in Belgrade in November 2018. Afterwards, I published three posts and presented three important parts of its collection: Medieval Art, ...
I have written many stellar articles about Belgrade. And rightly so. It is a dynamic and interesting city, that is rapidly changing. It is still a refreshingly rare non-globalised European ...
It's my second week in Belgrade. In my previous post, I wrote about many restoration projects that the city authorities are currently doing in order to improve the way the city looks. But, I ...
I am in Belgrade at present. In my previous post I wrote about my travel plans and I mentioned that I was going to spend 2 weeks in the Serbian capital. I have already written about Belgrade ...