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Ottoman fountains are a prominent feature of the Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Monumental imperial mosques, historically and architecturally significant, dominate areas in which they were ...
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 most impressive complexes are from the ...
I mentioned in my previous post that one reason why I like Istanbul is because of its history. Certainly, initially known as Byzantium, then Constantinople and Istanbul, it was the centre of ...
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 wanted to visit for a long time. Remarkably, I've never been there. Not even when I lived in Belgrade, before I moved to London. If you ask me why, I ...
I've written many stellar articles about Belgrade. And rightly so. It's a dynamic, interesting city that's rapidly changing. It's also a refreshingly rare non-globalised European city, ...
I am in Belgrade at the moment. In my previous post, I wrote about my travel plans and I mentioned that I was going to spend two weeks in the Serbian capital. I've already written about ...
April was a strange month. That was one reason why I posted only one article at the end of April. It was also a month in which I asked myself: Where next? But, let me explain what ...
