Rating: Title: Istanbul - City of Seven Hills Author: Text: Cyril Mango - Photographs: Ahmet Ertug, AraGuler, Gurol Kara Publisher: Ertug & Kocabiyik Publications

Review: This visual journey takes in the Byzantine and Ottoman monuments and cityscapes that make Istanbul unique among the world's great metropolises. Aerial photographs and detailed views of the city walls, St. Sophia, St. Savior in Chora, the Grand Bazaar, aqueducts, the mosques of Sinan, and other landmarks are accompanied by views of Bosphorus villas and scenes of the Princes' Islands and reproductions of old engravings. The accompanying text is by Cyril Mango, professor of Byzantine art and architecture. 30 by 40 cms, 180 pages, hard bound in Setalux cloth and presented in a slipcase. (currently out of print)


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