Istanbul is a magnificent city spreading on the shores of the Sea of the Sea, the Golden Horn and Bosphorus, the Center for the Development of Art and Science for several centuries. It intersect the East with the West, Asia with Europe, Islam with Christianity. Over the centuries, Istanbul was the capital of three empires – ancient Rome, medieval Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire, he gave a shelter of an anatolia and monuments of three world religions. It is truly surprising how Istanbul combines the past and the present, old and new, antiquity – with modernity. Museums, palaces, churches, mosques, noisy oriental bazaars are organically complemented by skyscrapers and business centers. The city is striking in its multiplicity. Today, Istanbul is the largest economic center of Turkey. He is still called a miracle of light, the pearl of the Bosphorus and the daughter of the East. We suggest you get to know the only metropolis in the world on two continents that has become a bridge between Europe and Asia.
Author
Belochkina Julia Vladimirovna
Editor
Mezentseva E.V.
Publisher
Folio, 2013
Series
Cities of the world
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