Classical Guidebooks
WESTERN TURKEY
A tour through history
ISBN 978 0 9532513 8 4
A fully illustrated guide exploring Istanbul and the major sites of the West coast as far south as Miletus and Didyma with an introduction to Emperors, Sultans, Ottomans and Ataturk and notes on Greek architecture to provide a historical and practical background for the tour.
98 pp
£5.00
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Contents:
- Emperors, Sultans, Ottomans and Ataturk
- History in a nutshell
- The regions of Asia Minor
- Temple plans
- Doric and Ionic
- The Turkish language
- Glossary of Turkish words
- A list of emperors and sultans
- Istanbul
- Hippodrome
- Imperial cistern
- Blue Mosque
- Haghia Sophia
- Topkapi palace
- Archaeological Museum
- St Saviour in Chora
- The Bosphorus
- Troy
- Pergamum
- Pergamum Asclepeium
- The Hittites
- Karabel pass
- Ephesus
- Miletos
- Didyma
- Aphrodisias
- Pamukkale/Hierapolis
- Nysa
- Magnesia on the Maeander
- Priene
Temple of Dionysos, Pergamum
Aya Sofia
The Trojan Horse
Asclepieum, Pergamum
Mosaic in Aya Sofia
The Maeander valley from Priene
Broken column, Aphrodisias
The Blue Mosque
Tetrapylon, Aphrodisias
Below the Temple of Trajan, Pergamum
Temple of Athena, Priene
Artemis of Ephesus
Gymnasium of Vedius, Ephesus
Processional Way, Miletus