To see medieval Constantinople in modern Istanbul, breathe life into it and guide tourists through it – this task turned out to be within the power of the brilliant storyteller and Byzantine scholar Sergei Ivanov.
To see medieval Constantinople in modern Istanbul, breathe life into it and guide tourists through it – this task turned out to be within the power of the brilliant storyteller and Byzantine scholar Sergei Ivanov. Sometimes it seems that he went around the whole city with a tape measure. He draws the daily life of the inhabitants of the city, recalls the terrible and joyful events captured in countless legends, lives and “walks” of travelers. And this virtual “walk” awakens the imagination no less than a real trip to modern Istanbul.
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