Extra Large and Small (no Large or Mediums here) in one day or: a Tale of Two Hagia Sophias.
by Ozayr
Last week we kicked off our semester in Istanbul with orientations, studio assignments, a few lectures, walking tours and site visits. Students visited – in no particular order, the Dolmabahce Palace, the Grand Bazaar, The Blue Mosque and Hippodrome, Dürümzade (the local eatery of choice), Taksim Square, Istiklal Caddesi, myriad streets around our center and neighborhood, The Süleymaniye Mosque and the immigrant neighborhoods around it… the list goes on. We’ve had a primer lecture on Byzantion, on the mythical founding […]
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