2009-03-09
Historical preservation and communication problems in Constantinople in 1912 [Sources for City and Art in SEE, 1850-1950, No. IV]
posted by istanbul 16 years ago
Last year the Walls of Constantinople/Istanbul were (again) put on the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites. Concerns as to their preservation had been voiced already a century ago, when there existed plans to teir them down altogether.
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