The remarkable history of a stil standing Venetian palace built in a Byzantine city, and then transformed first into an Ottoman mansion, and then to a neoclassical house, always appreciated, adapted and reused. Extensive study, excavation and restoration over 10 years revealed abundant and rare information about urban planning, material culture, economic and cultural exchanges, art and aesthetics. This is the tale of a harbour town that was always cosmopolitan and extroverted, a port of call along the Silk Road, the winter base of the Ottoman fleet, a European enclave in the East.
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
