The Three Ages of Istanbul: How Byzantium became Constantinople and Istanbul
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Ollie takes us on a trip across centuries and continents to discover Istanbul's rich heritage
To find out more about the delicious Lacivert restaurant in Istanbul's Asian side, go to www.lacivertre...
To discover the magnificent Pera Palace Hotel, see perapalace.com...
Oliver’s history lessons were amazing.
Historical, cultural, entertaining, great food, and all from you two charming wonderful people !! It really doesn’t get better than this 😊
History, architecture, art and food! Loving these videos. Thank you to everyone involved ❤️
Thank you for taking us out of Europe! This is such a special episode.
This was amazing! I must go! I cannot believe how much I just learned in one vlog! Thank you Stephanie and Oliver!
As a Turkish person and an architect, thank you so much for representing İstanbul and lovely as you have! I have seen and read about those works many times, but listening to their story from Oliver was an amazing experience!
This was an absolutely fabulous travel vlog Olly and Stephanie❤❤❤❤ Thank you😁
You have tweeked my knowledge of history, thank you, love this channel and your friendship with each other :D
Ohhhhhh My Goodness....... I just didn't want it to end....Ollie - I LOVE it when you go all history nerd on us. Please continue to do it as I learn so much. Steph - you looked so beautiful in that shawl on the ferry although a tad chilled. I have friends that are in Istanbul right now and I shared this with them so they can learn a thing or two if they missed out on something. The history just astounds me. How did they ever get that ceiling done in those times without all the incredible technology we have to us today. Just incredible. And of course Turquoise is from there ! (said making myself with a wet fish) it all makes so much sense now, Thank you again, and again and again. A frustrated traveller from Australia.
I love this video! So informative, beautiful and fun! I look forward to going to Istanbul someday. Thank you xx
Wow!!!!! Stephanie this is fantastic!!! Educational, exciting, articulate and really great. I confess I like this as much as your own blog from France… sorry!
Absolutely amazing. I learned so much. Thank you Ollie.
Another fantastic vlog - I so enjoy everyone of your vlogs 😃 thank you from Canada 🇨🇦!
The Istanbul series do not disappoint!!! On the contrary, they are amazing, absolutely fully entertaining and enlightening!!! Please keep this channel going, dear Stephanie and Ollie!! ❤🙏
what a learning adventure you took us on the art history and not forgetting that fabulous restaurant ❤ and of course oliver best drop the aunt or you may find yourself swimming home if stephanie has her say 😘
Once again, a fabulous video. I love how you make history so interesting. Love this channel
Thank you both for the history you explained so beautifully. This was fascinating.
Wonderful and inspiring as ever - thank you both🙏❤
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing
Stephanie, you look splendid in that black dress. Love that you two have a very respectful friendship.
Many blessings and safety in your travels. Thanks for sharing.
Wow beautiful sites and a very informed history lesson great job ollie you both make a great team I love to feel like I am with you on the travels ❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉
One day in Istanbul is not enough! Loved this so much. Ollie….your knowledge is astounding. More more more, please. Loving this series. Love to you both. ❤
Even a week is not enough, even months
You are both so knowledgable and entertaining.
So lovely! Istanbul remains one of my favourite cities. The history, the people and the food is just the best.
Fabulous trip you two! Love it!!
Istanbul is truly elf the great cities of our planet.
You guys are the best! The way you’re living your lives, breaking the social programming and stereotypes by being open and free with your choices. You put together a great travel vlog and doing it your way! I love learning about history, art and true freedom from you both 👍🏻
This was amazing. What a beautiful city. What a beautiful part of the world such history. I love your enthusiasm, Stephanie for all new things.😊💕🌈🇨🇦
Luv that symbolism … taking weapons and turning em into artwork … that’s so cool to know the history behind Turk and where the naming of the color came from
This was a fantastic tour and history lesson! Thank you so much. Best video yet!!
Oh my gosh you guys make me laugh, especially sharing the room oh I laughed. And yes Ollie has some fancy pjs, but I wouldn't expect anything less with Ollie. And thanks so much for the history class just so informative!
Oh so interesting. The history fascinating. Thank you both for the tour. Till the next video wherever it might be. Xx
What happy memories you brought back of my previous visits to Istanbul on both sides and sailing on a cruise ship at night towards the Black Sea, which sadly is now not possible.🇬🇧🇨🇳🍷🍷
These videos are simply enchanting. Thank you!
I love travel videos where people have done their research, good work, I really enjoyed this.
Oh my, so much fascinating history.....it has left me wanting to know more!! Loved this video, so interesting and beautiful...cannot wait to see, learn and indulge in your next fabulous video. BIG thank you.
I had the privilege of living there for over a year when I was 16 but that was over 40 years ago. I hope to get back there - it's on the bucket list. It's an amazing city with amazing people and history. Great job, Ollie, with telling of the history!
THANKS STEPHANIE, during this episode, I quickly switched to Netflix and added "Midnight at the Pero Palace" to my list of future viewing. Great tidbit, turquoise....who would have known? Seems so fitting now...Turkish Blue...!!!🙂
Cocktails in Europe, then Dinner in Asia....how exciting! (Did you need Passports???) I actually laughed out loud when I saw the sushi platter...😂
Love all the history. Those mosques were just incredible. Thanks so much for taking us on a wonderful trip.
That was very Nice! So entertaining!
Thankyou. That was truly wonderful x
Stephanie and Ollie, as your Istanbul travel vlog brings out in impressively colorful detail, the impact of the exquisite beauty and grandeur of its architectural wonders never fails to overwhelm. To think that at one time I had an opportunity to reside in the city permanently but in the end I returned to California. If I’d stayed on I might be an Oriental/Turkish rug shop owner in the Besiktas District these days. Who knows?! One thing for sure, I would have offered Stephanie and Ollie a super deal on their favorite rugs.
That was absolutely wonderful!!! Thank you for everything!
Thank you again!! A glimpse of the beautiful historic and enigmatic Istanbul - by two of my favourite vloggers!! such a pleasant and engrossing lesson in history - so looking forward to the next one. Blessings as always
Breaks my heart as a Greek to watch our beautiful church turned into a mosque. That’s one thing everyone in this world should respect. Places of worship should not be used politically. Thank you for showing us it’s beauty that has been masked.
The christians also didn't respect the pagan groups & places of worship that they invaded, converted, and propagandised for their own gain.
I actually loved what Atatürk did with it. Coming together and share the love for God and not dividing people.... Well sadly Erdogan uses everything was his political agenda.
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Yes, as an Australian, I have huge respect for Ataturk as well, as he accepted our fallen soldier dead at Gallipoli as ‘sons of Turkey’ after the First World War. And the Anzac dawn service we hold every year on Anzac Day at Gallipoli for our fallen soldiers is with the permission of the Turkish government.
And religion has always been used politically throughout history and even today, so well done Ataturk.
Well said! As a Catholic, my heart is saddened to see the desolation of God’s holy Church. Pray for peace.
I am absolutely fascinated! Thank you Stef and Ollie!
That was wonderful. Oliver you are so knowledgeable. The views from the ferry & the Asian restaurant were amazing. Thank you for taking us along for the journey. Hope you both got back ok 😁👍🏻
Absolutely incredible history, narration and video of this amazing area of the world!! Great job planning Oliver!! I love that you two can share a room like that. I’ve got friends like that and it’s so wonderful to be able to do that.
Love from Mary in Southern California 💗
This was wonderful! It was so interesting that it was a shock when it came to an end so quickly! I must say that Stephanie’s dinner looked so good! I am curious to know how the sushi was.
Thank you these are so not just enjoyable , but so educational too
Good evening Travels With My Friend
You two have gradually melded. So funny sharing a room. I’m loving this. You are both adding so much to this Vlog. Thank you
Fabulous trip, loved and learnt such a lot. Thank you. Love you two best buddies.😊❤
This is more honest than what has been narrated!!!
Constantinople in 1453 was a heavily declined city state. Many churches were left dilapidated and there was severe economic hardship with a small population. This was a far cry from previous centuries.
In 324 the ancient city of Byzantium became the new capital of the Roman Empire established by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was renamed.
After the fall of the western roman empire in the 5th century it became the capital of the eastern roman empire (Byzantine Empire) which the Muslims call Ar-Rum and who were ruling at the time when Islam was revealed. The Hagia Sophia became like the St Peters Basilica as the central cathedral of the Orthodox Christians.
In 1202 Crusaders from the western church based in Rome launched the fourth crusade to recapture Al-Quds from the Muslims but events led them to Constantinople instead who they viewed as heretics.
They managed to capture Constantinople and establish a crusader state from 1204-1261 which is called the Latin Empire. They plundered the city and Sir Steven Runciman, historian of the Crusades, wrote that the sack of Constantinople is “unparalleled in history”. He wrote:
For nine centuries, […] the great city had been the capital of Christian civilisation. It was filled with works of art that had survived from ancient Greece and with the masterpieces of its own exquisite craftsmen. The Venetians […] seized treasures and carried them off to adorn […] their town.
But the Frenchmen and Flemings were filled with a lust for destruction. They rushed in a howling mob down the streets and through the houses, snatching up everything that glittered and destroying whatever they could not carry, pausing only to murder or to rape, or to break open the wine-cellars […]. Neither monasteries nor churches nor libraries were spared.
In Hagia Sophia itself, drunken soldiers could be seen tearing down the silken hangings and pulling the great silver iconostasis to pieces, while sacred books and icons were trampled under foot. While they drank merrily from the altar-vessels a prostitute set herself on the Patriarch’s throne and began to sing a ribald French song. Nuns were ravished in their convents. Palaces and hovels alike were entered and wrecked. Wounded women and children lay dying in the streets.
For three days the ghastly scenes […] continued, till the huge and beautiful city was a shambles. […] When […] order was restored, […] citizens were tortured to make them reveal the goods that they had contrived to hide. [Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, Cambridge 1966 [1954], vol 3, p. 123]
The city’s population declined from 400,000 to 35,000 people with a third homeless. The Latins took over at least 20 churches and 13 monasteries, most prominently the Hagia Sophia, which became the cathedral of the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople.
After the Byzantines recaptured Constantinople in 1261 the city went in to severe decline due to the above. Reports mention that during the siege by the Muslims in 1453 they could only muster around 5,000 fighters inside the city.
After Muhammad al-Fatih conquered the city, apart from Hagia Sophia all churches were left for the Christians to return to and the city was rebuilt to its former glory, but this time as capital of the Ottoman Sultanate and later the Ottoman Caliphate after 1517.
Christians flourished there and it was a safe haven for Jews fleeing the inquisition in Spain. Sulayman the Magnificent, for example had a Jewish physician named Moses Hamon.
This is the Islamic Conquests.
Ollie, be careful. I saw mamam (Isabel) face arising in Stephanie when you called her Aunty. The history lesson was brilliant. Ollie you know you stuff. Great vlog.
As I am Greek this was very interesting history thank you Oliver and Stephanie ❤
Ollie is the most intelligent man in this world! Cannot believe how much he knows about each country! Stephanie certainly does her homework as well! Together they do such a grand job. Have learned so much! Just have found more of an appreciation than I had before.
Think you will save money this way, by sharing a room, and can imagine it would be easier for Stephanie to rest with a dear friend like Oliver right in the same room, and protecting her from what, we probably would never know, but it is a nice idea anyway!
Thanks to both of you for taking this time to travel and share so much history and the fantastic times you do share together as you tour.
Just love you Ollie, you are one of only a few that can put that lovely stunned look on Stephanie’s face. Great vlog ,great friends 🤗
Fascinating and lovely. Thank you both!
Thanks Oliver and Stephanie for this amazing vlog and the history lessons. I had no idea of how far the Roman Empire reached. Cheers from 🇨🇦 Canada
I love this so much! Thanks for the history lesson.
🥀🍃. Loved this! Beautifully done and so informative …thank you🍃
Ollie you know soooo much....I am very impressed ! ❤🎉
From start to finish, this is a fantastic episode! So much to take in that I watched it twice! Thank you for this..
What a fabulous history/cultural adventure! It is feeding my need to discover new places. 😊
I love this channel! ❤
I think Oliver would be a great travel companion. Now I have to see Istanbul ❤
Thank you for this amazing tour,and for sharing your dinner. For those of us who don’t have access to amazing restaurants enjoying beautiful dishes vicariously is a wonderful treat.
You two are hilarious together. I look forward to these enchanting excursions every week.
My favorite new channel on TH-cam...Keep up the good work!
Wow, 300 people watched this with me! He's your friend Stephanie, He is the aunt! 😁
What a timely, delightful upload! My daughter is presently exploring Istanbul so this informed me about the places she is sending photos of. She voice messaged me from the ferry home from the Asian side where she has been regularly visiting. She's planning to check out the restaurant you recommended after watching this. Thanks from us both!
I love Your videos guys, great content
Thank you so much I am enjoying this series it’s fabulous 😘💕🇨🇦
Yesssss, his pajamas are incredible beautiful, so is his knowledge🍀 I feel like I’m in a live history class❤
So interesting, once again. Love what you are sharing, thank you.
Thank you both for such an informative and interesting vlog 👏
Impressive how much the name has changed over time with the different influences.... ☺☺☺
I LOVE this channel! Please keep it going, more people will catch on.
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Fantastic trip! Love these videos!!!❤
this was like an art history class! took me back!
Thank you SO much for taking us on this wee adventure, especially as it's stormy, wet, dark and oh-so-cold outside in my neck of the woods at the moment.
What a delight it was.
Love, Jacqueline from New Zealand 🙏🏻
There are some of the best Roman city sites in Turkey, but it is wonderful that you can still see parts of that culture in Istanbul.
Ferry hair chic lol! I saw parts of Istanblue which I totally missed on my one and only trip there ages ago, I'd love to go back, such a beautiful city, thank you Ollie & Stephanie, keep this going! I've just ordered Travels with my Aunt, great choice of name Ollie! I love your other channels too x
I Love getting to travel along with you both!❤
It’s so strange I’ve traveled to many different countries in the world, but I’ve never had the slightest interest in visiting Turkey. So imagine my surprise that your two videos in Istanbul have been my top two favorites so far. Oliver, you did a wonderful job sharing a vast amount of history in a very interesting and attention holding way. Which is no small feat given my ADD. 😂
This was so amazing so much, special facts.
Oliver you are such a great friend and introduce Fun to this Vlog x
Fabulous! I really enjoyed this! X
I so enjoyed the trip! Thank you both.
Loved this! Great episode you guys thank you!
Thank you so much for a fabulous return to a city my husband and I found so fascinating thirty years back in time. plus you added so much historically. Marianne, Chicago.
Istanbul was to be my retirement trip then that big quake happened, and I had to go to america west coast instead... Thank you for taking me along. Beautiful!
Thank you Ollie and Steph for yet another incredibly interesting and memory reviving video. When my late mother and I went on a Mediterranian cruise back in the early 1990's we spent only a day in Istanbul where we saw the Hagia Sophia Mosque and the Blue Mosque, we also had lunch at a restaurant that over looked the Bosphorus and Black sea. It was incredible. I just wish it had been longer. If I get the chance I will definitely go back. Sorry for any spelling mistakes. I can't wait for the next one. X
Just to congratulate you two for these fantastic episodes of your travels. I have enjoyed everyone so far and Istanbul was so good, I now want to visit the place. Just keep on doing what you are doing.
This was such an interesting episode. Thank you for so much historical detail. Amazing, more so as I’ve been to Istanbul and visited some of those sites but didn’t have all that background information. Fantastic !
This is the best travel vlog on TH-cam.
Wonderful vlog. Thank you 😊
This was absolutely fab! Thank you to both of you.
I love you guys' Roman around Istanbul.
I visited Istanbul in 1974 and have been reminded of why I was so transfixed by it. I wish I'd had Oliver as my travel guide, though. A question: Oliver, did you have to refresh your memory of dates etc., or does your fascination extend to remember them all? Thank you so much, both, for putting this together