"Traces of a Lost City: The Wooden Houses of Istanbul
Posted by Susanne Fowler in Historic Sites, Architecture, Exhibits, Istanbul, General
The old German Embassy residence in Tarabya. Photos courtesy of Pera Museum.
Readers of the Jason Goodwin mysteries featuring Yashim, an Ottoman eunuch detective, will recall that Istanbul was once dotted with fire towers, places where lookouts could spot blazes that threatened to turn large swaths of the city’s lovely wooden houses into piles of ash."
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