De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel
Buyukdereh, bay and town of, ii. 290.
Byzantium, ancient, cemetery of, 88;
citadel of, ii. 127;
confines of, 69.
C.
Café Belle Vue, 97.
Cafés, Turkish, 106.
Cage, the, ii. 179.
Cambronne’s word, 204.
Cannon Gate, ii. 114.
Cannon Kiosk, ii. 204.
Caristo, Teodoro di, ii. 108.
Carriages, odalisque of the hundred silver, ii. 193.
Castles, Genoese, ii. 294;
of the Seven Towers, ii. 127.
Cavern, the Rocky, ii. 130.
Cemeteries, Armenian, 98;
Galata, 91;
largest Jewish, 116;
Skutari, ii. 224.
Chalcedon founded by the Megarians, 25.
Chalcedons erect temple to Jupiter, ii. 293.
Chamlejah, view from Mount, ii. 241.
Champs, Grands, des Morts, 97.
Character, the Turkish, ii. 254.
Charsian Gate, used by Justinian and Alexius Comnenus, ii. 108.
Charsiou Gate, 72.
Chateaubriand, on arrival at Constantinople, 12.
Cheating, how formerly punished, 225.
Chengel, Village of the Anchor, ii. 276.
Cheragan Palace, ii. 226, ii. 274.
Chibûkli, ii. 284.
Children, illegitimate, ii. 37;
in the harem, ii. 48.
Chio, scented gum of, 134.
Christian settlements, encroachments of, 39.
Christianity and Islamism, differences between, 217;
the struggle between, 38.
Churches, Balukli, 167;
that erected by Empress Pulcheria, 72;
St. Irene, 74, ii. 152;
of the Holy Apostles, 71.
Cisterns, of Constantine, 74, ii. 220;
Binbûr, ii. 222;
St. Peter, 71.
Citadel of ancient Byzantium, ii. 127.
Civilization, how regarded by the Turks, ii. 257;
the effects of, ii. 259;
progress of, ii. 266.
Coffee, use of, in Constantinople, 106.
College, American Protestant, ii. 280;
for imperial pages, ii. 178.
Colors, law prescribing the use of, 222.
Columns, Augusteon and palace of Justinian, 218;
the Burnt, of Constantine, 70;
Granite, of Marcian, 71;
Golden in Validêh Sultan mosque, ii. 218;
serpentine, 167;
St. Sophia, 262;
Theodosius, ii. 202.
Constantine at San Romano Gate, ii. 117;
death of, ii. 119;
remonstrates with Muhammad II., ii. 281;
inscriptions of soldiers of, in Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 129.
Constantine, Ciro, inscription of, ii. 121;
towers erected by, ii. 120.
Constantine the Great, Burnt Column of, 70;
cistern, 74, ii. 220;
cohorts, 71;
founds St. Irene, ii. 152;
likeness of, 70.
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Turkish name for palace of, 72.
Constantines, site of ancient palace of the, 70.
Constitution, the new, signed, ii. 204.
Cooking, Turkish, 212.
Corruption of Turkish _vs._ European society, ii. 38.
Costumes, 169;
articles of Turkish ladies’, 132.
Coswa, camel of Mohammed, 169.
Cottaneo, Maurizio, ii. 123.
Court of the Janissaries, ii. 151.
Crimea, ceded to Russia, ii. 204;
frigates of the, 105.
Criminals, state, heads exhibited, ii. 150.
Crusaders, encampment on the Bosphorus, ii. 291.
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