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Actually, You Can Go Back to Constantinople. A Landmark Exhibition Reconstructs the Imperial City With 1,600 Years of Treasures From Byzantine and Ottoman Times

"Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires" at London's Victoria and Albert Museum tracks the storied city's evolution from a 4th-century capital to a bustling 19th-century metropolis—hippodromes, bathhouses and all

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