Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities - Season 1 - Eps 3: Capital of a New Empire
Visiting the great mosques and palaces built by the Ottoman emperors, Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at how Istanbul became the imperial capital and Islam's most powerful city.
About Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
Title: Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
First Air Date: 2013-12-05
Last Air Date: 2013-12-19
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: Unknown
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the three identities of the city some call the Centre of the World: Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul. This one metropolis has been the capital city of three empires - Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. Each brought its own faiths, Gods and traditions, and each left its mark on the city in its architecture, traditions and in the living faith-communities who still populate this vast modern metropolis of 14 million people.
Cast
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Self - Presenter
