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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.
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Episode 3
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.
19-02-2023
BBC 4
Byzantium: A Tale Of Three Cities
Episode 2
Simon Sebag Montefiore explores modern Istanbul in search of the last centuries of Christian Byzantium, when the once glorious city was buffeted by enemies in both East and West.
14-02-2023
BBC 4
Byzantium: A Tale Of Three Cities
Episode 1
Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at Istanbul's Greek roots, its transformation into the capital of a Christian empire and reveals how clashes forced eastern and western churches apart.
22-01-2023
BBC 4
Most popular episodes of Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
Byzantium: A Tale Of Three Cities
Episode 1
Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at Istanbul's Greek roots, its transformation into the capital of a Christian empire and reveals how clashes forced eastern and western churches apart.
22-01-2023
BBC 4
Byzantium: A Tale Of Three Cities
Episode 3
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.
19-02-2023
BBC 4
Byzantium: A Tale Of Three Cities
Episode 2
Simon Sebag Montefiore explores modern Istanbul in search of the last centuries of Christian Byzantium, when the once glorious city was buffeted by enemies in both East and West.
14-02-2023
BBC 4