Russian Summer Embassy - Constantinople
The Russian Summer Embassy at Buyukdere, Constantinople, Turkey on the Bosphorus beyond Tarabya. Standing at the North end of a large Bay - its Turkish name means Large Valley while in Byzantine times it was known as Kalos Agros - the beautiful meadow'. A lovely fertile valley with fine old trees through which a road leads to the Belgrad Forest
Picture No
10282172
Media ID
46544744
Size
4704px x 3027px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
