Discovering Antioch A City of Hidden Gems
St. Pierre Church A Sacred Site
Nestled at the foot of Mount Hajj, an extension of Mount Habib-i Neccar, lies the St. Pierre Church, a...
Exploring the Marvels of Ballica Cave
Unveiling the Hidden Treasures
The Ballica Cave reveals its hidden wonders through a series of enchanting halls, each boasting unique geological formations and natural spectacles....
Exploring the Enigmatic Ballica Cave
Unveiling Nature’s Marvel
The Ballica Cave stands as a testament to the awe-inspiring wonders of the natural world. Stretching 680 meters long and towering 95...
Istanbul Private Tours Mevlevi
Enigmatic Istanbul is an endless story. It’s the story of Istanbul’s many names, the story of settling the city, ‘Opposite the blind’. Although these...
Transit Gloria Mundi
After Aetius’s death, twenty years unfold in a sequence of events of little interest except to specialists. The historian Procopius, writing 100 years later,...
Juliana died in 528
For ten years, Polyeuctos’s church was the biggest and best ever seen, and Juliana died in 528 before she saw her church outstripped in...
Honoring the martyr Polyeuctos
And she built a church—a vast construction, like nothing anyone had ever seen in any city of Christendom. Honoring the martyr Polyeuctos, it stood...
Justinian’s circle in Constantinople
The hard men of Justinian’s circle in Constantinople carried with them who knows what resentments, fears, and insecurities from their Balkan homes. These were...
Hugh the Great of France
As we said above, there were among the Latins such men as Bohemund and his fellow counsellors, who, eager to obtain the Roman Empire...
The Byzantines Save Peter the Hermit
But relying on the multitude of those who followed him, Peter did not heed the warning and, after crossing the strait, pitched camp at...
