Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013)

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2013

Genre: Documentary , History

About: The series Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities were first aired in 2013 and are part of the documentary and history genres. Links are up for the available episodes and new ones will be added once they are available online.

Plot: 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. Read More