Pera
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Title
Pera
Subject
Byron's Med Letters
Description
Named and visited by Byron in 1810-05-29. A district located on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as Pera (meaning "Across"; in Greek) during the Middle Ages, and this name remained in common use until the early 20th century and the establishment of the Turkish Republic. Wiki
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
Type
Place
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
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Location
Pera, Constantinople, Turkey
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Citation
Paul M Curtis, “Pera,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 25, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/214.
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Byron to Captain Walter Bathurst, from Pera, May 29th 1810 (28)
[Place Written From] - Robert Adair (English Ambassador to the Porte), to Byron, from Pera, Constantinople, July 4th 1810 [Place Written From]
- Byron to Robert Adair, from Pera, July 4th, 1810* (38) [Place Written From]
- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, January 10th–14th 1811 (59) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, February 1st 1811 (65) [Place Mentions]
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Byron to Captain Walter Bathurst, from Pera, May 29th 1810 (28)