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Named by Byron to FrHodgson 1810-05-05. I presume he means Topkapi Palace for which the coordinates are given.

Named as wanting to visit by Byron to the unknown Doctor 1810-06-20. A promontory separating the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul, Turkey. The area is where the renowned Topkapı Palace and Gülhane Park stand. Sarayburnu is included in…

Visited the day of 1810-05-03 the famous swim. An ancient Greek town of the Thracian Chersonese, the modern
Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and…

Byron to FrHodgson 1810-05-05. Located in the Yedikule neighbourhood of Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1458
by adding three new towers to a section of the Walls of Constantinople which included the Golden Gate. Wiki

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "Seville is a fine town, and the Sierra Morena, part of which we crossed, a very sufficient mountain ..."

Byron to CaByron 1810-06-28. I prefer the Gothic Cathedral of Seville to St. P’s, St. Sophia’s and any religious building I have ever seen. A Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). It is the largest Gothic cathedral and the…

Byron to John Hanson, August 31st 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.146-8; BLJ I 223)

Mentioned by Byron to Hobhouse 1811-02-01

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "Seville is a fine town, and the Sierra Morena, part of which we crossed, a very sufficient mountain; but damn description, it is always disgusting."

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "– Miss C. & her little brother understood a little French, and after regretting my ignorance of the Spanish she proposed to become my preceptress in that language; ..."