Constantinople

Also known as Byzantium, Pera district

city
Byzantine and Islamic

The great city on the Bosporus, still called Byzantium in older notices, and a recurring waypoint of the Polo narrative and its commentary. The Pera quarter is named with it but is only a district of the city.

Type: city
Style: Byzantine and Islamic
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 4
Books: 1

History

BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
The great city on the Bosporus, still called Byzantium in older notices, and a recurring waypoint of the Polo narrative and its commentary. The Pera quarter is named with it but is only a district of the city.