Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . historianssay he carried in his ring for that emergency. He was closely besieged in a housein Brusa, where he swallowed the draught, and he was buried in Libyssa on thePropontis, where a monumental tumulus at this day marks the spot; and the first objecta traveller to Brousa sees on landing, is the last resting-place of its illustrious he enters the city, he is shown a fortress, as the military work of that greatmaster in the art of war, which has stood for 2058 years. When the crusaders sacked Constantinople,
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . historianssay he carried in his ring for that emergency. He was closely besieged in a housein Brusa, where he swallowed the draught, and he was buried in Libyssa on thePropontis, where a monumental tumulus at this day marks the spot; and the first objecta traveller to Brousa sees on landing, is the last resting-place of its illustrious he enters the city, he is shown a fortress, as the military work of that greatmaster in the art of war, which has stood for 2058 years. When the crusaders sacked Constantinople, and established their usurped authorityin the capital of the Greek empire, they seized on all its dependent cities in Asia Minor,and Brusa formed part of the dynasty of Lascaris. It finally fell into the hands of theTurks when they expanded themselves over the region of Bythinia in 1327, andOthmanmade it the capital of the young Turkish empire. It continued to enjoy this distinctiontill the increasing power and ambition of the Osmanli led them into Europe, and they. WITH, THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR. 29 seized on Constantinople itself. Their scat of empire was then transferred to the greatcapital of the Greeks, and Brusa remained a provincial town. It has, however, numerous local attractions, which will always render it a deliciousresidence to any people ; and some of so peculiar a character, as to endear it particularlyto a Turk. It is situated on the side of a magnificent mountain, emhosomed in loftyforests behind, and having before it, on a gentle declivity, the richest tract in above the forest scenery, are conspicuous the abrupt and rugged ridges of themighty mountain, covered with eternal snows, glittering in the sun, and forming a strongcontrast with the dark and dense foliage below them. The rays of summer acting fornine sultry months on the frozen surface, send down perennial torrents of pure and limpidwater, tumbling over the sides of the mountain
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