. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . CONSTANTINOPLE, SHOWING MOSQUES OF ST. SOPHIA AND AHMED. stunning contrasts. Some patriarchs wore awfulturbans, but the grand mass of the infidel horde worethe fiery red skull-cap they call a fez. All theremainder of the raiment they indulged in wasutterly indescribable. The shops are mere hen-coops, mere boxes, bath-rooms, closets—anythingyou please to call them—on the first floor. TheTurks sit cross-legged in them and work, and smokelong pipes, and smell like—like Turks. That coversthe ground.
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . CONSTANTINOPLE, SHOWING MOSQUES OF ST. SOPHIA AND AHMED. stunning contrasts. Some patriarchs wore awfulturbans, but the grand mass of the infidel horde worethe fiery red skull-cap they call a fez. All theremainder of the raiment they indulged in wasutterly indescribable. The shops are mere hen-coops, mere boxes, bath-rooms, closets—anythingyou please to call them—on the first floor. TheTurks sit cross-legged in them and work, and smokelong pipes, and smell like—like Turks. That coversthe ground. Crowding the narrow streets in frontof them are beggars who beg forever, yet nevercollect anything; vagabonds driving laden asses;porters carrying dry goods boxes as large as cottageson their backs; peddlers of grapes, hot corn, pump-kin seeds, and a hundred other things, yelling likefiends; and sleeping happily, comfortably, FIFTH MILITARY GATE. among the hurrying feet, are the famed dogs ofConstantinople. It IS difficult to picture such a remarkable changefrom the splendor of this city during the reigns ofConstantine the Great, Justinian I., Mohammed II.,and Suleiman the Great. Conquered, pillaged andburnt for centuries,she was rebuilt bythese various rulers,who endeavored tomake it the mostmagnificent metro-polis in the each one suc-ceeded in his onesupreme e ff o r t,bringing materialsfrom all parts ofthe world whichwould adorn andbeautify. No laboror expense wasconsidered too greatm restoring the oldedifices and inerecting new a result of theirenthusiasm and selfglorification thereare to-day threehundred and seven-ty-nine mosques,palaces costing ashigh as thirty mil-lion dollars, andfountains that viein ornamentation andin existence. In reviewing the growth of these remarkablestructures, together with their architectural proper-ties, we must constantly keep in mind the conditionsunde
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