. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . 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 restori
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . 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 conditionsunder which they developed. Strange as it mayseem, the Delphic oracle told the Greeks in the. OF CONSTANTINE. ichness to the most elaborate C O A S T R U C T 1 O N 59
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