Istanbul as it never was: If all the palaces had been properly maintained instead of the sorry village the turks conquered in 1453.
French illustrator Antoine Helbert is a great fan of the architecture of Byzantium and has created more than 24 intricate drawings of buildings and monuments in the capitol city of Constantinople spanning a period of almost 1000 years from the 4th century to the 13th century.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 