Luca Orlandi

Ozyegin University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Faculty Member

Istanbul Technical University, Architecture, Faculty Member

Yeditepe University, Architecture, Department Member

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From Galata to Pera: Shifting Borders in Ottoman Society (1453–1923)

Springer eBooks, 2021

The Genoese walled town of Galata was positioned on the Golden Horn opposite Byzantium. Beyond th... more The Genoese walled town of Galata was positioned on the Golden Horn opposite Byzantium. Beyond the furthest northern point of its walls and the tower fields and rural areas lied. Later on this site that lied beyond the Genoese settlement the most cosmopolitan part of Ottoman Istanbul will develop. Life in Galata was condensed due to maritime trade and harbor’s activities. The settlement couldn’t absorb the influx of incoming population due to increased trades. As a result, its borders were pushed and extended outside its walls toward the rural area of the hill and its ridge above, later known as Beyoglu and Pera. These rural, agricultural areas with cemeteries and groves on the north side of Galata will transform into an area marked with diplomatic representative’s residences and palaces. Here the new cosmopolitan city following Western European models will be established. The rural fields of the past will be replaced with new structures that will later change the entire area into a new cosmopolitan core of modern Istanbul baring the name of Pera. Galata and its walled frontier will slowly disappear and will transition from Galata toward Pera known as Beyoglu, center of new emerging cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Travelers in the Ottoman Balkans. Descriptions and comments on the architectural and urban environment in the Thrace region between 15 th and Early 20 th century

Kallithea, Rhodes

Routledge eBooks, Apr 30, 2020

Searching for ‘Italianità’ in the Dodecanese Islands (1912–1943). Some Considerations on Art, Architecture and Archaeology through the Works of Hermes Balducci

Firenze University Press eBooks, 2022

The rediscovery and promotion of fourteen islands in the Aegean Sea-renamed the Dodecanese Island... more The rediscovery and promotion of fourteen islands in the Aegean Sea-renamed the Dodecanese Islands-annexed to Italy as a military possession while formally under the dominion of the Ottomans, might be considered another phase in the search for an Italian identity. From 1912 to 1943 these islands experienced Italy's ambiguous presence as invaders and colonizers. This paper aims to highlight the concept of Italianità through the works of Hermes Balducci, one of the protagonists of Italian colonial architecture in the Dodecanese Islands. To this end and using lesser-known material, this case study intends to recreate and redefine the past of the Italian presence on these islands and provide an interesting point of view in the search for a lost and rediscovered Italian spirit.

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