In his book Constantinople, Skarlatos Bizantios notes characteristically that : a) Constantinople is a Kingdom unto itself, according to the great speech of Napoleon I, b) Pera was considered a continuation of the main suburb of Constantinople, i,e Galata and c) Pera is located opposite Constantinople, This is how the European merchants and the Bizantines saw Constantinople..
In his book Constantinople, Skarlatos Bizantios notes characteristically that : a) Constantinople is a Kingdom unto itself, according to the great speech of Napoleon I, b) Pera was considered a continuation of the main suburb of Constantinople, i,e Galata and c) Pera is located opposite Constantinople, This is how the European merchants and the Bizantines saw Constantinople..