tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post2063418384736069497..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Pera Palace Istanbul and the Orient ExpressHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-25522859989645777292022-10-26T18:35:06.635+11:002022-10-26T18:35:06.635+11:00Rea
I am glad to have been of assistance. Pera Pa...Rea<br /><br />I am glad to have been of assistance. Pera Palace Hotel, which opened in 1895, was one of my favourite tourist havens.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36653979408131946232022-10-26T18:09:16.407+11:002022-10-26T18:09:16.407+11:00This is very pleased to tell you that I got help f...This is very pleased to tell you that I got help from this blog. It was very useful because I wanted to buy <a href="https://www.rea-turkey.com/blog/how-is-the-future-looking-for-people-looking-to-buy-houses-for-sale-in-turkey" rel="nofollow">house for sale in Turkey</a>. I also want to <a href="https://www.rea-turkey.com/blog/this-is-why-you-should-contemplate-buying-properties-for-sale-in-turkey" rel="nofollow">buy properties in Istanbul</a> so please provide few blogs related to <a href="https://www.rea-turkey.com" rel="nofollow">best real estate agencies in Turkey</a>. Rea Turkey - Real Estate Agent in Turkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834622572100702087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67064299971040716942018-01-30T10:08:13.373+11:002018-01-30T10:08:13.373+11:00For a modern experience on the Orient Express trai...For a modern experience on the Orient Express train to Venice, read To Discover Ice:<br />https://todiscoverice.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/the-orient-express.html<br /><br />I wish it was me *sigh*<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5798650699020621862017-04-02T17:07:19.295+10:002017-04-02T17:07:19.295+10:00Hi Gert
As a historian, I know little about conno...Hi Gert<br /><br />As a historian, I know little about connoisseurship and nothing about finances. So I would normally recommend going to the key museum related to the art objects you are interested in. Contact or visit the Orient Express Museum in the Sirkeci Gare Railway Station in Istanbul. But NB there is only one room and no curator that I can see. It displays great exhibits from the train itself and lots of text-based history. See train furniture, the stove that provided heating, conductors’ uniforms, contemporary typewriters etc.<br /><br />Thankfully Melbourne is 3000 ks south of the cyclonic crisis in Queensland :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-73100310432930142102017-04-02T16:47:58.254+10:002017-04-02T16:47:58.254+10:00Reading an article "objects not paintings&quo...Reading an article "objects not paintings" about THE Orient express I remembered 2 Wall lighting fictures I bought in 1980.These lighting fictures are quoted in your article as the so called tulip lamps. These wall fitures can be found in several cars from the ORIENT EXPRESS including dining car 4110 and the 4141 Pullman car highlighting the BACHANNALIAN MAIDENS glass panels. They also are decorating the lacqured panels in other cars.<br /><br />I am now ready to sell these lamps who are in perfect condition. The problem is that i don't know anymore what I paid for them (bought them in Paris) nor a price I schould ask.<br />Nevertheless if you happen to know a collector of O.E. collectibles and you are willing to put us in touch I would appreciate it.<br /><br />Thank you in advance and best regards from Belgium. I hope you are not living in the wrong place in queensland. We saw here on tv that some places are hit by a terrible storm.<br /><br />Gert <br />email given<br />Gertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34321208483919852722016-05-04T05:37:04.271+10:002016-05-04T05:37:04.271+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357624692036650630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-56840562927019443272011-11-09T13:24:40.242+11:002011-11-09T13:24:40.242+11:00A student just said to me:
We saw the memorial roo...A student just said to me:<br />We saw the memorial room at Pera in this morning's lecture on Agatha Christie. I have actually stayed at the Pera Palace.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59474861954787259282011-09-29T09:46:58.947+10:002011-09-29T09:46:58.947+10:00I have added two references to the blog Objects No...I have added two references to the blog Objects Not Paintings. Super photos of the train's interior, especially the fittings.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12107378193100923602011-03-11T13:58:20.905+11:002011-03-11T13:58:20.905+11:00hey fellow history traveller,
the Orient Express ...hey fellow history traveller,<br /><br />the Orient Express stopped going on the Paris-Istanbul as recently as 1997. Although you can still go on the Venice-Simplon Orient Express train, I personally would have preferred the original route, had I had enough money back then. But apparently there are quicker, cheaper and more ordinary ways of travelling :(<br /><br />As a special treat, the company still offers a service from Paris to Istanbul only once a year (in summer), and the return trip only once a year (in late summer).Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63454193867791759192011-03-11T10:13:10.155+11:002011-03-11T10:13:10.155+11:00Although people would still like Turkey, I don'...Although people would still like Turkey, I don't think the Orient Express goes to Istanbul any more. Why did it stop and where does it go to instead?student of historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85132299392117882002011-03-09T11:14:07.347+11:002011-03-09T11:14:07.347+11:00Heather and Caroline
it appears that the hotel wa...Heather and Caroline<br /><br />it appears that the hotel was renovated, as closely as possible, with turn-of-the-century taste. Exposed steel and masses of glass would have been totally inappropriate. <br /><br />I particularly like the look of the bar, the tea room and the dining room - my favourite rooms in any hotel :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17873234798856530052011-03-09T09:08:55.818+11:002011-03-09T09:08:55.818+11:00I had tea in the hotel a few years ago, before the...I had tea in the hotel a few years ago, before the restoration, and loved the faded grandeur - all very atmospheric! I did return to Istanbul last year, but the hotel was still closed - I'd love to see it now, although I do worry that some of the atmosphere will have been lost.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63731868313099128902011-03-09T08:51:31.494+11:002011-03-09T08:51:31.494+11:00It's great that they've restored the hotel...It's great that they've restored the hotel to the same level it was in it's heyday but preserved those rooms of interest like the one where Ataturk stayed.Heather on her travelshttp://www.heatheronhertravels.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37853890274968182062011-03-09T08:30:49.935+11:002011-03-09T08:30:49.935+11:00Hermes,
nod... an exotic fantasy that could realis...Hermes,<br />nod... an exotic fantasy that could realistically and safely happen. <br /><br />There must have been hordes of northern Europeans in Cairo during The Season each year. So the more intellectually stimulated of them might have wanted to try somewhere new and just as exotic.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12832100201047892062011-03-09T08:23:36.414+11:002011-03-09T08:23:36.414+11:00Trainman,
Pera is in the centre of European Istanb...Trainman,<br />Pera is in the centre of European Istanbul, right on the Bosphorus Sea. It could not be in a more attractive area.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3673324445655134082011-03-09T01:52:10.293+11:002011-03-09T01:52:10.293+11:00Sounds perfect. But exactly where is Pera? It woul...Sounds perfect. But exactly where is Pera? It would want to be quite close to the Orient Express terminus.Trainmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67374271993329406272011-03-09T00:16:12.261+11:002011-03-09T00:16:12.261+11:00If you ever had the time Helen a history of the Or...If you ever had the time Helen a history of the Orient Express seems a gap but this article about its end interested me anyway.<br /><br />http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htmHermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7340121607492482792011-03-09T00:10:38.949+11:002011-03-09T00:10:38.949+11:00I often think reading Enzie's Oriental site th...I often think reading Enzie's Oriental site that the near east allowed an exotic fantasy that did have some basis that the Oriental Express and loads of books and pictures encouraged. <br /><br />Oddly I came across this today which is pretty typical of this fantasy.<br /><br />http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/74858/thewhiteslave1888Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4061222464197235112011-03-08T23:48:52.065+11:002011-03-08T23:48:52.065+11:00Hermes,
there must have been something sooooo sedu...Hermes,<br />there must have been something sooooo seductive and intriguing about Istanbul, it appealed to all sorts of writers, artists, craftsmen etc etc. More than other would-be Orientalist sites, it seems.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84201154313924442432011-03-08T23:46:03.699+11:002011-03-08T23:46:03.699+11:00Mr Doolan,
It is so weird. I knew more about the o...Mr Doolan,<br />It is so weird. I knew more about the original Orient Express train than any other historian in the southern hemisphere e.g who designed the parquetry, the beds, the meals, how tickets were sold etc etc. But it never occurred me to ask what happened to the pampered guests, once they arrived in Istanbul.<br /><br />A student suggested I examine the newly renovated Pera Palace Hotel. Bless her.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54234297560461167622011-03-08T19:39:29.758+11:002011-03-08T19:39:29.758+11:00Looks wonderful. To have stayed there in the 30...Looks wonderful. To have stayed there in the 30's. Alexander Vallaury was a most fascinating character.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-91936645455787805692011-03-08T19:02:40.418+11:002011-03-08T19:02:40.418+11:00I love Istanbul. I have been there a few times (l...I love Istanbul. I have been there a few times (last visit was in 2010) but I must admit I missed the Pera Palace Hotel entirely. Now I must surely return. My favourite history of the city is Philip Mansel's Constantinople. Thanks a million for informing me about the history of this hotel.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.com