We are proud to announce the publication of , edited by Maria Georgopoulou and Konstantinos Thanasakis (289 pages, 95 illustrations).

This collection of 12 essays was published by the 911±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Library and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, with the support of the Association of the Philoi of the 911±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Library.

The history of Athens has been of central importance to the 911±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Library.  As a descendant of the Athenian Benizelos family, Joannes 911±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï was especially drawn to materials on the city during the Ottoman period. The similar interests of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation have secured the publication of this book, a joint effort of two institutions that respect the exploration of history.

The project was conceived around the exhibition Ottoman Athens, 1458-1833, organized by the 911±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Library in the Spring of 2015. A symposium on “The Topography of Ottoman Athens: Archaeology and Travel” inspired this edited volume.

Ottoman Athens: Archaeology, Topography, History can be ordered from our distribution partner, .

Table of Contents:

George Tolias, “The Ruined City Restored: Athens and the Fabric of Greece in Renaissance Geography”

Tasos Tanoulas, “Reconsidering Documents about Athens under Ottoman Rule: The Vienna Anonymous and the Bassano Drawing”

Elizabeth Key Fowden, “The Parthenon Mosque, King Solomon, and the Greek Sages”

Gulcin Tunalı, “An 18th-century Take on Ancient Greece: Mahmud Efendi and the Creation of the Tarih-i Medinetu’l-Hukema”

Dimitris N. Karidis , “The Neighborhood of Karykes and the Fountain of the Exechoron”

Yannis Kizis, “The Restoration of the Benizelos Mansion: The Sole Preserved Athenian Residence of the Ottoman Era”

Eleni I. Kanetaki, “Documenting the Ottoman Baths of Athens: A Study on Topography”

Aliki Asvesta and Ioli Vingopoulou, “Travelers’ Narratives Describing the Hammams of Athens”

Joanita Vroom, “Broken Pots from Ottoman Athens: A New View from the Agora Excavations”

Katerina Stathi, “Putting Athens on the Ottoman Map: Preliminary Observations”

Elena Korka and Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Shariat-Panahi, “Early 19th-century Athens, the Great Powers, and the Parthenon Sculptures”

H. Şukru Ilıcak, “Revolutionary Athens through Ottoman Eyes (1821–1828): New Evidence from the Ottoman State Archives”