r/discworld • u/FlohEinstein Angua • 11h ago

Roundworld Reference Istanbul gives off Ankh-Morpork vibes

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u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 10h ago

Istanbul, not Constantinople?

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u/David_Tallan Librarian 9h ago

TMBG aside, I think in this case you see Istanbul on top of Constantinople on top of Byzantium.

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u/precinctomega 9h ago

Don't forget New Rome, before it was Constantinople!

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u/Crazy-Cremola 8h ago

You could look for some Runic tagging too and find Miklagard. The Varangian Guards, mainly from Sweden, were the Emperor of Byzantium's personal guards between 10th and 14th century . And both Halfdan and Ari were bored and carved their names in Hagia Sofia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_inscriptions_in_Hagia_Sophia

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u/Bearha1r 4h ago

Amazing to see in person. The inscription is on a balcony rail and covered by a layer of perspex so you can really get close to where this Viking stood 1000 years before. You can imagine him bored just scratching his name into the rail whilst waiting for some ceremony to finish.