{"id":1473,"date":"2019-11-10T15:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ingiroingiro.it\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2023-07-22T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:19:10","slug":"istanbul-il-magico-incontro-tra-oriente-e-occidente-turchia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ingiroingiro.it\/en\/istanbul-il-magico-incontro-tra-oriente-e-occidente-turchia\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul, the magical meeting point between East and West, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking at Istanbul from afar, when it takes its shape, is like witnessing a spell: Istanbul is a magical meeting point between East and West. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Reading time 6 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before telling you where to go in Istanbul, let\u2019s talk about the Bosporus, since this strait is the main character of the dramatic romance of Hero and Leander (the story is narrated by Ovid in the Heroides, from the Greek mythology). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The myth of the Bosporus lighthouse is a sorry story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day Hero, a chaste priestess of Aphrodite, left the Lighthouse where she lived to attend a ceremony in the Temple and it was where she met Leander. The two fell in love with each other and, as soon as they became lovers, Leander was banished to prevent them from being together. Leander, obliged to live on the opposite bank, had to swim at night, guided by the light of a lantern burned by Hero, who wanted to help him find his way. In this way the passionate two went on meeting and loving each other. They succeeded several times in their hard plan until when, one night, a storm blew out the lamp and Leander, confused, died in the waves. By dawn Hero glimpsed the lifeless body of her loved one on the beach and, overcome with grief, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea from the Lighthouse. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When you say drowning in an ocean of \u200b\u200bpassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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