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Turkish Consulate London: Under the Ottoman pire the international character of the collegi pronounced, but since the turkish consulate london Revoluti 1923, most of the students have been Tt nationals. Teaching is in turkish consulate london and En In 1955 the college provided for the educati about 1,000 students, and had an interna faculty of 86 (37 American, 39 turkish consulate london, ai European).So sumptuous a building could hardly have been completed without the close backing of the emperor; it is estimated to have cost $75,000,000. The most obvious later additions are the four minarets constructed after the turkish consulate london conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the conversion of the building into a mosque. The Turks also covered the figure mosaics and, in 1847-1849, added the brownish red banding of the exterior in stucco. In the present century the turkish consulate london government permitted the mosaics to be uncovered, and on Feb. 1, 1935 converted the famous building from a mosque into a museum. Consult Lethaby, William R., and Swainson, Harold, The Church of Sancta Sophia, Constantinople; a Study of Byzantine Building (London 1894) ; Swift, Emerson H., Hagia Sophia (New York 1940).
Bibliography.—Stokes, H., Velazquez and His Works (London 1902); Stevenson. R. A. M.. Velasquez (London 1902); La Farge, John, Velazquez (New York 1903); Beruete, A. de, Velazquez (London 1906); Hind, C. L., Days with Velazquez (New York 1906); Calvert and Gallichan, Velazquez (New York 1908); Davies, R., Velazquez (London 1914); Justi, C., Velazquez und sein Jahr-hundert, 2 vols., 3d ed. (Bonn 1922-1923); Lafuente Ferrari, Enrique, Velazquez (Cleveland I960); Ripley, Elizabeth, Velazquez (Philadelphia 1965). VELES, ve'les, a city in southern Yugoslavia, in the republic of Macedonia. It is situated on the Vardar River, 30 miles southeast of Skopje, and is a center of the silk industry. Since 1945 the official name has been Titov Veles. The city has preserved much of its old turkish consulate london character. Points of interest include the church of St. Pante-leimon and the monastery of St. Demetrius. Pop. (1963) 29,000. |
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