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Dimitrie Cantemir Mansion (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Turkey / Istanbul / Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

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“Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum, on Turkish sightseeing list

The “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum in Istanbul, opened two months ago, enjoys notable interest with both the Romanian and Turkish cultural communities, and with the Turkish and European authorities. The Tourism Office of the Istanbul City Hall announced that the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum will be included in the list of tourism sights in the city on the Bosporus. The “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum is hosted by the house in Ortakoy, located on the Bosporus shore, which belonged to the Romanian ruler and which he inhabited for 22 years, with occasional interruptions.
According to Professor Mihai Maxim, Ph.D., head of the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Romanian Cultural Centre (ICR) in Istanbul, ever since its opening by President Traian Basescu on June 25, the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum has enjoyed particular interest with both Turkish mass media, and with EU authorities. Thus, the Museum was visited, on the very day of its opening, by Gunter Verheugen, vice-president of the European Commission, given that the restoration of the Cantemir House was part of a rehabilitation project comprising 126 buildings in the Fatih-Balat area, financed by the EU (the restoration of the Dimitrie Cantemir House cost approx. EUR 200,000 out of the total EUR 7 M allotted for the project).
The Tourism Office of the Istanbul City Hall announced that the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum will be included in the list of tourism sights in the city on the Bosporus. The “Dimitrie Cantemir” Museum is hosted by the house in Ortakoy, located on the Bosporus shore, which belonged to the Romanian ruler and which he inhabited for 22 years, with occasional interruptions.
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Coordinates:   41°1'48"N   28°56'58"E
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