#seraglio point

[i12bent]

Aleth Bjørn (Sept. 17, 1859 - 1945) was a Danish marine painter who lived in the US from ca. 1900. Bjørn had studied at the Royal Academy and subsequently spent several years in Turkey painting the Bosperus.

After performing a commission of painted tapestries for margarine mogul, Otto Mønsted in Copenhagen, he relocated to New York and made a living doing tapestries there. Late in life he resumed marine painting and exhibited in the US with Gordon Grant.

Above: The Maiden’s Tower in the Bosperus, with the Seraglio Point in the background, 1891 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

[nationalsugraphic]

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[thingsiateingeneral]

We had Turkish tea at Seraglio Point, inside the grounds of the Topkapi Palace one afternoon. Turkish tea isn’t as good as apple tea in my opinion, but this whole teapot concept is pretty neat. The little pot is full of really strong tea, which you dilute with hot water from the big pot. Then the little pot stays warm by sitting on top of the big pot. I think there’s something very harmonious about all of that.