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'Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels' Exhibition in Thessaloniki

The exhibition ‘Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels’ opened on Tuesday, January 24th, and will run through the 17th of February at the Archaelogical Museum of Thessaloniki.
As part of the program ‘Our Shared Europe’, this exhibition aims to foster dialogue for mutual respect and understanding with the Islamic communities of Europe.
Evliya Çelebi, a 17th century traveler, is the hero of this exhibition. Inspired by a dream, he set out on a real life journey that simultaneously became a spiritual quest through the Ottoman Empire, which in those days extended from the depths of Anatolia to Europe and Northern Africa. He gathered his adventures in The Book of Travels known as Seyahatname. To this day a trained ear can hear how cities such as Constantinople, London, Cairo and Vienna echo with these narratives, which take us back to an age when ideas began to be exchanged.
This exhibition concerns exchange and mutual respect, the manner in which stories are created, and the constant dialogue between the Islamic communities and the cities of Europe. Valuable contributors to the exhibition include: Khalili Art Collection, Suki Chan, Royal Academy of Music, Adam Williamson, Mercan Dede, Emre Araci, Bethnal Green Library, Caroline Finkel, Donna Laundry, Gerald Maclean, Nabil Matar, Suraiya Faroqhi, Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Owen Wright.
Exhibition details:
Wednesday, 1st of February at 19:00: Presentation by the Professor of the University of Macedonia, Fotini Tsimpiridou
Sunday, 5th of February at 19:00 : Narration of a fairytale that belongs to the ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ collection.
Wednesday, 15th of February at 19:00:Presentation titled ‘Foreign Travellers in Thessaloniki’ by the art historian, Fani-Maria Tsigakou.
Exhibition Opening Hours:
Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00

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