
CITY OF LOVE
“The pleasant place of all festivity,
The revel of the Earth, the masque of Italy!”
— Lord Byron

CONNECTING CIVILIZATIONS AND CONTINENTS
“If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital… Whoever possesses Constantinople ought to rule the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte

THE CROWN JEWEL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”
— Augustus

PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA
“All strangers love her, will always find her fair,
Because such elegance, such happiness,
Will not be found in any town but this:
Paris is beyond compare.”
— Eustache Deschamps

SPIRITUAL COUNTRY
“We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there”
— Pope Francis

TOP OF EUROPE
“There is no more beautiful scenery or climate for summer travel than Switzerland presents. The people are industrious and honest, simple and frugal in their habits”
— Ulysses S. Grant

FAIRY TALE IN THE ALPS
“Use every moment, dance every dance, you can’t take anything with you”
— Undeciphered Text on Goldenes Dachl

INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND OF EUROPE
“Though remarkable for patient and laborious thought, the true German is a joyous child of freedom, fond of manly sports, a lover of music, and a happy man generally”
— Frederick Douglass

SURPRISINGLY GREAT
“Turks were a great nation even before they adopted Islam. This religion did not help the Arabs, Iranians, Egyptians and others to unite with Turks to form a nation. Conversely, it weakened the Turks’ national relations; it numbed Turkish national feelings and enthusiasm. This was natural, because Mohammedanism was based on Arab nationalism above all nationalities.”
— Atatürk








