You can have the feelings of the poet's last days there. In this little house, where you can find at the suburbs of the Beyoglu. You will be surprised by the environment of the house. Moreover you may struggle to find it :). Anyway, when you find it you may have to ring the bell. Someone will come and open the door if its closed. You can go there 9am to 4.5pm except mondays. The guy did not know enough information about the poet, so you should know why you did come here. :)) You will first see his monument and then the rest of the rooms. You may find it not enough what you will see there but its better than nothing.
PS: You can wrap the poem in the...
Read moreIt's good there is a place like that, but it's clearly not visited often. There are not many exhibits, with the most interesting one being the symbolic grave in the basement. Mickiewicz lived in Istambul for two months before he died and I appreciate keeping this place as a space of memory, but the location (a very loud market just outside the windows) and the exhibition are rather disappointing. Worth visiting only to see some Polish language in Istambul. Admission is free, and it might seem closed, but after a few moments a museum worker might come out and open the...
Read moreThe museum is dedicated to the life of Adam Mickiewicz the famous Polish poet. It is located in a house where Adam Mickiewicz lived and died. Mickiewicz came to Turkey in September 1855 to help organize Polish forces under the Ottoman Army. Mickiewicz died from illness in 1855. The house was renovated after a fire in 1870 and the museum was opened in 1955. The crypt where Mickiewicz was temporarily buried for the period of one month is located in the basement. The issue I found with this museum is that it has very few...
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