After the failed Siege of Vienna of 1683 the Ottoman Empire gradually withdrew from Europe.
Even so monumental reminders of its former presence survived across the continent. The
contributors to this volume show that the various successor states adopted substantially
different approaches towards their Ottoman architectural inheritance. Even within the same
countries different policies appear to have been pursued in different periods in keeping with
differing circumstances. Case studies inquire from diverse vantage points how this heritage has
been coped with discursively and materially. Importantly readers will find that it is almost
impossible to disentangle these two levels of action.
