Alexander Mourouzis
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Prince Alexander Mourouzis was a Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire who served as Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. Open to Enlightenment ideas, and noted for his interest in hydrological
Portrait by Nikiforos Lytras
Alexander Mourouzis welcoming the British ambassador in Curtea Nouă.
Phanariots
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Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar, the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occu
Alexander Mourouzis
…in Wallachia, and his second rule in Moldavia was cut short by the intrigues of French diplomat Horace Sébastiani. A member of the Mourouzis family of Phanariotes and the son of Constantine Mourouzis (one of the few Ottoman-appointed Princes to die in office), he was educated to speak six languages in addition…
View of the Phanarion quarter, the historical centre of the Greek community of Constantinople in Ottoman times, c. 1900
Another view of the Phanarion quarter, c. 1900. In the forefront: the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St. Stephen; atop the hill: the Phanar Greek Orthodox College.
Engraving of Greek merchant by Cesare Vecellio (16th century)
Constantine Mavrocordatos, engraving from 1763