The photographic lens of S. Lampadariadis, architect and Professor of Art History, depicts today's Istanbul, simultaneously showcasing its long history in a unique way. The numerous artistic photographs present its magnificent monuments, historic buildings, majestic Byzantine churches, Hagia Sophia, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, natural beauties, as well as rare works of art, never before presented. The rare archival photographic material of Menandros publications captures the development of the "City's" Hellenism, its history, culture, educational and ecclesiastical institutions in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the inhumane persecutions and uprooting of the Greeks in the past century.

The work is also accompanied by a music CD of the same name, by composer Spyros Lampros, with performances by his children's choir, orchestrated by Stavros Kartakis.