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View of Midas monument in the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eskişehir. The whole of the ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Inscriptions, Midas monument, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygia, Phrygian architecture, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Yazılıkaya
View of the General Archive of the Indies, housed in the former merchant's exchange house of Seville (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes). In the background, Seville Cathedral with the famed bell tower of Giralda. Giralda was formerly a minaret of the now-demolished mosque of the Almohad era, on whose site the Cathedral was built.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Carriages, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, General Archive of the Indies / Archivo General de Indias (Seville), Giralda (Seville), Horses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Seville, Seville Cathedral, Spain, Views
Imaginary depiction of the castle of Yedikule or Heptapyrgion (a prison in the Ottoman era), in Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman soldiers, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
Reconstruction of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In the foreground, the Sultan and his suite on their way out of the palace.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Janissaries, Mosques, Ottoman officials, Ottoman soldiers, Processions, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views
Imaginary depiction of the mosques of Suleiman I and Mehmed II.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Horses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Janissaries, Modes of transport, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman soldiers, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The castle of Chios with the church of Saint Nicholas (at Molos) after the devastating earthquake of 1881.
Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Children, Chios, Church of Hagios Nikolaos at Molos (Chios), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Residents of the town of Chios watch as members of the French Navy set up tents for the population after the devastating earthquake of 1881.
Tags: Aegean islands, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Children, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Women
HMS “Osborne”'s barge bearing Alexandra Princes of Wales to Aegina island.
Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Alexandra of Denmark, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Ports, Princes, Princesses of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Umbrellas / Parasols, Women
Easter Monday: The crew of H. M. S. “Research” celebrates the day in the presence of George I of Greece.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, British, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Easter, Ethnic groups, Games and toys, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Piraeus, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Umbrellas / Parasols, Women
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