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Portrait of Sultan Suleiman I. Suleimaniye mosque in the background.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Banners and standards, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elephants, Ethnic groups, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottomans, Portraits, Quranic inscriptions, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Siege of Corinth": Ottoman official and Greek slave girl at the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Banners and standards, Battlefields, Cannons, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Lord Byron, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Poems, Ruins, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Weapons, Women
Young couple in gondola, Venice.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Gondolas, Human types, Italy, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Professions, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Venetian architecture, Venetian Lagoon, Venetian monuments, Venetians, Veneto, Venice, Women
Bridge of Don or Brig O'Balgownie, Aberdeen.
Tags: Aberdeen, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Brig o' Balgownie, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Great Britain, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Scotland, Scottish people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian officials, Venetians, Weapons
View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of Chandax.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Towers, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetians, Walls
View of Famagusta as the city prepares its defense against the Ottoman attack, 1570.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Famagusta, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Ethnic groups, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Genoese, Human types, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Tents, Views, Walls, Weapons
The Ottoman customs house at Karaköy. On the left the Galata Tower.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Customs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Istanbul, Karaköy, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the port of Istanbul, on the western shores of the Golden Horn. On the left mosque of Sultan Suleiman. On the right the mosque of Sultan Mehmet II. In the background the Kemerburgaz aqueduct.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Golden Horn, Gulls, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kemerburgaz aqueduct, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Turkey, Views
View of the ancient amphitheater of Taormina, in Sicily.
Tags: Ancient theatre of Taormina, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greek colonies, Houses, Human types, Italy, Mount Etna, Mountains, Ruins, Sicily, Southern Italy, Taormina / anc. Tauromenion, Theatres, Views, Volcanoes
View of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth. In the background the Acrocorinth.
Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient gods / deities, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Columns / Pillars, Corinth, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Greeks, Horses, Houses, Human types, Nobility, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views
View of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus in Edfu, Egypt.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aswan / anc. Syene, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edfu / anc. Apollonopolis Magna, Egypt, Egyptian architecture, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian temples, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Hieroglyphs, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Ptolemaic monuments, Temple of Horus (Edfu), Views
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