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Silk market before the mosque of Mamluk Sultan al-Ghuri.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Children, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activity, Egypt, Equids, Funerary monuments, Horses, Mamluk monuments, Mausoleums, Silk market (Cairo), Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan al-Ghuri Complex (Cairo)
The Acropolis of Athens from the southwest. On the left, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. On the right, Hadrian's Arch and the temple of Olympian Zeus.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Equids, Games, Gates, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Horses, Human types, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman monuments, Roman theatres, Smoking, Views
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
Imaginary reconstruction of the agora of Sparta. In the background, the Acropolis. In the foreground, the statue of Hermes Agoraeus with young Dionusus. On the right, the Persian stoa which housed the spoils of the Persian wars. In the background, the sanctuary of Moirai with Orpheus's grave.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Sparta, Agora of Sparta, Ancient agorae, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Equids, Greece, Horses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Laconia, Merchants / Traders, Peloponnese, Professions, Shops, Sparta, Women
Athens seen from the ancient Sacred Way. In the middleground, the Acropolis. In the background, Mount Hymettus.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Horses, Human types, Hymettus, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Mountains, Parthenon, Sacred Way (Attica), Sculptures, Views
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