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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
View of Aleppo, Syria. Ottoman caravan in the foreground.
Tags: Aleppo, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Camels, Caravans, Castle of Aleppo, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Travel, Turks, Views, Walls
View of the city of Mamre, or Terebinth, Palestine. According to one tradition, this is the site where David overcame Goliath. In the foreground, caravan of Ottoman merchants.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Human types, Mamre / anc. Terebinth, Merchants / Traders, Ottomans, Palestine, Professions, Religious practices, Sheep, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turks, Views
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
Golden Gate or Axios (Vardar) Gate in Thessaloniki. From: E. M. Cousinéry, Voyage dans la Macédoine, Paris, 1831.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Esprit-Marie Cousinéry, Golden Gate – Gate of Axios (Thessaloniki), Greece, Macedonia, Merchants / Traders, Pack animals, Roman monuments, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thessaloniki, Views
View of the Tophane square and the Fountain of Sultan Mahmut I. In the background the Nusretiye Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
Milk store in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
A scene in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, somewhere in Sandal Bedesten.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Sandal Bedesten, Shops, Sirkeci, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The armor bazaar in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Armour Bazaar, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Weapons
The central avenue of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The ruins of Hadrian's Library, Athens.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Merchants / Traders, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars
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