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The courtyard of the mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Porters, Professions, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
View of the New Mosque from the port of Eminönü. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Birds, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar, on the Asiatic shores of Bosporus. In the background the Seraglio Point and Pera (Beyoğlu).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Ethnic groups, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
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
View of New Mosque ( Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Eminönü, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Watermelons, Women
Interior view of the Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground a model of the entire mosque complex.
Tags: Architects, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Haseki Hürrem Sultan / Roxelana, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I (Sultan Süleyman türbesi), Mausoleums, Mimar Sinan, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
View of Kemerburgaz Aqueduct.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architects, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Kemerburgaz aqueduct, Mimar Sinan, Ottomans, Roman Εmperors, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The Küçüksu fountain (or Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain) in the Sweet waters of Asia. In the background the Rumelian and Anatolian Castles.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Donkeys, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cemetery of Eyüp, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Funerary steles, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cemetery of Eyüp, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Golden Horn, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque, on the western shores of Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Fountains / Springs, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Scene in the Valley of Sweet Waters.
Tags: Boats and ships, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Fountains / Springs, Golden Horn, Gulfs and bays, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Pleasure pavilions, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Fountain at Sarıyer, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the eastern part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman men dancing on a boat.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Ottoman villas at Tarabya, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The interior of a café at Tophane square.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey
View of Tophane square and the Fountain of Mahmut I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Barrels, Children, Economic activities, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views, Watermelons, Women
View of Tophane.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cannons, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Order of battle, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman imperial armory / Tophane-i Amire, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Views, Women
Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.
Tags: Animals, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Goats, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Processions, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa on the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of Aynalıkavak on the north-eastern shore of the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Aynalıkavak, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Shipyards, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of Kara ağaç on the shore of the Golden Horn.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ducks, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Hunting, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Shipyards, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tufeks (firearm), Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Fountains / Springs, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Kağithane, Shipyards, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Travel, Turkey, Views, Women
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Carriages, Children, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Mosques, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Water sellers, Women
The march of the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque, on the day of Bayram.
Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military parades, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Processions, Religious practices, Selim III (III. Selim), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
View of the quarters of Hatice Sultan (sister of the Sultan Selim III) in the Imperial Harem at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Hadice Sultan, Harem, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultanas, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Women
View of the interior of the Imperial Harem at Topkapi Place in Istanbul.
Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Harem, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultanas, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Women
View of the Second Courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, also known as the outer courtyard. On the left the Imperial Harem and Divan. On the right the Imperial Kitchens. In the background the Gate of Felicity, leading to the Third Courtyard of the Palace.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan-ı Hümayun, Gate of Felicity / Bab-üs Saadet (Istanbul), Harem, Human types, Imperial kitchens, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
View of the first Courtyard, known also as Court of the Janissaries or Parade Court. On the right Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint. In the background the Gate of Salutation, leading to the Second Courtyard of the palace.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Donkeys, Fountains / Springs, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mint (Darphane-i Âmire), Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Water sellers
View of Istanbul from Maiden's Tower. In the foreground imperial boats are departing from Topkapi Palace. In the first view, the Ottoman Sultan; in the second, some Ottoman princes.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cannons, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Karaköy, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.
Tags: Animals, Antoine Ignace Melling, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Abdülmecid (Büyük Mecidiye Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Writers
View of Kadıköy. In the background Maiden's Tower and part of the Seraglio Point.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views
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