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Imaginary reconstruction of temple of Poseidon in Paestum.
Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Temple of Poseidon (Paestum), Women
Street market around Ottoman fountain at Kornaros square, Heraklion (today known as Philanthropiki fountain). On the left, the Venetian fountain of Bebo.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bebo Fountain (Heraklion), Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Heraklion, Human types, Irrigation systems, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Women
1. View of the outer peristyle of the temple of Athena, today part of the cathedral church of Syracuse. 2. Fountain of Arethousa, Syracuse.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Fountain of Arethousa (Syracuse), Fountains / Springs, Greek mythology, Houses, Human types, Italy, Laundresses / Washerwomen, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Temple of Athena (Syracuse), Views, Washing and laundering, Women
Offering to a goddess in the inner court of a house or temple (imaginary reconstruction).
Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Italy, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople
View of Antioch (Antakya), Asia Minor. Part of the walls of Saint Peter's church (B) as well as the castle of the Crusaders or Bagras castle.
Tags: Agios Petros (Antioch/ Antakya), Animals, Antakya-Hatay / Antioch, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bagras Castle, Camels, Caravans, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crusades, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ottomans, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey, Turks, Views
View of the miltary barracks and the park of Pera.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Bovids, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of Tophane square. In the background, the mosque of Ahmed I. On the right, the fountain of Mahmud I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Tents, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Amfissa with the castle.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Amphissa, Amfissa / Salona, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Amphissa / Castle of Salona / Castle of Oria, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Houses, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Phocis, Views, Walls, Washing and laundering, Women
View of Hagia Sophia square and the fountain of Ahmed III.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Leisure scene at the location of Sweet Waters of Asia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure, Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
The Gate of Mesogeia or Gate of Boubounistra, which was situated at the present-day junction of Amalias avenue with Othonos street. In the background, the fountain of Boubounistra.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Fountain of Boubounistra (Athens), Fountains / Springs, Gate of Mesogeia (Athens), Gates, Goats, Greece, Inscriptions, Pack animals, Roman incriptions, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Walls, Walls of Haseki (Athens), Women
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey
Caravanserai at Küçükçekmece, near Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Houses, Human types, Inns, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Küçükçekmece, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Women
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