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The fountain in the Camel caravanserai.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Camels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Inns, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Ottoman monuments, Turkey

Waterfront café in Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cafés / Cafeneia, Children, Coffee, Economic activities, Equids, Greece, Human types, Patras, Peloponnese, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Pedestrian and horseman at "Arvanitia" quarter in Nafplio.

Tags: Animals, Argolis, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Horses, Human types, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life

Mounted soldier.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, History, Horses, Human types, Soldiers

The site of "Dodeka Vrysses" (Twelve Fountains) in Aigion (Peloponnese).

Tags: Achaia, Aigion, Animals, Dodeka Vrysses, Greece, Houses, Human types, Peloponnese, Views

View of Mount Olympus from the vale of Tempe.

Tags: Animals, Greece, Human types, Mount Olympus, Thessaly, Vale of Tempi, Views

Women's working costume from Patrika, Chios (1822-1866). From A. Karavas, “Τοπογραφία της Νήσου Χίου ...” [Topography of Chios, written by A.Karavas and published at the expenses of D. Fkiarogiannidis...], Chios 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Patrika (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Men's costumes at Kambos in Chios, 1776 From: Choiseul-Gouffier, “Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce”, Paris, M.DCC.LXXXII [1752].

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Children, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kambos (Chios), Social sphere and everyday life, Wells

Map of the Black Sea. At the right bottom corner, shepherd feeding his camels.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Camels, Maps, Professions, Shepherds, Turkey

Sultan Mustafa I enters Istanbul after the signing of the Karlowitz treaty.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Istanbul, Janissaries, Musical instruments, Musicians, Mustafa II (IΙ. Mustafa), Ottoman officials, Sultans, Turkey

At Meydanı square, which is buit on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. Muslim wedding procession, possibly of an Ottoman official. In the background, the obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Serpent Column (Plataean tripod) from Delphi sanctuary, which was brought to Constantinople by Constantine I.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women

The castle and town of Cythera and the port of Kapsali.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cythera, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Kapsali

The town and harbour of Gaios, Paxoi.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Gaios (Paxoi), Goats, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Paxoi

View of the village of Galaro, Zakynthos.

Tags: Animals, Galaro (Zakynthos), Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Zakynthos

The walls of ancient Sami, Cephalonia.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Cephalonia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Sami, Shepherds

View of Argostoli in Cephalonia.

Tags: Animals, Argostoli, Cephalonia, Goats, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Mount Ainos, Natural environment, Shepherds

Amaxichi, Lefkada. In the background the Castle of Santa Maura.

Tags: Animals, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Natural environment

View from the Hill of Agioi Deka, Corfu.

Tags: Agioi Deka (Corfu), Animals, Christian priests, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment

View from the route to Benitsa, near Gastouri, Corfu.

Tags: Animals, Benitsa, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gastouri (Corfu), Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment

View from the village of Analipsis, Corfu.

Tags: Analipsi (Corfu), Animals, Christian priests, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment

View of Malaga, looking west.

Tags: Animals, Human types, Lighthouses, Malaga, Ports, Spain, Views, Women

Mikrolimano in Piraeus, 1886.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Houses, Human types, Piraeus, Ports, Views

The port of Piraeus in 1875.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Boats and ships, Carriages, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Piraeus, Ports, Views, Women

The port of Piraeus and its environs, 1832.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Houses, Human types, Piraeus, Ports, Views

The port of Piraeus and the bay of Salamis from the Pnyx, 1836.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Goats, Greece, Piraeus, Ports, Views

Temple of Apollo in Didyma: View of the End of the Ruin of the Temple from the North-East.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Didim / anc. Didyma, Goats, Human types, Ionia, Muslim prayer, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Turkey

Symis square, Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Dodecanese, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Rhodes

The commercial street (Socratous street) in the medieval city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Bell towers, Cafés / Cafeneia, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Dogs, Economic activities, Greece, Merchants / Traders, Rhodes, Women

A gate in the medieval walls of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Dodecanese, Greece, Rhodes, Women

The beginning of the commercial street (Socratous street) in the medieval city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Bell towers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Economic activities, Greece, Houses, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Professions, Rhodes, Women

One of the two obelisks of Alexandria, also known as obelisks of Cleopatra. The two granite obelisks from Aswan, dating from the time of Tuthmosis III, stood initially in Heliopolis, near Cairo. They were transported to Alexandria by the Romans. Since the late 19th century, one of the two obelisks is kept in London and the other in New York.

Tags: Animals, Camels, Egyptian antiquities, Human types, Obelisk of Cleopatra (Alexandria), Obelisks, Tuthmosis III

Obelisk of Heliopolis.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Cairo, Camels, Egypt, Egyptian monuments, Ethnic groups, Hieroglyphs, Horses, Human types, Obelisk of Senusret (Sesostris) I / Obelisk of Heliopolis (Al-Masalla)

Tombs of Mamluk Sultans.

Tags: Animals, Camels, Egypt, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Mamluk architecture, Mamluk monuments, Mamluks, Mosques

Pompey's Pillar, shewing the mode by which some English Sailors first gained an ascent to the capital of the Column.

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, British, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Muslims

View near Alexander's aqueduct at Profitis Ilias, Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Natural environment, Turkey

Small aqueduct at Profitis Ilias, Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Asia Minor, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Natural environment, Rivers, Travel, Turkey

Everyday life scene at the Greek quarter, Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Camels, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Turkey

Snapshot on the outskirts of the Greek quarter of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Children, Donkeys, Economic activities, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Itinerant traders, Izmir / Smyrna, Merchants / Traders, Turkey

Snapshot from the Greek quarter of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Children, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Turkey

Snapshot from the centre of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Turkey, Women

Snapshot on Caravan Bridge, Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bridges, Caravan Bridge (Izmir), Children, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Turkey

Commercial street in the centre of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Merchants / Traders, Turkey

Everyday life scene at the commercial quarter, Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Camels, Children, Economic activities, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Street markets and bazaars, Turkey

Street int he Turkish quarter of the upper town of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Economic activities, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Professions, Turkey, Women

The pier of Smyrna.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Ports, Soldiers, Turkey

The Mosque of Mahmudiyah (Mahmud Pasha) and the gate to the Citadel of Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Camels, Egypt, el-Azab Gate, Gates, Horses, Human types, Mosque of Mahmud Pasha (Mahmut Paşa Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices

The central market of Damascus.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Damascus, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars

Ruins of Heliopolis (Baalbek).

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Camels, Corinthian order, Human types, Lebanon, Ruins

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