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Funerary monuments in the area between Kiz Kalesi (ancient Corycus) and Ayas (ancient Elaeussa Sebaste). The necropolis was inhabited by semi-nomadic groups, most probably Turkomans.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Camels, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Kiz Kalesi / byz. Corycus, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Corycus – Necropolis of Elaiussa Sebaste, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Tents, Turkey, Turkomans
The architectural complex (külliye) comprising the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi and the Mevlevi dervish lodge, today Mevlana museum of Konya, seen from the city walls.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Funerary monuments, Human types, Konya / Iconium, Mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi / Mevlana Museum (Mevlana Müzesi), Modes of transport, Muslim monuments, Pack animals, Seljuk architecture, Seljuk monuments, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Konya
The remains of the Ancient Theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, in modern-day Yenicekent, Asia Minor.
Tags: Ancient theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Tents, Turkey, Views, Yenicekent / anc. Tripolis of Phrygia
A caravan departs from Istanbul to the Holy Mosque of Mecca during the Ramadan, with sacred camels and gifts from the Sultan.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Boats and ships, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Gifts, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Parades, Pilgrimage to Mecca, Pilgrimages, Ramadan, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Turkey
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
View of the Sultan Suleiman I Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Arabs, Athens, Boats and ships, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dalmatia, Dance, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Egypt, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Italy, Karnak, Lisbon, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Parthenon, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Portugal, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Title page, Tower of Belem, Turkey, Venice, Views, Women, Zeynab Mosque / Zeynab Camii
Muslim cemetery in the confluence of Karamenders (anc. Scamander) and Simoes rivers.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bridges, Camels, Cemeteries, Donkeys, Funerary monuments, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mountains, Muslim cemeteries, Mysia, Natural environment, Simoes river, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views
View of Istanbul from Belgrad Forest, on the European shore of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views
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
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
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