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The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Murad IV (Istanbul), Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

Map of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Maps, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Mythical beings, Rhodes

A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Amrit river, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

The cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Tartus), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

View of Carytaina with the Frankish castle.

Tags: Arcadia, Architecture and built environment, Carytaina, Castles and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Walls

The Inn of France at the Street of the Knights in the medieval old town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Dodecanese, Greece, Inn of France (Rhodes), Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, Views

The street of the Knights, in the Medieval old town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Dodecanese, Greece, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, Street of the Knights (Rhodes), Views

Fountain of archangel Gabriel in Nazareth, today site of the Orthodox hurch of the Annunciation in Nazareth. According to a certain tradition, Virgin Mary had gone to the well for water when archangel Gabriel appeared before her. Upon seeing Gabriel, the Virgin let the pail she was carrying fall and ran frightened back to her house. According to the author, at the time of his pilgrimage the church was used by Indian Christians (Alaphis), it is however possible that he is referring to Nestorian Christians.

Tags: Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, Architecture and built environment, Church of the Annunciation (Nazareth), Churches, Galilee, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Spring of St. Gabriel (Nazareth)

View of Nazareth. In the foreground, the cave where the house of Virgin Mary was, and where the Annunciation to the Virgin took place (today, catholic Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth). According to the tradition related by the author, Virgin Mary became frightened upon seeing Archangel Gabriel before her and hid behind the column depicted in the illustration.

Tags: Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, Architecture and built environment, Churches, Galilee, Houses, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Church built on the site where Virgin Mary was frightened upon seeing the inhabitants of Nazareth pursuing Jesus. According to the tradition transmitted by the author, the rock miraculously split in two, so that the Virgin could hide inside. According to the author the church was used by Nubian Christians.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Mary's Fear / Notre Dame de l'Effroi, Churches, Galilee, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Religious practices

Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; according to tradition, it is built around the tree the Holy Cross was made from.

Tags: Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Monastery of the Cross (Jerusalem), Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel on Mount Zion where Christ appeared to the Apostles on Pentecost day. Chapel on the site of the Holy Supper.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cenacle (Jerusalem), Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Mount Zion, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Cenacle, Crusader church on Mount Zion which commemorates the spot where the Holy Supper took place and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cenacle (Jerusalem), Church of the Crusaders (Jerusalem), Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Mount Zion, Palestine, Religious practices

Church on Golgotha Hill.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Monastery of the Saviour (San Salvatore) of the order of the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of St Saviour / San Salvador monastery (Jerusalem), Palestine, Religious practices

Church of Mary Magdalene, seat of Jerusalem Patriarchate at the time. Church of Saint John the Baptist, first hospital of the Crusaders, after which the order of the Knights Hospitaller was named.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Church of Mary Magdalene (Jerusalem), Church of Saint John the Baptist (Ein Karem), Churches, Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel of the Resurrection where the Holy Fire miracle takes place.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chapel of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Holy Fire, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Columns from the Chapel of Saint Helen in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. According to tradition, the columns weep the death of Christ.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chapel of Saint Helena (Holy Sepulchre), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

The tomb of Adam underneath Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Chapel of Adam). According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Shem and Melchizedek guided by angels travelled to the spot whre Noah's Ark was, took Adam's body and, guided by angels, buried it at the site of Calvary in Jerusalem.

Σύμφωνα με εβραϊκές και χριστιανικές παραδόσεις, ο Σήμ και ο Μελχισεδέκ ( ή ο Σολομώντας, όπως δηλώνεται στην παρούσα έκδοση), με την…

Tags: Adam's Tomb / Chapel of Adam (Jerusalem), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel of the tombs of Godefroy de Bouillon and Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Godfrey of Bouillon, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Calvary chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

The Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with the stone which commemorates the spot of the third fall of Christ on the route to Golgotha.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Religious practices

View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Holy Land, Houses, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Views

View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Holy Land, Houses, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Views

The Cenacle on Mount Zion, site of the Last Supper and the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cenacle (Jerusalem), Crusaders, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Mount Zion, Palestine, Religious practices

Coats of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Greece, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

View of the Church of Saint John the Baptist (A) and the putativehouse of his mother Elizabeth in Ein Karem near Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint John the Baptist (Ein Karem), Churches, Ein Karem, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Judaea, Judaean desert, Judaean Mountains, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Saint John the Baptist, Views

Plan of the Basilica of the Nativity and its chapels in Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Churches, Holy Land, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Plans and drawings

The Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Churches, Holy Land, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Plan of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Churches, Holy Land, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Plans and drawings

View and plans of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices, Views

View of Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusades, Golgotha, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices, Views

The two chapels of Golgotha in the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusades, Golgotha, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices, Views

View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Views

Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Golgotha, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Plans and drawings

View of the complex of Eleona Basilica or Pater Noster Church on Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. View of the Chapel of the Ascension in the same complex.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Mount of Olives (Jerusalem), Palestine, Religious practices, Ruins, Views

The Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Dormition of Our Lady (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices, Views

Map of part of Jerusalem with the main sights. A designates the Cenacle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bible, Crusades, History, Holy Land, Houses, Jerusalem, Last Supper, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices, Walls

View of Latrun in Israel. Crusader's castle on the foreground.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Latrun (Israel), Crusades, Horses, Human types, Latrun, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Ruins, Towers, Travel, Travellers, Views

Tremiti islands: View of San Domino, San Nicola and Capraia.

Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Capraia, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Santa Maria (Crete), Italy, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, San Domino (Tremiti), San Nicola (Tremiti islands), Tremiti islands ((isole Tremiti) / anc. Diomedee islands, Views

Fig. 1. (?) Fig. 2. View of Bosa in Sardinia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosa, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Italy, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Sardinia, Serravalle Castle (Sardinia), Views

Fig. 1. View of Reggio di Calabria, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Scilla, city in Calabria, Italy. Fig. 3. Tower in Calabria, Italy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Calabria, Castle of Reggio (Italy), Castle of Scilla, Castles and fortresses, Fortifications and fortresses, Greek colonies, Houses, Italy, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Reggio di Calabria / anc. Rhegion, Scilla, Southern Italy, Views, Walls

View of Castel dell'Ovo in Naples, Italy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castel dell'Ovo, Castles and fortresses, Fortifications and fortresses, Gulfs and bays, Italy, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Southern Italy, Tyrrhenian sea, Views

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Prisoner of Chillon": The Chillon Castle on the shores of Lake Leman in Switzerland.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Château de Chillon / Chillon castle, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Lakes, Lord Byron, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Montreux, Natural environment, Poems, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Switzerland, Veytaux, Women

Map of Rab island in Croatia.

Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Croatia, Dalmatia, Houses, Islands, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Rab / anc. Arba, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls

View of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Houses, Jerusalem, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Views, Walls

Map of Patmos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Cyclades, Greece, Houses, Islands, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos

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