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Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the upper gallery from the north-west.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Nobility, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the imperial tribune in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This tribune stood between the mihrab and the Columns from Ephesus, which were transferred to the imperial capital during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the imperial tribune in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This tribune stood between the mihrab and the Columns from Ephesus, which were transferred to the imperial capital during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In the background the esonarthex. On the left the Grand Vizier praying.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Grand Viziers, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the north nave.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right one of the two lustration urns from Pergamon, transferred to the temple during the reign of Sultan Murat III.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Murad III (III. Murat), Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Urns, Views
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Cherubs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, looking eastwards.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Cherubs, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mihrab, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the exonarthex of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beggars, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Chandeliers, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
Composition: Hadrian's Arch together with the area where the Odeon of Pericles, stood. In the background the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Natural environment, Odeon of Pericles, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa) together with the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Natural environment, Ottomans, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) together with the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinth, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Natural environment, Ottomans, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)
Composition: The Erechtheion together with the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Temple of Poseidon in Sounio together with the Monument of Philopappus in Athens.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Ottomans, Reliefs, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio), Women
Composition: The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. On the left a Muslim cemetery and a mosque. In the background the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon and Hadrian's Arch.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Horses, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins
Composition: Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens together with the port of Faliro, close to Piraeus.
Tags: Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Choregic monuments, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Faliro, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottomans, Ports, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life
Composition: The porch of Hadrian's aqueduct (Dexameni) together with the Parthenon. In the background the columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins, Women
Composition: The bridge of Ilissus and the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Bridges, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Ottomans, Panathenaic Stadium, Pula / anc. Polai, Rivers, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)
Frontispiece: Imaginary representation of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens, together with a topographical map of the Acropolis of Athens and plans of its monuments.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Maps, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Ottomans, Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Roman architecture, Roman monuments
View of the Sweet Waters of Asia, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Tents, 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 Üsküdar. On the left Kadiköy. On the right the Seraglio Point.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottomans, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
Café at Eminönü. In the background the Tower of Beyazit, also called Serasker Tower, the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I and the Valens aqueduct.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cafés / Cafeneia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri)
View of Büyükdere through the arches of the aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I in Bahçeköy.
Tags: Animals, Aqueduct of Sultan Mahmud I, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bahçeköy / byz. Petra, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views
The entrance to Yedikule fortress.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Castles and fortresses, Fatih, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
View of Istanbul from Üsküdar.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
The Column of Constantine (Çemberlitaş sütunu). In the background the Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Çemberlitaş, Children, Column of Constantine / Çemberlitaş sütunu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Köprülü Mehmed Paşa Mosque (Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The Tower of Galata. In the background the Seraglio Point and Hagia Sophia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Frankish monuments, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottomans, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of Istiniye, on the European shores of the Bosporus. On the left the Fountain of Ahmet Şemsettin.
Tags: Ahmet Şemsettin fountain/ (Ahmet Şemsettin efendi çeşmesi), Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Istanbul, İstinye / anc. Leosthenion, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
The Mosque of Beyazit II on Beyazit Square in Istanbul. On the left, Ağalar Gate, which was renamed to Serasker Gate in the beginning of the 19th century.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ministry of military administration, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Serasker Gate / Serasker kapısı, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The Cistern of Philoxenos in between the Hippodrome of Constantinople and Çemberlitas (Forum of Constantine I).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine Εmpire, Children, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Costume - Hats and headwear, Forum of Constantine I / Çemberlitas, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
View of Valens Aqueduct in Fatih, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Children, Constantine I, Constantine V Copronymus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Roman Εmperors, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views
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