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View of the port of Üsküdar.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Women
A café on the Bosphorus, somewhere near Üsküdar. In the background the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views
Title page. Sultan Mahmud II returns to the Palace from the Mosque.
Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Mahmud II (IΙ. Mahmut), Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sultans, Thrace, Title page, Turkey, Women
View of the medieval city of Rhodes. On the right the Naillac Tower, constructed during the era of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller Philibert de Naillac, hence its name, and demolished in the mid-19th century.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Banners and standards, Birds, Boats and ships, Dodecanese, Gate of Saint Paul (Rhodes), Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Greece, Greek flag, Gulls, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Mosques, Naillac tower, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Philibert de Naillac, Rhodes, Towers, Views, Walls
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
Panoramic view of Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III. In the background Prince islands.
Tags: Ahmed III/ IIΙ. Ahmed, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Carriages, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the first courtyard of the palace with Hagia Irene on the left. In the background the Gate of Salutation, the Tower of Justice, the Divan and the imperial kitchens.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Golden Horn, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Marmara sea / Propontis, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Justice / Adalet kulesi, Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of Istanbul from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the right part of the Topkapi Palace. In the background the mosques of Sultan Suleiman I and Mehmet II.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, 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, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Seraglio Point from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the left the University of Abdülmecid. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I, the Obelisks of the Hippodrome of Constantinople and the Sea of Marmara.
Tags: Abdülmecid I / I. Abdülmecid, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, University of Sultan Abdülmecid, Views
Views of the mausoleums of Sultans Murat III, Selim I, Mehmet III and Mustafa I in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Children, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleums, Mehmed III (III. Mehmet), Murad III (III. Murat), Mustafa I (Ι. Mustafa), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman mausoleums, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Selim I (I. Selim), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right the street passing in front of the Sublime Porte.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the left the Fountain of Sultan Ahment III. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I, the Byzantine walls of the city and the Sea of Marmara.
Tags: Ahmed III/ IIΙ. Ahmed, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right the Madrasa of Mahmut I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mahmud I (Ι. Mahmut), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious schools (madrasas), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from the north-west. On the right the fountain of Sultan Mahmut I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mahmud I (Ι. Mahmut), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the Dardanelles. On the right, the Kilitbahir Castle. On the left the Sultaniye Castle.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views
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 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 aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I in Bahçeköy.
Tags: Animals, Aqueduct of Sultan Mahmud I, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bahçeköy / byz. Petra, Bahçeköy / gr. Petra, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque from the slave market of Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Nuruosmaniye Mosque (Nuruosmaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Slave markets, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Wells
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: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
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
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa from Pera (Beyoğlu). On the left the mosques of Sultan Mehmet II and Yavuz Sultan Selim.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Golden Horn, Houses, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Shipyards, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yavuz Selim Mosque / Mosque of Selim I (Yavuz Selim Camii)
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
Panoramic view of the Sea of Marmara from the Beyazit Tower, also named as Serasker Tower, on the Beyazit Square. In the foreground the Mosque of Sulatn Beyazit I. In the background Hagia Sophia, the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I and the Mosque of Küçük Ayasofya.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus / Little Hagia Sophia (Küçuk Ayasofya Camii), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ministry of military administration, Ottoman monuments, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Views
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
View of the area the Dolmabahçe Palace was built at, from the Muslim cemetery of Pera (Beyoğlu). This cemetery started off today's Taxim Square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the Bosporus.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cemeteries, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dolmabahçe - Dolmabahçe Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı), Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Gümüşsuyu, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the Seraglio Point from Karaköy. In the background the Prince islands. On the left Kadıköy and the Maiden's tower.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
The entrance to the Black Sea from Istanbul. On the right Yoros Castle, close to Anadolu Kavağı.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortifications and fortresses, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
View of the port of Istanbul (Eminönü). In the background the New Mosque, and the Beyazıt Tower, also named Serasker Tower, on Beyazit Square. On the right the Galata Tower.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Ducks, Eminönü, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The mihrab of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground pious Ottomans are praying.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey
Interior view of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Priests, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I from the Beyazıt Tower, also named Serasker Tower, on Beyazit Square. In the background Pera (Beyoğlu) and the eastern shore of the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Carpets, Fatih, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the Sehzade Mosque and Mausoleum in Fatih.
Tags: Animals, Architects, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Fatih, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleum of Sehzade Mehmed (Şehzade Mehmet türbesi), Mausoleums, Mimar Sinan, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Şehzade mosque / Şehzade Camii, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
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