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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. I. View of Pera (Beyoğlu) in Istanbul. Fig. 2. The fortress of Kelibia in the Kelibia promontory in Tunisia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Kelibia (Tunisia), Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Istanbul, Kélibia –Qilibiyah, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ports, Shipyards, Thrace, Tunisia, Turkey, Views
Fig. 1. View of Gelibolu. Fig. 2. View of Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu), Castles and fortresses, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Towers, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople, Windmills
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
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
Young couple in gondola, Venice.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Gondolas, Human types, Italy, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Professions, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Venetian architecture, Venetian Lagoon, Venetian monuments, Venetians, Veneto, Venice, Women
Bridge of Don or Brig O'Balgownie, Aberdeen.
Tags: Aberdeen, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Brig o' Balgownie, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Great Britain, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Scotland, Scottish people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian officials, Venetians, Weapons
View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of the Great Fortress of Chandax (Heraklion) together with the Kules Fortress, also known as Rocca a Mare.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Views, Walls, Weapons
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetians, Walls
View of Nafplio.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Byzantine monuments, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Horses, Houses, Maps, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls, Windmills
View of Famagusta as the city prepares its defense against the Ottoman attack, 1570.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Famagusta, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Ethnic groups, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Genoese, Human types, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Tents, Views, Walls, Weapons
The Castle of Oitylon in Mani.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Oitylo / Castle of Maine, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Human types, Laconia, Mani, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Oitylo, Peloponnese, Towers, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls, Weapons
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