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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
Fig. 1. View of Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus). In the background the Castle of Halicarnassus, also called Castle of St. Paul. Fig. 2. View of the ruins of the Temple of Ares in Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus).
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bodrum / Halicarnassus, Caria, Castle of Halicarnassus / Castle of Saint Peter, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Natural environment, Ruins, Temple of Ares (Halicarnassus), Views
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
Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.
Tags: Beauty care, Boats and ships, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dervishes, Egypt, Egyptian dances, Egyptians, Ethnic groups, French, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Professions, Servants, Ship captains, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel
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
The ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Syracuse, Sicily.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greek colonies, Houses, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Nobility, Painters / Engravers, Ruins, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Temple of Zeus (Syracuse), Views
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