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View of Istanbul, perhaps of the Seraglio Point. While Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene are clearly depicted, the Top Kapi Palace and the Byzantine walls of the city are missing from the picture.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman palaces, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views

Interior view of the Yerebatan Cistern, Istanbul. In the foreground two Ottomans are measuring the length of the site. On the background two west Europeans admiring the cistern.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey

The Sultan Ahmed I Mosque, Istanbul.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls

View of an ancient monument, possibly of Roman or Byzantine aqueduct, at Gelibolu.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Economic activities, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Horses, Human types, Ottomans, Professions, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Başçavuş, head of the ushers in the Sultan's palace.

Tags: Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Frescoes from the church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. Two women saints intercede in favour of Grand Master Hélion de Villeneuve. Saint Michael kills the dragon. Cross of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller. Saint George kills the dragon.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Dodecanese, Filerimos, Frescoes, Greece, Hagios Georgios Hostos (Filerimos in Rhodes), Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Rhodes

Interior of Byzantine church of Saint Stephen on Agios Stefanos or Monte Smith hill, Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Church of Hagios Stephanos (Rhodes), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Inscriptions, Ottomans, Rhodes, Views

Side wall of the Byzantine church of Saint Stephen on Agios Stefanos or Monte Smith hill, Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Agavi americana, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Church of Hagios Stephanos (Rhodes), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ottomans, Plants, Rhodes, Views

Byzantine church of Saint Stephen on Agios Stefanos or Monte Smith hill, Rhodes. The author being shown the location.

Tags: Aegean islands, Agavi americana, Architecture and built environment, Author portraits, Bernard Eugène Antoine Rottiers, Byzantine monuments, Church of Hagios Stephanos (Rhodes), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Ottomans, Plants, Rhodes, Views

1. West view of Kantara castle. 2. View of the Church of Panagia Kanakaria at Lythrangomi, Cyprus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Church of Panagia Kanakaria (Lythrangomi), Churches, Cyprus, Fortifications and fortresses, Kantara castle, Lythrangomi, Mount Pentadaktylos, Mountains

1. South east facade of Agios Largos or St. Hilarion. 2. South view of Bufavento castle at Kyreneia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bufavento castle, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Human types, Keryneia, Saints

1. The east side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria. 2. The west side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Syria).

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

1.View of the great altar at the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria. 2. Funerary stele from Hierapolis, near Aleppo, Syria. 3. Fragment of relief from Hierapolis.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Euphrates river, Funerary monuments, Hierapolis, Reliefs, Rivers, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

Views of two different sides of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, near Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Human types, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Mountains, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

1. View of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, near Aleppo, Syria. 2. Bottom view of the base of the columns together with views of the columns and the arches of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.

Tags: Aleppo, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Columns / Pillars, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Mountains, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

View of the Castle of Belgrade from Zemun.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Belgrade (Beograd), Belgrade Fortress / Kalemegdan, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danube river, Fortifications and fortresses, Holy Roman Empire – Habsburg Empire, Human types, Mosques, Rivers, Sava river, Serbia, Slavic monuments, Soldiers, Views

Panoramic view of the (now lost) Palace of Beşiktaş, at the site of which the Dolmabahçe Palace was constructed.

Castle of Patras, ancient Patrae.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Patras, Peloponnese

View of Mystras.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Laconia, Mystras, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

Floor plan of the castle of Agios Georgios, former capital of Cephalonia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Cephalonia, Fortress of Agios Georgios (Cephalonia), Greece, Ionian islands, Maps, Plans and drawings, Venetian monuments, Walls

Floor plan of the castle of Agios Georgios, former capital of Cephalonia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Cephalonia, Fortress of Agios Georgios (Cephalonia), Greece, Ionian islands, Maps, Plans and drawings, Venetian monuments, Walls

Floor plan of Angelokastro in Corfu.

Tags: Angelokastro (Corfu), Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Maps, Plans and drawings, Walls

The Yedikule fortress (Heptapyrgion) in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Fortifications and fortresses, Istanbul, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)

Α. The Column of Constantine I (Çemberlitaş Sütunu). Β. The Obelisk of Theodosius I at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. C. The Serpent Column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. D. The Column of Arcadius in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Column of Arcadius, Column of Constantine / Çemberlitaş sütunu, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

The Column of Arcadius. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Column of Arcadius, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

The Serpent column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. The Column of Constantine. The Column of Marcian. All drawings from the work of G. Wheler.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Column of Constantine / Çemberlitaş sütunu, Column of Marcian (Kıztaşı), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

Reliefs from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius I at the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Reliefs, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Hagioi Apostoloi church, on the site of which the Mosque of Sultan Fatih Mehmet was built. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Hagioi Apostoloi (Istanbul), Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Interior view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Interior view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (from the central nave to the narthex).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. View from the narthex.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from the south.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

View of the Seraglio Point from Pera (Beyoğlu).

Basilica at Gortyn, Crete.

Tags: Agioi Deka (Heraklion), Architecture and built environment, Basilica of Gortyna, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Crete, Gortyn (Crete), Greece, Views

View of the Temple of Episkopi, Sikinos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Cyclades, Episcopi (Sikinos), Funerary monuments, Greece, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Religious practices, Roman monuments, Sikinos, Temple of Episcopi (Sikinos)

The Temple of Episkopi, Sikinos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Cyclades, Episcopi (Sikinos), Funerary monuments, Greece, Mausoleums, Religious practices, Roman monuments, Sikinos, Temple of Episcopi (Sikinos)

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, Amorgos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Amorgos, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclades, Donkeys, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa (Amorgos), Priests, Religious practices, Views

Interior of Panagia Ekatontapiliani church, Paros.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani (Paros), Churches, Cyclades, Greece, Paroikia (Paros), Paros, Religious practices

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