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The Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (or Küçüksu fountain) in the Sweet Waters of Asia, in Istanbul. On the left, the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Turkey, Views, Women
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
View of the Doric Temple in Segesta, Sicily.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Doric temple of Segesta, Greek colonies, Horses, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Professions, Segesta, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy
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 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
Musicians at the Asian valley of Sweet Waters.
Tags: Animals, Carpets, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Turkey, Women
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Porters, Professions, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
View of Kemerburgaz Aqueduct.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architects, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine emperors, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Kemerburgaz aqueduct, Mimar Sinan, Ottomans, Roman Εmperors, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The Küçüksu fountain (or Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain) in the Sweet waters of Asia. In the background the Rumelian and Anatolian Castles.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Donkeys, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I at Bahçeköy, and the prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Aqueduct of Sultan Mahmud I, Aqueducts, Art and antiquities, Bahçeköy / byz. Petra, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Carriages, Children, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Fountain at Sarıyer, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the eastern part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Views, Women
Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.
Tags: Animals, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Goats, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Processions, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Carriages, Children, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Mosques, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Water sellers, Women
Persian officials take the most beautiful women of the city away to the harem of the shah of Persia.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Azerbaijan, Camels, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Harem, Horses, Military officers, Modes of transport, Persia / Iran, Persians, Şamaxı-Shamachy, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women
The arch of the Sergii at Pula, Croatia. Peasants of Slavic ethnicity are walking by with their ox cart. James Stuart, Nicholas Revett and their assistant are on top of the arch, making drawings. On the left a man informs the women gathered that the travellers are searching the Arch of the Sergii for treasures.
Tags: Animals, Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Author portraits, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Domestic tasks, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istria, James Stuart, Modes of transport, Nicholas Revett, Oxen, Pack animals, Peasants, Portraits, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Slovene people, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Weapons, Women
The Roman Amphitheatre of Pula from the west. Slovenian women are laundering their clothes in the sea. Inhabitants of the city come to take water or to water their animals at a gountain close to the amphitheatre.
Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Dogs, Domestic tasks, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istria, Oxen, Ports, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula, Slovene people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
View of the Castle of Naples (Castel Nuovo).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Castle of Naples / Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino, Castles and fortresses, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Italy, Lighthouses, Mount Vesuvius, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Volcanoes, Women
The Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military officers, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Views, Women
Te Deum (thanksgiving service) for the signing of Edirne treaty at the plain of Edirne Palace.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Edirne / Adrianople, Fountains / Springs, History, Military officers, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Palace of Edirne / Edirne Sarayı, Palaces, Russo-Turkish Wars, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Treaty of Adrianople (1829), Turkey
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