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View of the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Parthenon

View of the castle of Santa Maura, Lefkada island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Agricultural tools, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Santa Maura (Lefkada), Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Human types, Lefkada, Medieval monuments, Views

Interior courtyard of Greek house.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Courts, Greece, Houses, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Wells, Women

40, 41. Water-powered hoist. 42. Hot bath (sauna) which the author studied in Essen, Germany. 44. The Town Hall of Hilldesheim, Germany. 45. House in Hanover, Germany. 46. Headwear typically worn by the women of Hanover.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Costume - Hats and headwear, Germany, Hanover, Hesse, Hildesheim, Houses, Human types, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Physics, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life, Town Halll of Hildesheim (Germany), Women

24. Buildings at Bruges, Belgium. 25. Plan of Bruges Town Hall. 26. View of the port of Bruges. 27. The building in which Charles V was born in Ghent, Belgium.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Belgium, Bruges, Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor), Ghent, Houses, Ports, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Town Hall of Bruges

46. Ottoman aqueduct in Belgrade forest, Istanbul. 50, 51 and 52. Architectural features of the aqueduct. 48. Monastery on Chios island. 54. The Sultan.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Chios, Houses, Irrigation systems, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Istanbul, Monasteries, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

51. The prince heir to the Ottoman throne. On his right, the window through which the Sultan spied on the meetings of the Divan (assembly of Ottoman officials). 52. Plan of the Tower of Leander (bottom right). Plan of mosque (bottom centre). Drawing of minaret (bottom left) and other architectural and decorative features of a mosque (top) 57. Detail from wall decoration of the imperial mosques of Istanbul. 63. Wooden floor of Ottoman house in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan (Divan-ı Hümayun), Houses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Plans and drawings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

View of Izmir with Pagos castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Ports, Turkey, Views

View of the medieval city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Houses, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ports, Rethymno, Views, Walls, Windmills

View of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Greece, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mosques, Ports, Views, Walls

View of Patras with the castle.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Patras, Peloponnese, Views

View of the castle of Koroni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Koroni, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Koroni, Messenia, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View of the castle of Methoni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Castle of Methoni), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Messenia, Methoni, Peloponnese, Ports, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Windmills

View of Pylos with Niokastro.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Messenia, Niokastro (Pylos), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Pylos, Views

View of Monemvasia.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Laconia, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

View of Kalamata.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Kalamata, Castles and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Kalamata, Messenia, Mosques, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View of Mystras, erroneously identified with Sparta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Laconia, Mystras, Peloponnese, Sparta, Views, Walls

View of Nafplio with Bourtzi fortress.

Tags: Argolis, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Mosques, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls, Windmills

View of the Acropolis and the walls of Athens. On the right, the temple of Olympian Zeus.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Houses, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman monuments, Views, Walls

The fortress of Antirrion.

Tags: Aetolia and Acarnania, Antirrio, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Naupactus, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Fortress of Antirrion, Greece, Houses, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Views

View of Thessaloniki.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Macedonia, Ports, Thermaic gulf, Thessaloniki, Views, Walls

Map of the wider area of Split, Croatia.

Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Croatia, Dalmatian coast, Houses, Maps, Split / it. Spalato / anc. Aspalathos, Views, Walls

Panoramic view of Padua.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Italy, Padua, Veneto, Views, Walls

View of Verona in Italy.

Tags: Adige river, Architecture and built environment, Churches, Houses, Italy, Rivers, Verona, Views, Walls

Panoramic view of Venice.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Houses, Italy, Lagoon of Venice, Maps, Saint Mark's Basilica (Venice), Saint Mark's Square (Venice), St Mark's Clocktower – Torre dell'Orologio (Venice), Veneto, Venice, Views

View of the castle of Zarnata.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Zarnata, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Kambos (Messinia), Messenia, Mosques, Peloponnese, Stavropigi (Messinia), Views, Zarnata

Map of Koroni. Plan of the castle of Koroni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Koroni, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Koroni, Maps, Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Walls

View of Chania with the Venetian walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Crete, Greece, Houses, Lighthouses, Maps, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Walls

Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fruit, Ganges river, Houses, Human types, India, Priests, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life

Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.

Tags: Afghanistan, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Houses, Human types, Kabul, Leisure, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Carriage typically used by affluent merchants of India.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Carriages, Houses, Human types, India, Modes of transport, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Women

Local costumes of Agra, India.

Tags: Agra, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, India, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Houses, Human types, Persia / Iran, Persians, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, French, Horses, Houses, Human types, Isfahan / anc. Aspadana, Persia / Iran, Persians, Social sphere and everyday life, Sports

The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Houses, Human types, Irak, Lunar eclipses, Mosul, Natural phenomena, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, French, Houses, Human types, Military parades, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Syria, Turks

The Nilometer, square cistern with a marble column, used to measure the levels o the Nile in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Nile river, Nilometer (Cairo), Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life

View of Vienna from the southeast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Austria, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Professions, Soldiers, St Stephen's Cathedral (Vienna), Vienna, Views

View of village near Săcărâmb or Nagyág mines, Romania.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Mines, Mines of Săcărâmb, Natural environment, Romania, Săcărâmb / Nagyág, Transylvania, Views

The sea of Marmara seen from the window of author's inn at Tekirdag (Raidestos).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Inns, Marmara sea / Propontis, Tekirdağ / Raidestos / anc. Bisanthe or Rhaedestus, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Landscape at Lake Volvi.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fishing, Greece, Houses, Human types, Lake Volvi, Lakes, Macedonia, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottomans, Small Prespa Lake, Turks, Views

The summits of Mount Olympus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Houses, Human types, Macedonia, Mount Olympus, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

View of Thebes from Plataeae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Thebes (Greece), Views

View of the village of Marathon.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Marathon, Natural environment, Sheep, Views

View of the bay of Balaklava near Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, the remains of the Genoese fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Genoese castle (Balaklava), Houses, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ports, Russia, Sebastopol, Ukraine, Views

View of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cossacks, Don river, Houses, Novocherkassk, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov, Views

Woman from Little Russia, a historical geographic region, today part of Ukraine.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Little Russia, Shoes and footwear, Ukraine, Women

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