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The muslim cemetery of Pera (Beyoğlu). This cemetery started off today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the Bosporus.

Tags: Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Houses, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Religious practices, Thrace, Views

View of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque from the slave market of Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Nuruosmaniye Mosque (Nuruosmaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Slave markets, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Wells

Interior view of Ottoman house in Balat.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balat / Fener / gr. Phanarion, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Views

View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa from Pera (Beyoğlu). On the left the mosques of Sultan Mehmet II and Yavuz Sultan Selim.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Golden Horn, Houses, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Shipyards, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yavuz Selim Mosque / Mosque of Selim I (Yavuz Selim Camii)

View of the Seraglio Point from Karaköy. In the background the Prince islands. On the left Kadıköy and the Maiden's tower.

View of Tekfur Saray at Balat in Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Balat / Fener / gr. Phanarion, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Palace of the Porphyrogenitus / Tekfur Sarayı, Palaces, Ruins, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace

The Column of Marcian in Fatih.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Column of Marcian (Kıztaşı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Roman monuments, Turkey

The Bereketzade fountain near the Galata Tower in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bereketzade fountain / Bereketzade çeşmesi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Galata, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

The Anatolian and Rumelian Castles, on the Asiatic and European shores of the Bosporus accordingly.

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Turkey, Views

View of Thebes.

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

The Temple of Apollo in ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Turks

Landscape on Aegina island. In the background Palaiochora.

Tags: Aegina, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Children, Greece, Houses, Human types, Huts, Islands, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Natural environment, Palaiochora (Aegina), Spinning, Threshing floor, Views, Women

View of the western part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yalı

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.

View of Istanbul from Maiden's Tower. In the foreground imperial boats are departing from Topkapi Palace. In the first view, the Ottoman Sultan; in the second, some Ottoman princes.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cannons, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Karaköy, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Weapons

View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.

Tags: Animals, Antoine Ignace Melling, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Abdülmecid (Büyük Mecidiye Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Writers

View of Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Fortress of Çanakkale, Houses, Human types, Ottomans, Smoking, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views, Windmills

Views of the Monasteries of Saint Paul the Anchorite and Saint Anthony.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Coats of arms – Emblems, Eastern Sahara, Egypt, Houses, Maps, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint Anthony (Egypt), Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite (Egypt), Religious practices

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar.

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

Map of Greece with the western shores of Asia Minor. On the lower part a the map of Istanbul is provided as well.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Coats of arms – Emblems, Golden Horn, Greece, Houses, Istanbul, Maps, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Tufeks (firearm), Turkey, Views, Weapons

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