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The Gate of Mesogeia or Gate of Boubounistra, which was situated at the present-day junction of Amalias avenue with Othonos street. In the background, the fountain of Boubounistra.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Fountain of Boubounistra (Athens), Fountains / Springs, Gate of Mesogeia (Athens), Gates, Goats, Greece, Inscriptions, Pack animals, Roman incriptions, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Walls, Walls of Haseki (Athens), Women
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Sheikhs, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dervishes, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Music, Musical instruments, Percussion instruments, Priests, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Tekije (Dervish lodge)
A trial in the presence of the Grand Vizier.
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The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Temple of Bacchus (Latakia), Women
Caravanserai at Küçükçekmece, near Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Houses, Human types, Inns, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Küçükçekmece, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Women
Portrait of Sultan Suleiman I. Suleimaniye mosque in the background.
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