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The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Murad IV (Istanbul), Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
A European ambassador appears before the Sultan.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Furniture, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Turks
A European ambassador has dinner with the Grand Vizier.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Ṭuğrā (Seals – signatures of the Sultan) (Seals – signatures of the Sultan), Turkey, Turks
The Chief Admiral of the Ottoman fleet shows himself before the Sultan. In the background (right to left) the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene.
Tags: Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (Kapudan Paşa), Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman kiosks, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Women
The main entrance to Tokapi Palace in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia on the right, the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III on the left.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
Leisure scene at Sweet waters of Europe (Kağithane).
Saadabad palace in the distance.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Saadabad Palace (Saadabad Sarayı), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Religious ceremony in the Audience Hall of Tokapi Palace on the eve of the Bayram.
Tags: Audience Hall (Arz odası), Bayram, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
Parade of horses in the Sultans's honour, in the Second Court of Topkapi Palace, on the eve of the Bayram.
Tags: Animals, Bayram, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Golden Horn, Horses, Human types, Imperial stables, Istanbul, Military parades, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Stables, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
The tomb of Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice, mother of Mehmed IV at the mosque of Valide Sultan or New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in Eminönü, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Funerary monuments, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleums, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Prayer, Quran, Religious practices, Sultans, Thrace, Tomb of Turhan Hatice Sultan (Istanbul), Turhan Hatice Sultan, Turkey
The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Books, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Recep Paşa (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Quranic inscriptions, Recep Pasha, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.
Tags: Abdul Hamid I / I. Abdul Hamid, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Laleli Mosque (Laleli Camii), Mausoleum of Mustafa Paşa III (Istanbul), Mausoleums, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mawlid, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey
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
The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Uzunkemer aqueduct
The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Children, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Hippodromes, Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Mosques, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women
View of Istanbul from Pera. Valens aqueduct in the background. To the left of the aqueduct, the mosques of Suleiman I and Ahmed I, and Hagia Sophia.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views, Women
View of Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Houses, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
Fig. 1. View of Gelibolu. Fig. 2. View of Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu), Castles and fortresses, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Towers, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople, Windmills
Map of Istanbul.
Tags: Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Galata, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Maps, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
View of Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
View of the Ottoman fortress of Kanli Kula in Herceg Novi, besieged by the Venetians.
Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Herceg Novi / it. Castelnuovo / anc. Neocastron, History, Kanlı Kula Fortress, Maps, Montenegro, Most Serene Republic of Venice, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views
View of the Seraglio Point from the Sea of Marmara.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople
View of the Obelisk of Theodosius I on the Hippodrome of Cosntantinople and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dogs, Egyptian monuments, Hieroglyphs, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the Seraglio Point. On the left Kadiköy. On the right Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople
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