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View of Istiniye, on the European shores of the Bosporus. On the left the Fountain of Ahmet Şemsettin.
Tags: Ahmet Şemsettin fountain/ (Ahmet Şemsettin efendi çeşmesi), Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Istanbul, İstinye / anc. Leosthenion, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Panoramic view of the Sea of Marmara from the Beyazit Tower, also named as Serasker Tower, on the Beyazit Square. In the foreground the Mosque of Sulatn Beyazit I. In the background Hagia Sophia, the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I and the Mosque of Küçük Ayasofya.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus / Little Hagia Sophia (Küçuk Ayasofya Camii), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ministry of military administration, Ottoman monuments, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The Mosque of Beyazit II on Beyazit Square in Istanbul. On the left, Ağalar Gate, which was renamed to Serasker Gate in the beginning of the 19th century.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ministry of military administration, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Serasker Gate / Serasker kapısı, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the area the Dolmabahçe Palace was built at, from 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: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cemeteries, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dolmabahçe - Dolmabahçe Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı), Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Gümüşsuyu, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the Seraglio Point from Karaköy. In the background the Prince islands. On the left Kadıköy and the Maiden's tower.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
The entrance to the Black Sea from Istanbul. On the right Yoros Castle, close to Anadolu Kavağı.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortifications and fortresses, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
View of the port of Istanbul (Eminönü). In the background the New Mosque, and the Beyazıt Tower, also named Serasker Tower, on Beyazit Square. On the right the Galata Tower.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Ducks, Eminönü, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Thrace, Turkey, Views
The mihrab of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground pious Ottomans are praying.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey
Interior view of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Priests, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I from the Beyazıt Tower, also named Serasker Tower, on Beyazit Square. In the background Pera (Beyoğlu) and the eastern shore of the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Carpets, Fatih, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey, Views
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
View of the Tophane square and the Fountain of Sultan Mahmut I. In the background the Nusretiye Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III at Hagia Sophia square.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
View of Istanbul from Okmeydani.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Okmeydanı, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views
The courtyard and the fountain of Hagia Sophia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
The courtyard of the mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
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 the New Mosque from the port of Eminönü. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Birds, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar, on the Asiatic shores of Bosporus. In the background the Seraglio Point and Pera (Beyoğlu).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Ethnic groups, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
Milk store in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
A scene in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, somewhere in Sandal Bedesten.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Sandal Bedesten, Shops, Sirkeci, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The armor bazaar in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Armour Bazaar, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Weapons
The central avenue of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
View of New Mosque ( Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Eminönü, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Watermelons, Women
Interior view of the Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground a model of the entire mosque complex.
Tags: Architects, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Haseki Hürrem Sultan / Roxelana, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I (Sultan Süleyman türbesi), Mausoleums, Mimar Sinan, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
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
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Beşiktaş. In the background the Anatolian and Rumelian castles.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beşiktaş / gr. Diplokionion, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Houses, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Professions, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Shepherds, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yalı
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cemetery of Eyüp, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Funerary steles, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cemetery of Eyüp, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Golden Horn, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque, on the western shores of Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Fountains / Springs, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Scene in the Valley of Sweet Waters.
Tags: Boats and ships, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Fountains / Springs, Golden Horn, Gulfs and bays, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Pleasure pavilions, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, 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
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Joshua's Hill (or Hill of Jesus), close to Anadolu Kavağı, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Goats, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Shepherds, Smoking, Turkey, Views
View of the Bosporus. On the left the Anatolian Castle, and on the right the Towers of the Rumelian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishermen, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nets, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Turkey, Views
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground some Ottoman men are dancing, while others are enjoying their coffee.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Kandilli, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Pleasure pavilions, Smoking, Turkey, Views
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman women dancing. On the left the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Kandilli, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Turkey, Views, Women
The seaside kiosk of Sultan Selim III at Bebek, on the European shores of Bosporus. In this kiosk the Sultan and other Ottoman officials of high ranks gave audience to representatives of foreign states.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bebek / anc. Chilai, Bosporus, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Pavilion of Selim III, Pleasure pavilions, Selim III (III. Selim), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
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
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