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View of the plain of Larissa from settlement close to the city. Snapshot of everyday life at the village.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Larissa, Natural environment, Oxen, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spindles, Spinning, Spinning wheels, Storks, Textile manufacture, Views, Washing and laundering, Wells, Women
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Oxen, Parthenon, Rivers
Bridge of Don or Brig O'Balgownie, Aberdeen.
Tags: Aberdeen, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Brig o' Balgownie, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Great Britain, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Scotland, Scottish people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
The Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (or Küçüksu fountain) in the Sweet Waters of Asia, in Istanbul. On the left, the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Turkey, Views, Women
The entrance to Yedikule fortress.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Castles and fortresses, Fatih, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)
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
Musicians at the Asian valley of Sweet Waters.
Tags: Animals, Carpets, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Turkey, Women
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
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
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
The prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the first Courtyard, known also as Court of the Janissaries or Parade Court. On the right Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint. In the background the Gate of Salutation, leading to the Second Courtyard of the palace.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Donkeys, Fountains / Springs, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mint (Darphane-i Âmire), Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Water sellers
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
The remains of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Peloponnese, Ruins, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views, Women
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