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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 Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of the Great Fortress of Chandax (Heraklion) together with the Kules Fortress, also known as Rocca a Mare.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Views, Walls, Weapons
View of Famagusta as the city prepares its defense against the Ottoman attack, 1570.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Famagusta, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Ethnic groups, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Genoese, Human types, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Tents, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of the New Mosque in Eminönü.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Eminönü, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the Sweet Waters of Asia, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Tents, Turkey, Views
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
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
View of Corinth, the Isthmus of Corinth and Acrocorinth. In the foreground the Venetian fleet sailing the Corinthian Gulf.
Tags: Acrocorinth, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Battlefields, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Corinth, Corinthian gulf, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Natural environment, Peloponnese, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian fleet, Views
View of the temple of Hephaestus in Athens. In the foreground, Arvanite peasants threshing corn under the supervision of a Muslim servant who is escorting his master's son. On the left, Arvanites in provisional hut (kalyvi).
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Albanians, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Tents, Threshing, Women
Panoramic view of the (now lost) Palace of Beşiktaş, at the site of which the Dolmabahçe Palace was constructed.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beşiktaş / gr. Diplokionion, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Dolmabahçe - Dolmabahçe Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı), Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Tents, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views
The disposition of the Russian army in the battle of Stănileşt during the Pruth campaign (1711). Portrait of the commanders of the troops, Peter I the Great of Russia and Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. Roman coins discovered in the area,
Tags: Art and antiquities, Battle of Stănileşti, Cavalry, Coins, Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, History, Maps, Military campaigns, Order of battle, Ottoman officials, Peter I of Russia, Plans and drawings, Pruth river, Rivers, Romania, Russo-Turkish Wars, Soldiers, Stănileşti, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents
The Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military officers, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Views, Women
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