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View of the Castle of Agios Georgios in Lixouri, Cephalonia island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Agios Georgios (Cephalonia), Castles and fortresses, Cephalonia, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Lixouri, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

Partial view of Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) with Topkapi Palace. The plate shows the Tower of Justice in the second court of the palace and the Harem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Harem, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Justice / Adalet kulesi, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

Partial view of Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) with Topkapi Palace and Incirli Kiosk.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman kiosks, Ottoman monuments, Pearl Kiosk / İncili Köşk, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

Partial view of Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) with Topkapi Palace.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

View of the spot where the Bosporus joins the Golden Horn.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

View of one of the ports of Elaeussa Sebaste (today Ayas) and the city fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Castles and fortresses, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Ports, Tents, Turkey, Views, Walls

Details from the walls of Konya: reliefs, statues and decorative features from diverse historical periods, which had been incorporated into the walls in accordance with a practice distinctive of Seljuk architecture.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Konya / Iconium, Reliefs, Seljuk architecture, Seljuk monuments, Turkey, Walls

View of the walls of Konya. An ancient statue and decorative features from diverse historical periods had been incorporated into the walls, in accordance with a practice distinctive of Seljuk architecture.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Human types, Konya / Iconium, Reliefs, Sculptures, Seljuk architecture, Seljuk monuments, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Konya

The western gate of Aphrodisias in Caria, seen from the exterior of the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Gates, Geyre / anc. Aphrodisias, Turkey, Walls, Walls of Aphrodisias

The western gate of Aphrodisias in Caria, seen from the interior of the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Gates, Geyre / anc. Aphrodisias, Turkey, Walls, Walls of Aphrodisias

Funerary monuments in the necropolis of Hierapolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Inscriptions, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Hierapolis, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Sarcophagi, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Walls

On of the gates of Iznik, possibly Lake Gate, from the interior of the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gates, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Lake Gate / Göl Kapısı (Iznik), Turkey, Views, Walls

Lefke Gate or Eastern Gate of Iznik.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gate Lefke (Lefke Kapısı) / Eastern Gate (Iznik), Gates, Human types, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Walls

Ancient reliefs which had been incorporated into the walls of Iznik.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Reliefs, Turkey, Walls

The gate of Constantinople, or Northern Gate of Iznik, from outside the walls.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Gate of Istanbul (Istanbul Kapısı) / Northern Gate (Iznik), Gates, Iznik / gr. Nicaea, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Iznik

Panoramic view of the city and port of Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Gulf of Izmir, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Ports, Turkey, Views, Walls

View of settlement in the bay of Izmir, possibly Yenifoça.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Foça / anc. Phocaea, Ionia, Natural environment, Ports, Turkey, Views, Walls, Yenifoça

Ancient structure on the outskirts of Tarsus, built by giants according to local tradition.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Gates, Tarsus, Turkey, Walls

View of Ankara.

Tags: Ankara, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Maps, Turkey, Views, Walls

Ancient wall at Achinos, Phthiotis.

Tags: Achinos, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Phthiotis, Walls

Ancient wall structure at Thermopylae.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Phthiotis, Smoking, Thermopylae, Walls

View of New Mosque in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

View of the Golden Gate at the walls of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Gates, Golden Gate / Altınkapı / Yaldızlıkapı, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls, Walls of Constantinople

View of Thessaloniki from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Macedonia, Thermaic gulf, Thessaloniki, Views, Walls

The Gate of the Lions at Mycenae.

Tags: Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Map of Elba island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Elba / anc. Aethalia, Islands, Italy, Maps, Mythical beings, Portoferraio, Ports, Southern Italy, Walls

Ancient wall in Mozia or San Pantaleo island, which is situated between Trapani and Marsala, Sicily. Drawing of salt flat near Mozia.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Italy, Mozia / San Pantaleo, Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Salt evaporation ponds - Salt pans, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Walls

View of Pylos from the sea. The Castle of Pylos (Niokastro).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Messenia, Niokastro (Pylos), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Pylos, Views, Walls

View of Methoni from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Human types, Messenia, Methoni, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

The walls of Αncient Messene.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Human types, Messene, Messenia, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Walls

Chapter page. View of Methoni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Messenia, Methoni, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Title page, Walls

Title page of the first part of the book. The Postern Gate of the Mycenae Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Gates, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Peloponnese, Title page, Walls

View of Medina in Saudi Arabia, with Al-Nabawi Mosque.

Tags: Al-Masjid al-Nabawi Mosque, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Houses, Human types, Medina, Mosques, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Saudi Arabia, Views, Walls

Plan of the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian in Split, Croatia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Maps, Palace of Diocletian (Split), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Split / it. Spalato / anc. Aspalathos, Walls

Reconstruction of Salomon's temple in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Mosques, Natural environment, Palestine, Religious practices, Solomon's Temple (Jerusalem), Walls, Walls of Jerusalem

The castle of Arwad on Arwad island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Houses, Human types, Islands, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

View of Arwad island outside Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Human types, Islands, Natural environment, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

View from Nafplio, Bourtzi in the background. View of the Mycenean Acropolis of Tiryns.

Tags: Acropolis of Tiryns, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Cyclopean walls, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Nafplio, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Tiryns, Views, Walls

Masonry tunnel at the Acropolis of Tiryns.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Human types, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tiryns, Walls

Cyclopian wall on the S. side of the Citadel of Mycenae. Loop hole or window. Cyclopian wall on the E. side of Tiryns.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tiryns, Walls

Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

View of the northeastern (postern) gate of Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Gates, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

The Postern gate of Mycenae Acropolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Gates, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

Gate of the Lions, Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

Gate of the Lions, Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

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