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Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Siege of Corinth": Ottoman official and Greek slave girl at the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Banners and standards, Battlefields, Cannons, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Lord Byron, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Poems, Ruins, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Weapons, Women
Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian officials, Venetians, Weapons
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
The Castle of Oitylon in Mani.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Oitylo / Castle of Maine, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Human types, Laconia, Mani, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Oitylo, Peloponnese, Towers, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of Kotor in Montenegro, with the fortress of Saint John.
Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Battles, Cannons, Churches, Fort Saint John (Kotor), Houses, Kotor / anc. Ascrivium, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Montenegro, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Weapons
View of Hebron. In the background the monument in Herodian architecture which houses the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah are buried. The Valley of Jericho. View of the Dead Sea.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebron), Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dead Sea, Funerary monuments, Hebron, Holy Land, Horses, Israel, Jericho, Jewish monuments, Jordan (country), Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Roman monuments, Soldiers, Views, Weapons
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
View of Tophane.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cannons, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Order of battle, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman imperial armory / Tophane-i Amire, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa on the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of Kara ağaç on the shore of the Golden Horn.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ducks, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Hunting, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Shipyards, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tufeks (firearm), Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of Istanbul from Maiden's Tower. In the foreground imperial boats are departing from Topkapi Palace. In the first view, the Ottoman Sultan; in the second, some Ottoman princes.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cannons, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Karaköy, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Weapons
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