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The fortress of Kilyos in the region of the same name, at the junction of the Bosporus with the Black Sea.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Castle of Kilyos (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kilyos, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Cave of volcanic minerals near Anadolu Kavaği, where the Bosporus joins the Black Sea.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

The fortresses of Europe and Asia on the Bosporus. In the foreground, the fountain of Küçüksu or fountain of Mihrisah Sultan, near the location of Sweet Waters of Asia (today Göksu Deresi).

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Bpats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman monuments, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Map of the Bosporus and its surroundings.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

1. Section of Çukur Bostan, a system comprised of seven open-air cisterns of the Byzantine era. 2. Elevation and vertical section of one of the walls of Çukur Bostan. 3. Columns, plans and architectural features from Philoxenos Cistern, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Çukur Bostan, Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

1. The aqueduct of Kemer Burgas at the area of the same name. 2. Elevation and vertical section of part of the aqueduct. 3. Architectural instrument used to measure the ground for the construction of aqueducts. 4. Aqueduct of Mahmud I at Petra (Bahceköy). 5. Vertical section of Bahceköy aqueduct.

Tags: Aqueduct of Mahmud I, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bahçeköy / byz. Petra, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Istanbul, Kemerburgaz aqueduct, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Elevation of the colonnade of a reservoir near Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul. 2. Plan of said reservoir. 3. Vertical section of Egri Kapi reservoir. 4. Vertical section of Pera reservoir, at the site of modern-day Taksim square, named after the cistern (Taksim = cistern). 5. Plan of Pera reservoir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Egir Kapi reservoir (Istanbul), Irrigation systems, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Pera reservoir (Istanbul), Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Sections, elevations, plans and drawings of architectural features from aqueducts, with emphasis on subterranean structures.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Irrigation systems, Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Volcanic minerals discovered in Istanbul, around the area of the mythic Symplegades or Clashing Rocks: 1) The western side of Yum Burnu promontory, on the norheastern shore of the Bosporus, at the junction with the Black Sea. 2. Agglomerate of volcanic minerals with porphyry veins from Kadiköy (anc. Chalcedon), discovered by the author at Buyuk Liman, on the norheastern shore of the Bosporus. 3) Porphyry from Kadiköy (anc. Chalcedon). 4) Basalt from Buyuk Liman, norheastern shore of the Bosporus. 5) The eastern side of the northeastern end of the Bosporus, at the junction with the Black Sea.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Buyük liman, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mythology, Natural environment, Symplegades / Clashing Rocks / Cyanean Rocks, Thrace, Turkey, Volcanoes, Yum Burnu

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