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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.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
A café on the Bosphorus, somewhere near Üsküdar. In the background the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views
Café at Eminönü. In the background the Tower of Beyazit, also called Serasker Tower, the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I and the Valens aqueduct.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cafés / Cafeneia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri)
The interior of a café at Tophane square.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey
Coffehouses near the Gate of Saint Romanus (Top Kapısı).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortifications and fortresses, Gate of Saint Romanus / Top Kapısı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman monuments, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
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