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Wedding procession in Athens. In the foreground, the groom accompanied by two friends. In the background the bride, with her gaze lowered.
Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Brides, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activity, Dogs, Donkeys, Dowry, Equids (Horses / Mules / Donkeys), Greece, Houses, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Social sphere and everyday life, Wedding ceremonies, Women
Mosque of Bayezid II, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Mosque (Beyazıt Camii), Camels, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activity, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Hagia Sophia at Istanbul. On the left, the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Ottoman carriage. On the right, Ottomans enjoying a sherbet.
Tags: Animals, Beverages, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activity, Equids, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fans, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Modes of transport, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Umbrellas / Parasols, Women
The temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. In the background, the Arch of Hadrian and the Acropolis.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Priests, Roman monuments, Views, Women
The castle of Chios with the church of Saint Nicholas (at Molos) after the devastating earthquake of 1881.
Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Children, Chios, Church of Hagios Nikolaos at Molos (Chios), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
1. Stone bridge near the necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily. 2. The necropolis of Pantalica in Sicily, at the site of ancient Herbessus.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bridges, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Funerary monuments, Herbessus, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Pantalica (Sicily), Pantalica, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Views, Women
1. View of the ancient theatre of Syracuse. 2. View of the funerary monument known as the “Grave of Archimedes”.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Doric order, Funerary monuments, Grave of Archimedes (Syracuse), Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Painters / Engravers, Religious practices, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Theatres, Travel, Views
View of quarries in Syracuse. At the time of the author's visit, the quarry was within the garden of the Capuchin monastery.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Capuchin friars, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Italy, Monasteries, Priests, Quarries, Quarries of Syracuse (Ear of Dionysius), Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Vestments (liturgical garments), Views
View of Edremit, Asia Minor; most possibly an imaginary depiction.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castles and fortresses, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Edremit / Adramyttion, Equids, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Mysia, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Walls, Weapons
Procession accompanying the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman officials, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
View of Ramla, Israel, with some of the main sights of the city. G. Ruins of aqueduct, probably of the Roman period. A. Monastery of Saint George. B. The White Mosque, built in the Ummayad era; in the 16th and 17th centuries it was believed that this was initially a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Nablus. D. The house of the province governor.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Houses, Human types, Israel, Medieval monuments, Monastery of Saint George (Ramla), Pilgrimages, Ramla, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Umayyad architecture, Umayyad monuments, Views, White Mosque of Ramla
View of Antioch (Antakya), Asia Minor. Part of the walls of Saint Peter's church (B) as well as the castle of the Crusaders or Bagras castle.
Tags: Agios Petros (Antioch/ Antakya), Animals, Antakya-Hatay / Antioch, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bagras Castle, Camels, Caravans, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crusades, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ottomans, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey, Turks, Views
View of the mountains of Judaea, with the monastery of Saint John the Baptist, at the site where the Saint was born in Ein Karem village (A). The House of Elizabeth and Zechariah in Ein Karem village (C).
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Church of Saint John the Baptist (Ein Karem), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ein Karem, Holy Land, House of Zechariah and Elisabeth (Ein Karem), Human types, Israel, Judaea, Judaean desert, Judaean Mountains, Palestine, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Views
View of Bethlehem and surrounding area, with some of the major pilgrim sites, among which the monastery of Prophet Elias (B). The Basilica of the Nativity, however, is not shown.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Camels, Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Houses, Human types, Mar Elias Monastery (Jerusalem), Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Views, Walls
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