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Coat of arms of Christoph Fürer.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Germany, History, Social sphere and everyday life

Coats of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the street of the Knights and other nearby streets in the medieval old town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Greece, History, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Coats of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the street of the Knights in the medieval old town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Greece, History, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Suppression of Mamluk revolt, Cairo.

Tags: Cairo, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, History, Hookahs, Human types, Mamluks, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn), Smoking, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The Venetian fleet in the gulf of the Kalamata during the VI Ottoman-Venetian war.

Tags: Battle plans, Boats and ships, Greece, History, Kalamata, Messenia, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Peloponnese, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents

Sebastopol in 1855.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Houses, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

View of Sebastopol in 1855, after its siege by the British army during the Crimean war.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Houses, Modes of transport, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

Cemetery at Sebastopol. This spot was highly important to the British forces in the Crimean war.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cemeteries, Crimea, Crimean war, Funerary monuments, History, Houses, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

Aqueduct on Chornaya river, position held by the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Crimean war.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Chornaya aqueduct (Crimea), Chornaya river, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

Camp of the allies of the Crimean war (England, France and the Ottoman Empire) at Sebastopol.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Human types, Natural environment, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Ukraine

Positions of the British army in the siege of Sebastopol.

Tags: Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Military uniforms, Natural environment, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

View of Sebastopol from the British camp during the Crimean war.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Houses, Human types, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Views

Landscape at Inkerman. In the foreground Chornaya river. In the background, the Byzantine fortress of Kalamita.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Chornaya river, Crimea, Crimean war, Fortress of Kalamita (Crimea), History, Human types, Inkerman, Ottoman monuments, Rivers, Views

The monastery of Saint George at Balaklava, close to Sebastopol. In the background, cape Aya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Cape Aya (Crimea), Capes, Crimea, History, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint George (Balaklava), Religious practices, Russia, Russian monumens, Sebastopol, Ukraine

View of the harbour of Balaklava close to Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, on the right, the ruins of the Genoese castle. On the left, ships of the British fleet.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, British Navy, Crimea, Crimean war, Genoese castle (Balaklava), History, Medieval monuments, Ports, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Views

View of Beloslav (Devna) lake in Bulgaria, from the British camp. On the left, General Eyre's tents.

Tags: Animals, Beloslav / Devna, Boats and ships, British army, Bulgaria, Carriages, Crimean war, Generals, History, Houses, Lakes, Modes of transport, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Views

The bay of Galata at Varna, Bulgaria. In the background, the camp of the allies of the Crimean war (England, France and the Ottoman Empire).

Tags: Animals, Bay of Galata (Varna), Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bovids, British army, Bulgaria, Carriages, Crimean war, Gulfs and bays, History, Human types, Modes of transport, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Varna, Views

The camp of the allies of the Crimean war (England, France and the Ottoman Empire) at Bolayir on the Dardanelles.

Tags: Animals, Bolayır / Plagiari, Crimean war, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Dogs, Equids, History, Horses, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Map of Moldavia in the Ottoman era.

Tags: History, Maps, Moldavia, Moldavia and Wallachia

Map of part of Slovakia. This region marked the border between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire at the time of the latter's expansion in Europe.

Tags: History, Maps, Slovakia

Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha, admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the battle of Navarino.

Tags: Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (Kapudan Paşa), Battle of Navarino (1827), Costume - Hats and headwear, History, Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The British fleet at Pylos, October 1827 (Battle of Navarino).

Tags: Battle of Navarino (1827), Boats and ships, British Navy, Castles and fortresses, Greece, History, Messenia, Palaiokastro (Pylos), Peloponnese, Pylos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian monuments

Mosque of Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki, after the fire of 1891.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Greece, Hagia Sophia (Thessaloniki), History, Macedonia, Religious practices, Thessaloniki

Map of Greece in the time of Otto's reign.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, History, Maps, Peloponnese

The Ottoman fortress of Pylos during the city's siege by the Venetians in the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Pylos (Niokastro), Castles and fortresses, Greece, History, Human types, Messenia, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Peloponnese, Pylos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Views, Weapons

Map of Koroni during the city's siege by the Venetians in the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Koroni, Castles and fortresses, Greece, History, Koroni, Messenia, Nets, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Peloponnese, Siege of Koroni (1685), Tents, Venetian monuments, Weapons

The Russian camp on Joshua's Hill, on the northeastern coast of the Bosporus, as seen from the British embassy.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, British embassy, Camps, Embassies, History, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Yuşa Tepesi / Hazreti Yusa Tepesi, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

The British fleet places sea mines off the coastline of Crete (Cretan Revolt of 1889).

Tags: Boats and ships, British Navy, Cretan Revolt (1889), Crete, Greece, History, Human types, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

House on the beach of Katerini, in which the negotiations for the release of Colonel Synge took place. Coronel Synge became captive of the Greek insurgents during the events in Thessaly and Macedonia in 1878.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, History, Houses, Katerini, Macedonia, Pieria, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Uprising in Thessaly (1878)

The house in Naousa in which British colonel Synge was held hostage in 1878, during the uprising of Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, History, Houses, Imathia, Macedonia, Mount Vermio, Mountains, Naousa (Macedonia), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Uprising in Thessaly (1878)

George I of Greece is received by the Mayor of London at Guildhall Library, London.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, George I of Greece, Guildhall Library, History, Human types, Interiors, Kings, Libraries, London, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Women

Ruins at the castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Residents of the town of Chios watch as members of the French Navy set up tents for the population after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Children, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Women

The remains of the church of the Knights Hospitaller, Rhodes, after the explosion which occurred in the earthquake of 1856.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Church of Saint John – Collachio (Rhodes), Churches, Dodecanese, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Human types, Natural phenomena, Rhodes, Smoking

Consecration of the Greek church of Saint Sophia in London.

Tags: Children, Church of Hagia Sophia (London), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, History, Human types, London, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, United Kingdom, Women

Snapshots of the days after the devastating earthquake of Chios in April 1881: 1. Procession 2. Ruins of houses at Aplotaria, main street of the town of Chios. 3. Residents of Chios awaiting the arrival of provisions. 4. Ruins before the Governor's palace.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chios, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Processions, Religious practices, Views

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views, Windmills

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views

Map of the new territories acquired by Greece after the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. Ioannina did not in fact become Greek territory until the 1913 Treaty of Bucarest, after the Balcan Wars. The proposition that it be ceded to Greece in 1878 was rejected by the Congress of Berlin due to the reaction of the Ottoman side. With the Treaty of Berlin the Kingdom of Greece acquired Arta and adjacent area.

Tags: Epirus, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, Thessaly, Treaty of Berlin (1878)

View of Mount Olympus from the plain of Thessaly. Mount Olympus marked the northeastern border of Greece from the Treaty of Berlin (1878) to the Treaty of Bucarest (1913).

Tags: Greece, History, Mount Olympus, Mountains, Natural environment, Thessaly

British colonel Synge returns to Thessaloniki after his abduction by Greek insurgents durint the events of 1878 in Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Brigands, British, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Houses, Macedonia, Military officers, Priests, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Thessaloniki, Turks

Cretan Revolt (1866-69): Skirmishing in the Cretan mountains.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cretan Revolt (1866–69), Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Siege of the village of Kissamos or Kasteli, Crete, during the Cretan Revolution of 1866-1869.

Tags: Boats and ships, Cannons, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Cretan Revolt (1866–69), Crete, Greece, History, Kissamos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Weapons

Map of Southeastern Europe after the Berlin Treaty (1878).

Tags: Bulgaria, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Treaty of Berlin (1878), Turkey

Wreck of the “Assyrian” on the island of Elafonisi, Crete (1878).

Tags: Boats and ships, Crete, Elafonisi, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Map of the Balcan peninsula after the treaty of San Stefano, 1878.

Tags: Bulgaria, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Treaty of San Stefano, Turkey

The Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878. Town and fort of Domokos, at that moment a frontier town.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Domokos, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Domokos, Frankish monuments, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Phthiotis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), Views

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