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The Tower of Leander, Istanbul. In the background, Kadiköy quarter (on the Asian shore of the Bosporus).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosques, Nets, Smoking, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

51. The prince heir to the Ottoman throne. On his right, the window through which the Sultan spied on the meetings of the Divan (assembly of Ottoman officials). 52. Plan of the Tower of Leander (bottom right). Plan of mosque (bottom centre). Drawing of minaret (bottom left) and other architectural and decorative features of a mosque (top) 57. Detail from wall decoration of the imperial mosques of Istanbul. 63. Wooden floor of Ottoman house in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan (Divan-ı Hümayun), Houses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Plans and drawings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

View of Istanbul. 1. Heptapyrgion or Yedikule castle 3. Fenerbahçe quarter. 4. Port of Kadiköy. 5-6. Scutari palace. 7. Tower of Leander. 8. Port of Scutari. 9.10 Tophane quarter and street market. 11. Galata and Pera district. 12. Shipyards of Kasımpaşa. 13. New Mosque (Mosque of Valide Sultan) 14. Palace of Porphyrogenitus.

View of Seraglio Point from the embassy of the Netherlands at Pera district.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar. In the background on the right, the Tower of Galata; on the left, the tower of Leander.

Map of Istanbul, showing some of the city's main sights: A. The Plataean Tripod at the Byzantine Hippodrome B. The Column of Arcadius C. The Patriarchate of Constantinople D. The church of Hagioi Apostoloi, Istanbul. E. Atik Mustafa Pasa Mosque at the area of Vlacherna, initially a church built in the Byzantine era; its original dedication remains unknown. F. Cannons used in Suleiman I's campaigns to Belgrade, Rhodes and Budapest.

A small boat (kaik) carries Ottoman women to the European shore of the Bosporus. In the background, the tower of Leander.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Turks, Women

The Tower of Leander in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Istanbul, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

Map of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople

View of Üsküdar from Beşiktaş.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beşiktaş / gr. Diplokionion, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Istanbul, Natural environment, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views

Maiden's Tower in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Birds, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

View of the Seraglio Point from Karaköy. In the background the Prince islands. On the left Kadıköy and the Maiden's tower.

View of Bosporus and Üsküdar from Maiden's Tower. On the right the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Natural environment, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views

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

Maiden's Tower, Istanbul.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Human types, Istanbul, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

Panoramic view of the (now lost) Palace of Beşiktaş, at the site of which the Dolmabahçe Palace was constructed.

Map of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

View of the Seraglio Point from Pera (Beyoğlu).

View of Maiden's Tower, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Istanbul, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Tophane, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

Tower of Leander at the entrance of the Bosphorus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bosporus, Istanbul, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

The Tower of Leander seen from Üsküdar. Pera and Galata in the background.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Galata, Istanbul, Lighthouses, Medieval monuments, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

The Asian shore of the Bosphorus near Üsküdar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Lighthouses, Mosques, Natural environment, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis

Üsküdar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Istanbul, Mosques, Natural environment, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

View of Üsküdar and the Maiden's Tower on the Bosphorus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Human types, Istanbul, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis

The Tower of Leander.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Human types, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Swimming, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

View of Topkapi palace, with the Asian shore of the Bosphorus and the Tower of Leander.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views

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