Architecture and built environment (7142 Subjects)
Half-title page with illustration.
Half-title page with illustration.
View of Istanbul from Pera. Valens aqueduct in the background. To the left of the aqueduct, the mosques of Suleiman I and Ahmed I, and Hagia Sophia.
The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
Fountain at Pera,.
Feast at Tarabya, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.
The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest, Istanbul.
Dam at Belgrade Forest, Istanbul, (most probably Valide Dam).
Caravanserai at Küçükçekmece, near Istanbul.
Wooden bridge at Küçükçekmece, near Istanbul.
A street in Çorlu, close to Tekirdağ. In the background, the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I, built by architect Kassim and the mosque's Külliye, built by architect Sinan.
Ottoman market at Lüleburgaz in Turkey.
Karavanserai at Lüleburgaz in Turkey.
View of the village Kaskerat, which according to the author is located in eastern Thrace, close to Edirne and 35 leagues from Istanbul.
The village of Eski Istambul, near Kirklareli (in Greek Saranta Ekklisies).
Kirklareli (in Greek Saranta Ekklisies), Eastern Thrace.
The village of Çalikkavak near Smyadovo, Bulgaria.
The church of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeş, Romania.
The entrance to the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeș, Romania.
Woodchopping at Argeş River in Pireşti, Romania.
Palace at Bucharest.
Ancient temples at Agrigento, Sicily.
The base of a gigantic column near Syracuse.
Ruins occasioned by the earthquake at Messina.
Ancient bath in Palagonia, near Catania, Sicily. According to Roman myth, the three small lakes of the area were the birthplace of the Sicilian deities Palici.
A modern structure erected on the site of the ancient cistern in Val di Noto, southeastern Sicily.
The ruinsof an ancient temple on Salina island, which is situated at the centre of Isole Eolie archipelago.
Ancient ruins at Ephesus.
Ruins of an aqueduct at Ephesus, most probably the Byzantine aqueduct at Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.
The Roman stadium of Ephesus.