Architecture and built environment (7142 Subjects)
View of Vienna from the southeast.
Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox people of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.
Scene at a bath, Istanbul.
Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.
Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.
Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.
Procession accompanying the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque.
The Nilometer, square cistern with a marble column, used to measure the levels o the Nile in Egypt.
The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt, enters in Cairo.
View of the catacombs of Alexandria.
The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.
Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.
Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.
The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.
A raft crosses Tigres river at Mosul, Irak.
Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.
Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.
A prisoner is executed by torture on the orders of Shah Abbas in Persia. On the right, a Portuguese merchant turns his head away from the horrendous sight.
Prisoners executed by torture in Persia. On the left, a woman is killed after the executioner has placed a rabid cat under her clothes. At the centre, prisoner tortured with hot irons.
The mausoleum of Muslim saint Shah Alam in Ahmedabad, India.
Celebration at the streets of Visapur, India, for the wedding of the daughter of the local governor.
Local costumes of Agra, India.
Carriage typically used by affluent merchants of India.
Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.
Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.
View of the mausoleums of Qutb Shahi dynasty at Golkonda, India.
Plan of the temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae: Reconstruction of the façade, and the outer peristyle along the sides of the temple. Reconstruction of the inner peristyle of the entrance to the temple. Reconstruction of the inner peristyle along the sides of the temple, showing the positioning of the frieze around the cella. Reconstruction of part of the cella, showing the position of Apollo's statue and slabs from the frieze.
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.
Map of Karpathos island.