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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.

Date

1873

Bibliographic Citation

COECK VAN AELST, Pieter. The Turks in MDXXXIII. A series of drawings made in that year at Constantinople by Peter Coeck of Aelst, and published from woodblocks, by his widow, at Antwerp in MDLIII; reproduced, with other illustrations, in fac-simile, with an introduction by Sir William Stirling Maxwell, bart., London / Edinburgh, Privately printed for W.S.M., MDCCCLXXIII [=1873].

Area/Place

Turkey
Thrace
Istanbul

Subject

Architecture and built environment
Maps

Collection

The Gennadius Library - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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