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View of the Golden Gate at the walls of Istanbul.

Çağlayan Palace at Sweet Waters of Europe (Kağıthane). The palace was built on the ruins of Saadabad Palace, which was demolished in 1730, during the revolt of Patrona Halil.

View of Tophane square. In the background, the mosque of Ahmed I. On the right, the fountain of Mahmud I.

The quarter of Fenerbahçe south of Kadiköy, on the Asian coast of the Bosporus.

View of Istanbul, from Topkapi Palace to the mosque of Suleiman I.

The palace of Esme Sultan at Eyüp, Istanbul.

The kiosk of Selim III at Bebek, on the European coast of the Bosporus. The Sultan and his officials used the kiosk to receive representatives of foreign nations.

The mausoleum of Suleiman I at Süleimaniye mosque.

View of the Hippodrome of Istanbul and the mosque of Sultan Ahmed I. On the left, Hagia Sophia.

View of the shipyard of Kasımpaşa, Istanbul. In the background, the Tower of Galata.

View of the miltary barracks and the park of Pera.

The Anatolian Castle (Anadolu Hisarı) on the Asian coast of the Bosporus.

Kiosk by the sea at Sweet Waters of Asia.

Landscape at Çubuklu, on the northeastern coast of the Bosporus.

View of the fountain of Ahmed III at Üsküdar.

View of Dolmabahçe Park, where the Palace of Dolmabahçe was built later in the 19th century.

View of Tarabya, Istanbul.

Panoramic view of Istanbul, from the mosque of Suleiman I to Eyüp district.

Landscape at Büyükdere on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

The quarter of Büyükdere on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

The junction of the Bosporus and the Black Sea.

View of the village of Melidoni and Mount Ida, Crete.

View of Voznesensk, Ukraine. In order to better control the territories of “New Russia”, Czar Alexander I had placed an important cavalry division at Voznesensk.

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar on the Asian coast of the Bosporus. In the background, on the left, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosque of Ahmed I. At the centre, the mosque of Suleiman I. On the right the Tower of Galata.