Ottoman monuments (712 Subjects)
View of the Second Courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, also known as the outer courtyard. On the left the Imperial Harem and Divan. On the right the Imperial Kitchens. In the background the Gate of Felicity, leading to the Third Courtyard of the Palace.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
View of the summer palace of the Sultan at Beşiktaş, at the place of which the Palace of Dolmabahçe was built in the 19th century.
The palace of Hatice Sultan (sister of the Sultan Selim III) at Defterdarburnu, on the western shores of Bosporus. Hatice Sultan entrusted A. I. Melling with designing the palace.
The seaside kiosk of Sultan Selim III at Bebek, on the European shores of Bosporus. In this kiosk the Sultan and other Ottoman officials of high ranks gave audience to representatives of foreign states.
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman women dancing. On the left the Anatolian Castle.
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground some Ottoman men are dancing, while others are enjoying their coffee.
View of the Bosporus. On the left the Anatolian Castle, and on the right the Towers of the Rumelian Castle.
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Joshua's Hill (or Hill of Jesus), close to Anadolu Kavağı, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.
The aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I at Bahçeköy, and the prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Aqueduct at Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus. A. I. Melling is most probably depicting here one of the three aqueducts found at Belgrad Forset (the Kırkçeşme aqueduct, the Uzunkemer aqueduct or the Aqueduct of Mağlova).
The Çağlayan Palace in the Sweet Waters of Europe (Kağıthane). This palace was constructed on the ruins of Saadabad Palace, which was demolished in 1730, during the Patrona Halil revolt.
