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View of Istanbul from Pera. In the background, the mosque of Suleiman I and Valens aqueduct.

The fortress of Antirrion.

View of Pylos (Niokastro) during the Sixth Venetian-Ottoman War.

Plan of the castle of Kelefa at the Peloponnese.

View of Chalcis with Karababa fortress.

Vie of Kilitbahir castle on the European coast of the Hellespont.

View of Sultaniye castle on the Asian coast of the Hellespont.

View of Abydos and Kilitbahir castle on the European coast of the Hellespont.

View of Yerevan, Armenia. In the background, the Ottoman castle of the city (Erivan castle). In the middle ground, the ancient castle of Erebuni.

View of Osijek bridge, Croatia. This wooden bridge was built in the era of Suleiman I, and measured eight metres.

Plan of the medieval castle of Petrinja, Croatia. Plan of the Ottoman castle of Petrinja, Croatia.

View of Istanbul.

View of the Dardanelles. In the foreground, the now-lost New Fortresses. In the background, Kilitbahir castle and Sultaniye castle, on the European and Asian coasts of the Dardanelles.

Kilitbahir castle (left) and Sultaniye castle (right), on the European and Asian coasts of the Dardanelles.

View of Tabarka, Tunisia.

Panoramic view of Istanbul, with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosques of Sultan Ahmed I and Süleyman I.

View of Yerevan, Armenia.

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the northwest.

Scene at a bath, Istanbul.

The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.

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.