Architecture and built environment (7220 Subjects)
The triumphal arch of Aunia Meliana in the walls of Zadar, Croatia. The arch became part of the Sea Gate or Gate of Saint Chrysogonus in 1573.
Plan of the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian in Split, Croatia.
The Column of Marcian in Istanbul.
The Pillar of Pompey, which was situated at the point where the Bosporus joins the Black Sea.
Reliefs from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius I, at the Byzantine Hippodrome of Istanbul.
Ottoman capital.
Monumental Roman tomb at Milas, known today as Gümüşkesen.
The temple of Augustus at Milas.
The Parthenon.
Roman ruins in Athens
The Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens.
The Tower of the Winds in Athens.
The Gate of Athena Archegetis in the Roman Agora of Athens.
The temple of Hephaestus in Athens.
Inscription from the monument of Philopappus in Athens.
Christ Crucified from the Church of Panagia stin Petra, which was built on the site of the temple of Artemis Agrotera by Ilissus river.
Plan of the columns of the temple of Aphaea on Aegina islands.
The Caryatid from the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis.
Frontispiece. A scene from the voyage of Jacob Spon and George Wheler.
The Sultan rides to the mosque for the customary Friday prayer, escorted by his suite.
Jacob Spon and George Wheler at Izmir. Panoramic view of the city.
The remains of ancient Ephesus. Jacob Spon and George Wheler reading an ancient inscription.
Jacob Spon and George Wheler visit the remains of ancient Athens.
Adam and Eved according to Islamic tradition. Prophet Muhammad ascends to heaven. Drawing of the Mosque of Mecca (Al-Masjid al-Haram) and the Holy Rock (Kaaba).
Scene at a public bath, possibly in Istanbul.
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.