Title
The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
Alternative Title
Mosque of Sultan Achmet.
Date
1810
Bibliographic Citation
MAYER, Luigi. Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie by Luigi Mayer, F.A.S. with descriptions historical and illustrative, London, P. Bowyee, 1810.
Area/Place
Istanbul
Thrace
Turkey
Subject
Architecture and built environment
Art and antiquities
Collection
The Gennadius Library - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens