Social sphere and everyday life - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with Greek slave in the Harem.

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Bride of Abydos": Ottoman prince with odalisque in the Harem .

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Corsair": Greek slave and an Ottoman Pasha.

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Prisoner of Chillon": The Chillon Castle on the shores of Lake Leman in Switzerland.

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "Hours of Idleness".

Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Walts": Scene in a salon in London.

The library of Leiden. On the left underneath the windows, the famous map of the course of the Elbe done by Lorichs.

Scene in Ottoman mosque. On the rite, Ottomans cleansing themselves before entering the mosque. On the left a religious teacher with his disciples.

Circumcision.

Ottomans slaughtering a lamb in preparation for the Bayram.

Ottomans supervising slaves, taken captive in the war, during agricultural work.

Exorcisms and torture on apostates and fugitives.

The march of the Sultan from the Palace to the mosque on the day of Bayram. Frontispiece of the first volume: The march of Ottoman officials.

The march of the Sultan from the Palace to the mosque on the day of Bayram. Frontispiece of the second volume: The departure of the Sultan from the Palace.

Golden Gate or Axios (Vardar) Gate in Thessaloniki. From: E. M. Cousinéry, Voyage dans la Macédoine, Paris, 1831.

View of Incantadas monument in the Roman agora of Thessaloniki. E. M. Cousinéry, Voyage dans la Macédoine, Paris, 1831.

Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki.

Rotonda in Thessaloniki.

View of Incantadas monument in the Roman agora of Thessaloniki, based on earlier drawing from the edition by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett. Lithograph, c. 1830.