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.
View of the interior of the Imperial Harem at Topkapi Place in Istanbul.
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 Golden Horn from Eyüp.
View of Kara ağaç on the shore of the Golden Horn.
View of Aynalıkavak on the north-eastern shore of the Golden Horn.
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa on the Golden Horn.
View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
View of Tophane.
View of Tophane square and the Fountain of Mahmut I.
View of Istanbul from Pera (Beyoğlu).
View of Üsküdar from Pera (Beyoğlu).
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.
Fountain at Sarıyer, on the European shores of 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 Mağlova aqueduct at the Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Scene in the Valley of Sweet Waters.
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.
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque, on the western shores of Golden Horn.
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp.
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Beşiktaş. In the background the Anatolian and Rumelian castles.