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Scene in the Valley of Sweet Waters.

Ottoman men are resting in the cooling room of a hamam, after having enjoyed their bath.

Interior view of the Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground a model of the entire mosque complex.

The central avenue of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

The armor bazaar in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

A scene in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, somewhere in Sandal Bedesten.

The courtyard of the mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.

Musicians at the Asian valley of Sweet Waters.

Interior view of Hagia Sophia from women's gallery.

View of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I from the Beyazıt Tower, also named Serasker Tower, on Beyazit Square. In the background Pera (Beyoğlu) and the eastern shore of the Golden Horn.

Interior view of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.

The mihrab of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground pious Ottomans are praying.

View of Büyükdere from Joshua's Hill (or Hill of Jesus), on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.

Interior view of Ottoman house in Balat.

Interior court in an inn.

Portrait of Haci Ahmet, guide of the author on his journey from Wallachia in Romania to Istanbul.

Turkish musicians at Büyükada island.

Turkish ladies of Istanbul.

Landscape near Hünkar iskelesi, north of Beykoz, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.

View of the esonarthex of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, looking eastwards.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right one of the two lustration urns from Pergamon, transferred to the temple during the reign of Sultan Murat III.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the north nave.

View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In the background the esonarthex. On the left the Grand Vizier praying.

View of the imperial tribune in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This tribune stood between the mihrab and the Columns from Ephesus, which were transferred to the imperial capital during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the upper gallery from the south-west.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, right after its reconstruction by the Fossati brothers in 1847.

Pompey's Pillar, also known as Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, in Alexandria, Egypt.

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