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The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.

Musicians at the Asian valley of Sweet Waters.

View of the Sehzade Mosque and Mausoleum in Fatih.

The entrance to Yedikule fortress.

View and plan of the Arch of the Sergii in Pula, Croatia.

View of the Doric Temple in Segesta, Sicily.

Landscape in the vale of Simoes river, most probably north of today's village Kalafat.

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Panoramic view of Istanbul from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the right part of the Topkapi Palace. In the background the mosques of Sultan Suleiman I and Mehmet II.

Panoramic view of the Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the first courtyard of the palace with Hagia Irene on the left. In the background the Gate of Salutation, the Tower of Justice, the Divan and the imperial kitchens.

Panoramic view of Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III. In the background Prince islands.

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

View of Nafplio. On the left Palamidi, on the right the Bourtzi.

The Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (or Küçüksu fountain) in the Sweet Waters of Asia, in Istanbul. On the left, the Anatolian Castle.

Turkish women traveling.

Lesgian village in the area of Begitta.

A summit in n Likhi or Sourami mountain range, in Georgia.

The Greek Parliament (former royal palace). In the background Mount Lycabettus. On the right Mount Hymettus.

Fire sufferers' encampment outside Thessaloniki after the Great Fire of 4 September 1890. Scene from the great fire of Thessaloniki. From The Graphic, September 1890.

Central street in Thessaloniki. From: Marius Bernard: Turquie d'Europe et d'Asie. De Salonique à Jérusalem, Paris, Henri Laurent, 1899.

Sailors of the British Mediterranean fleet waiting at the port to get back on their ships after a short general leave. From The Illustrated London News, 1895.

Scene from the author's journey from Saint Petersburg to Odessa.

Nomad merchants of Crimea.

View of Strada Reale in Valletta, Malta.

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.