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Ruins occasioned by the earthquake at Messina.

View at Villa Scabrosa, Catania, Sicily.

The ruins of an ancient temple on Salina island, which is situated at the centre of Isole Eolie archipelago.

Island of Stromboli.

The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.

Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.

A market in Jerusalem.

A sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings complex outside Jerusalem.

View of Bethlehem.

Scene at a public bath, possibly in Istanbul.

Muslim woman doing her prayers. Depiction of the sequence of Muslim prayer.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in winter costume. A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in spring costume. A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in summer costume. A slave woman, escort to a Muslim lady.

Muslim women of Turkey in promenade costume. Muslim woman of Egypt in promenade costume. European woman covered with a shawl. European woman wearing a mahrama, embroidered head cover typically used by Muslim women.

Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.

Leisure scene at Sweet waters of Europe (Kağithane). Saadabad palace in the distance.

Ottoman dancers.

Greek women dancing in Istanbul.

The Chief Admiral of the Ottoman fleet shows himself before the Sultan. In the background (right to left) the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene.