Ottoman architecture (455 Subjects)
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.
View of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman men dancing on a boat.
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 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 Küçüksu fountain (or Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain) in the Sweet waters of Asia. In the background the Rumelian and Anatolian Castles.
Interior view of the Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I. In the foreground a model of the entire mosque complex.
View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar, on the Asiatic shores of Bosporus. In the background the Seraglio Point and Pera (Beyoğlu).
Ottoman villas on the Asiatic shore of Bosporus, near Kandili. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
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.
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Beylerbey. On the shores, Beylerbey Palace in one of its first constructional phases, before its final reconstruction ordered by Sultan Abdülaziz.