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Fortifications and fortresses (141 Subjects)

Map of Nicosia.

Famagusta.

Remains of ancient walls on Aitos hill.

View of Abu Qir.

Fortified Cliffs of Alaya, Coast of Caramania.

View of the walls in the quarter of Edirne Kapi. Chora Church (today Kariye Müzesi) in the background.

View of the walls of Istanbul.

The Golden Gate (Altınkapı) in Yedi Kule fortress (Heptapyrgion).

Mount Ortholithi in Methana.

Village of Piada (modern-day Nea Epidavros). The Byzantine castle in the background.

The sea walls of Istanbul at Seraglio Point and the Lighthouse. Tookapi Palace in the background.

The sea walls and the coffehouse at Fanar Gate (today Balat quarter).

Muslim cemetery and part of the walls near Koiliomene Gate (Ayvansaray Kapısı).

Coffehouses near the Gate of Saint Romanus (Top Kapısı).

1. Gate in the walls of Hattousa (Boǧazkal), capital of the Hittites. 2. Gate in the walls of Hattousa.

Walls of Aphrodisias in Caria.

Gate in the walls of Assus.

Rock-cut Odeon in Aperlae, Lycia.

Theatre in Patara.

The northern gate of the walls of Nicaea (Iznik).

Yenisehir Gate in the walls of Nicaea.

Gate of Leuke in the walls of Nicaea.

View of Trebzon.

Gate at the walls of Edirne.

Details from the gate on the walls of Edirne.

Remains of tower at Vize fortress.

View of Yedikule Castle on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul.

View of Edirne Gate, at the walls of Istanbul.

View of the seaside walls of Istanbul.

View of the Golden Gate at the walls of Istanbul.