SAYGER, C. & DESARNOD, Auguste Joseph
C. Sayger, librarian to the Czar of Russia, and Auguste Joseph Desarnod, painter (1788-1840), participated in military operations against the Ottoman army during the Russian-Turkish War of 1829-1830.
During the expedition, Sayger combined his military tasks with archeological and topographic research. After his return from the mission, he published this Album as well as the “Relation” of the journey. The Album includes fifty-five extremely rare lithographs, and descriptions of Didymoteicho, Edirne and Northern Thrace.
The travellers started out from Saint Petersburg in August 12, 1829. They reached Odessa by way of Witebsk and Doubassary, and then sailed to Burgas. Travelling by land,, they arrived in Edirne. They visited the city market, the mosques of Selim II and Beyazid I, the fortress and several ancient monuments. Sayger writes on their encounter with the bishop and with Armenian people living in Edirne. They continued on to Didymoteicho (the author describes the fortress, antiquities, the inhabitants, commerce, products, cotton and silk manufacture, tobacco, ceramics etc.)
Subsequently, the two travellers visited Saranta Ekklisies (they provide data on inhabitants, products, minerals), Doxipara (Pinarhisssar), Vize (they describe antiquities, churches, mosques, population, products and commerce), Edirne again (the old palace, climate, population, festivities). On their return trip, they visited and described Silimnos (Sliven), Burgas, Nesebar (Mesimvria) (ruins, churches, inhabitans), and Sozopolis. They stopped at Odessa, Sevastopol, Chersona and Simferopol, and finally reached Saint Petersburg. At the end of the “Relation” of the voyage, one finds the text of the Treaty of Adrianople, signed in Edirne by the Russian Czar and the Ottoman Sultan on 2 September 1829.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
SAYGER, C. & DESARNOD, Auguste Joseph - Asia Minor
SAYGER, C. & DESARNOD, Auguste Joseph - Rest Images
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Te Deum (thanksgiving service) for the signing of Edirne treaty at the plain of Edirne Palace.
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Defeat of the Ottoman army under Hüseyin Pasha, near Sozopol.
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Quarters of Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Field Marschal of Russia at Eski Saray (Old Palace) of Edirne.
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Signing of the treaty of Adrianople at the old Palace of Edirne.
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Remains of the church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Nesebar (Mesembria).
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Church of Hagia Sophia (ancient cathedral) in Nesebar (Mesembria).
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Tomb of Princess Kantakouzene Palaiologina in the church of Hagia Sophia, Nesebar.
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Reliefs discovered in Obzor (Naulochos), Nesebar (Mesembria) and Pomorie (Anchialos).
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Sculptures discovered Nesebar (Mesembria) and Pomorie (Anchialos).
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Remains of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist on the island of Saint Ivan near Sozopol.
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Entrance to the house of the ayan (derebey) in Pinarhissar (Doxipara).
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Remains of the church of Christ Pantocrator in Nesebar (Mesembria).
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Rooms of the Bostanci Bashi (superior Ottoman official) in Edirne.
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Remains of the house of Charles XII in the castle of Didymoteicho.
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Reliefs discovered in Obzor (Naulochos) and Nesebar (Mesembria).
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