The Triple Wall of Constantinople. On the Land side, near Top Kapousi. Constantinople and its environs.
The Theodosian Walls. The Triple Wall of Constantinople.
Category: Turkey
Costumes, customs, traditions and history of Turkey.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek called the Thousand and One Pillars.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek or Cistern of Philoxenos called the Thousand and One Pillars is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul.
Ismail Bey and Mehmed Pasha. Portraits of Louis Dupré c. 1819.
Ismail Bey and Mehmed Pasha, sons of Veli Pasha of Thessaly and grandsons of Ali Pasha of Ioannina.
Masterpieces of Turkish nomad carpets of the 18th c.
Turkish nomad carpets made by nomad tribes throughout the Ottoman empire, known generally as Smyrna carpets. The women mostly working on them in winter.
FAR-A WAY-MOSES. Jewish type. Dragoman.
FAR-A WAY-MOSES. (Jew.) “When Mark Twain went through Constantinople he would stop at a shop, and when he looked around for his guide he would see Moses fifty yards ahead,… Read More
Costumes of the Ottoman court. Cara Coulouktjou, Ousta, 1850.
The motifs show costumes of the Ottoman court during the reign of Mahmoud II. Elbicei Atika was the name of a costume museum in Constantinople, originally located in the armoury of the Seraglio.
Basch Tshaousch, Kol Kiayassi. Costumes of the Ottoman Court.
Basch Tshaousch. Costumes of the Ottoman Court, 1850. Various Ottoman functionaries and military personnel in their traditional costumes. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
Bach Tchohadar, Silihtar Aga, Peik, Solak.
Bach Tchohadar, Silihtar Aga, Peik, Solak. Ottoman Empire 1856. Various Ottoman functionaries and military personnel in their traditional costumes. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
THE GRAND SEIGNEUR. The Turkish Sultan in 1749.
THE GRAND SEIGNEUR, taken from VIEN’S CARAVANNE, a book which represents the Dresses in a Turkish Masquerade given by the Pensioners of the French Academy at Rome, in the Year… Read More
Habit of the Sultaness Queen in 1749.
Habit of the Sultaness Queen in 1749. La Sultane Reine. Consort of the Ottoman sultan. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
