Constantinople Collection (page 79)

Constantinople - Small Royal Kiosk
Constantinople - Royal Kiosk in a Garden setting with gardeners

Fishing Boats on the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul

Galata Quay - Istanbul
Harbour at Galata, Golden Horn, Istanbul

Constantinople - Tarabya
Tarabya (Therapia) - world famous for aromatic raspberries, restaurants, hotels. Also the site of the former British Consulate - who still own a garden there

The Marble Tower - Sea of Marmara
The Marble Tower - Constantinople on the Sea of Marmara

Entrance to the Sweet Waters of Europe
Constantinople - The entrance to the Sweet Waters of Europe viewed from an ancient Ottoman graveyard

Constantinople - The Seven Towers with a view over an orchard

Turkish troops listening to the Sheikh-Ul-Islams proclamation in Constantinople

Turks Besiege Rhodes
Having taken Constantinople, the Turks turn their eyes on Rhodes and besiege it, but it is heroically defended by the Hospitallers (Knights of St John) and the Turks retire

Greek Learning
After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greek scholars flee to the west : the Medici family of Firenze (Florence) are particularly welcoming

European Ambassadors in Constantinople, 1896
Photograph of the ambassadors of the leading European powers, photographed in the garden of the Austrian Embassy, Constantinople (now Istanbul), 1896. Those pictured are (from left to right) P

Germans & Turks at a new munitions factory
Turkish and German soldiers at the entrance of a Krupps munitions factory near Constantinople. Turkey entered the war as an ally of Germany in October 1914

The Representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 187
Engraving showing the four main representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 1876 (clockwise from top left): Savfet Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs; General Ignatieff

Gun-Drill on Board the Turkish Ironclad Messoudieh, 1876
Engraving showing Turkish seamen loading a shell into their gun on board the warship Messoudieh, Constantinople, 1876

Thomas G. Allen and William L. Sachtleben on their Bicycles
Photograph of Thomas G. Allen and William L. Sachtleben, two Washington University students, who were intending to travel around the world on their safety bicycles, 1890

Rope Climbing - Olympic Games 1906
G. Aliprantes of Constantinople, the winner of the rope-climbing event at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The Games were staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of

NESTORIUS Persian prelate, Patriarch of Constantinople, deposed for his heretical views about the nature of Jesus

Dervish Dancers
Dervish dancers of Constantinople (Istanbul); men and boys rehearse together to the sound of a pipe, while their master supervises them

Galla Placidia, Empress
GALLA PLACIDIA, 2nd wife of Roman emperor Theodosius I, the last to rule both empires; she died in childbirth at Constantinople (attribution not certain)

Constantinople Exchange
The Stock Exchange at Constantinople

Constantinople Retaken
The Crusaders re-take the city of Constantinople

St Nilus / Ancyra / Mariette
SAINT NILUS of ANCYRA also known as NILUS THE ELDER and NILUS THE ASCETIC Courtier from Constantinople who became a hermit, seen here with his son THEODOLUS

Baudouin Takes Jerusalem
Crusaders under Baudouin take Constantinople

Constantinople Taken
Baudouin, Count of Flanders, penetrates the defences of Constantinople in 1203

Turkish Bath C1840
The outer cooling room of a Turkish bath in Constantinople

Turkish Bath / Istanbul
Men in a Turkish bath at Istanbul

Constantinople Defended
Sultan Selim III having come to terms with Napoleon, a British fleet under admiral Duckworth attacks Constantin- -ople, but is repulsed by Sebastiani and the Sultan

Adhemar De Monteil
ADHEMAR DE MONTEIL Bishop of Le Puy. Was made papal legate to the First Crusade by Pope Urban II. Commanded forces at Constantinople

Saracens Attack Constan
SARACENS ATTACK CONSTANTINOPLE An early attempt to seize the city fails : the city will not be taken by the Moslems until seven centuries later

Ww1 / 1915 / Constantinople
A musical piece commemorates the SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, the hoped-for climax of the disastrous Dardanelles expedition : an event which never took place !

Obelisk / Istanbul
How the obelisk at Constantinople was drawn to its site and erected, to the astonishment of the citizens

Istanbul in 1520
Constantinople under Turkish rule - the Seraglio Palace in the foreground, the Golden Horn on the right with Pera beyond, the Bosphorus to the left, with shipping

ISTANBUL / 1869
General view of the harbour of Constantinople, shipping in the harbour, the city beyond

Istanbul / Golden Horn
General view of the harbour of Constantinople, showing the Golden Horn, shipping in the harbour, the city beyond

Halleys Comet
The citizens of Constantinople are terrified by the appearance of Halleys Comet so soon after the city is taken by the Turks

Alexius I Commenus
ALEXIUS I COMMENUS Byzantine emperor of Constantinople

Crusades / Constantinople
FOURTH CRUSADE After quarreling with the Byzantine rulers, the Crusaders take Constantinople where Baudouin de Flandre is crowned emperor

BESSARION - Latin patriarch of Constantinople. Byzantine theologian and Humanist. Was originally called Basil but took Bessarion on entering monastery

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