Noi, românii Porții Otomane
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Aqueduct near Belgrade
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În 1810, imperiul turcesc se întindea până la Hotin (Chotim), cuprinzând Basarabia, Moldova și Muntenia, iar cartea lui Luigi Mayer, Views in the Ottoman dominions: in Europe, in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean islands / from the original drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie, by Luigi Mayer, F.A.S., with descriptions historical and illustrative, London, 1810, cu ilustrate din Colecţia „Drawings”, aflată în posesia lui Sir Robert Ainslie, așa ne prezintă. În fond, elitele noastre adorau Bosforul, inclusiv poeții, care i-au închinat frumoase poeme (cel al lui Aron Densușanu, cum se pronunță corect Densusianu, fiind parodiat de George Topârceanu), așa că eu consider firesc să ilustrez acest material și cu imagini ale altor provincii din imperiul în care străbunii noștri băteau temenele.
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Bethlehem in Palestine
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Borgas
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Palestine
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Ciala Kavak in Bulgaria
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Constantinopole. Moscheea Sultanului Achmet
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Constantinopole
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Convent of St. Mary in Walachia (Mănăstirea Argeș)
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Dance of peasants in Bulgaria
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Entrance to the Convent of St Mary in Walachia, adică în Mănăstirea Argeș
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Eski-Estamboul
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Karavansary at Costchiuk Czemege
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Karavansary at Borgas
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Kaskerat
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Kirkclisia
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Moun Balkan
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Palace at Bucharest
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Pera
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Piccolo Bent
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Pitești in Walachia
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Ponte Grande
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Ponte Piccolo
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Road over the Balkan Mountain
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Tchiurluk
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Terapia
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1810, Luigi Mayer: Turkish Encampment
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1810, Luigi Mayer: View near Bucharest in Walachia
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1810, Luigi Mayer: View on the Aluta (valea Oltului) in Walachia
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