Constantinople. Sultan Lohusa’s turbeh in Kasımpaşa, near the Galata Tower

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Accession Nr.: D.4501.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1905−1906
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: hand-coloured stereo glass diapositive
Dimensions: height: 8.5 cm
width: 17 cm
Dezső Bozóky hand-coloured glass diapositive. From Dezső Bozóky's Photographic Collection: Constantinople (İstanbul), Kasımpaşa quarter. The exact year of construction is unknown, as are the names of those buried here. There are a number of associated legends, including one about fertility bestowed upon women who say their prayers here.