The final days of the Ottoman Empire: Fascinating colour pictures show life in 1890s Constantinople when it was Europe's biggest and richest city befo

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A lively street in the district of Stamboul, taken between 1890 and 1900, which has been turned into a colour image

 

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Colour was added to bring the image of the famous Yeni Cami mosque in modern-day Istanbul to life. It is pictured by moonlight as small boats row across the water

 

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The landmark Yildirim Beyazit mosque in Bursa, Turkey, is among the postcard images which have been turned into a colour picture

 

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Cypresses and the road leading to the cemetery, Scutari, in Constantinople between 1890 and 1900, in one of the images which shows what life was life in the great city

 

[Michelangelo]

Thanks, sb.

 

[StevieRay]

Cool stuff

 

[baggedbryan]

Wow! Very good looking