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Scutari, Turkey (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Jim Rees said:

  This had me confused because the only Scutari I know is modern Shkodër, in Albania. But this is apparently Üsküdar, now part of Istanbul, the location of Florence Nightingale's hospital in the Crimean War. It also was used as a location in a recent James Bond movie.

• swanq said:

  This vue panoramique is presumably from the same source as www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2990280352/ and www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162732999/ given the use of the same italicized font. And judging from satellite photos via Google, they are probably all taken from Galata Tower as Jim Rees suggested for www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2990280352/

• Jim Rees said:

  A better caption for this would be "View of Scutari (Üsküdar) from Beyoğlu."

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks, both of you! The hints you provided directed us to one of our panoramic photographs titled: Panorama de Constantinople, pris de La Tour de Galata, taken in the 1880's by French photographers Sebah & Joaillier, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a35826. We'll fix the caption title of this image in the source data and reload the description.

• Ken said:

  near Albanien and Montenegro look more// google balkan War