Working Number | Name | Holding Museum | Date | Materials | Curator Justification |
LB 101 | Map of Beirut as it appeared in 1841 | American University of Beirut | 1841 | | A historic map of the city and harbour.
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LB 002 | Map of the different types of housing in East Beirut | Maisons traditionnelles de Beyrouth: Typologie, culture domestique, valeur patrimoniale. Le secteur de Rmeil-Médawwar (Book) | 1850 | | A survey map representing the social and economic web and interrelations in a district of Beirut.
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IT1 012 | A map of the area around the 'Turkish graveyard' in the town of Livorno (Tuscany). The graveyard is represented as a small green rectangle | State Archives of Livorno | 1852 | | A map showing the presence of a foreign community and the space they inhabited within the city’s texture.
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TR2 114 | Istanbul water pipeline map | Istanbul University, Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi (Rare Books Library) | 19th century | Photograph | A map that shows new public services and illustrates the impact of new technologies in the region.
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LB 034 | Map of Beirut port | Khalil Itani's Archive | 1890 | | A map documenting the harbour after modernisation.
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DZ 003 | Die stadt Algier | Musée National des Beaux-Arts | 17th century | Black and white engraving | A view of Algiers from the sea, identifying its different rural and urban sections and skyline.
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GR 024 | View of Constantinople | Benaki Museum | 1851 | Engraving on paper | A colour view of Constantinople that shows various sections of the city and the skyline dominated by domes and towers.
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UA 083 | The Crisis in Egypt – Panoramic View of Cairo 1882 | Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Department | 1882 | Engraving | A panorama of Cairo, focusing on the Citadel Mosque, showing how it altered the balance of the surrounding city, and also how the proliferation of tall minarets dominated the city’s skyline.
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TR2 006 | Lithographs after the panoramic photograph taken by Robertson and Beato, Faust: Poligrafisch Illustrirte, Zeitschrift, 1857, Vienna | Ömer M. Koç Collection | 1857 | | Admiring this photograph, one is also able to study the topography, structure and some of the main building-types of Istanbul.
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TR2 024 | The Port From The Galata Tower | Pera Museum | Mid-19th century | Albumen Paper | A panoramic view of the city with the skyline determined by the shapes of mosques and minarets.
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FR 104 | Casablanca: local inhabitants rebuilding their city | National Library of France | 1922 | | A photo from 1920, which represents a European “vision” for Casablanca, where many transnational influences can be seen. French investors, who considered the city as a sort of architectural laboratory, experimented with the skyline there.
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DZ 052 | The View of the City of Algiers | Musée National des Beaux-Arts | (published in) 1830 | Colour lithography | A colour lithograph showing a historic view of Algiers.
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MO 009 | Wilaya (district), Casablanca | | 1914–1936 | | As one of the grandest buildings on the square, it determines and dominates the view of the square and helps to separate it from the rest of the city’s neighbourhood. Designed by a European architect, the building reveals so-called colonial architectural features along with local and European design elements.
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DZ 083 | Map of Oran | Musée Public National des Antiquités | 1840–1846 | | A plan of Oran, Algeria, depicting the different sections and parts of its urban system.
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