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Le Petit Bend, ou Reservoir Dans la Foret de Belgrade (Istanbul) - Victor Felix Danvin (1802-1842) - 1840
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Le Petit Bend, ou Reservoir Dans la Foret de Belgrade (Istanbul)

ArtistVictor Felix Danvin (1802-1842)
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Samuel Cholet (1786-1874)
Date1840
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceTurkey Volume Of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris

Description

Valide Sultan Dam, one of the eight dams located in the Belgrade Forest in the Sarıyer district, was built in 1796 during the reign of Sultan Selim III in order to provide water for his mother Mihrisah Sultan's charitable works in Eyup.