Vienna, Austria · 1529 / 1683
The Sieges of Vienna: The Gate Where the Ottomans Stopped
Suleiman in 1529, Kara Mustafa Pasha in 1683: the furthest Ottoman goal in Central Europe.
Ottoman Traces in Europe
From the gates of Vienna to the bridges of Bosnia: mosques, bridges, tombs and stories the Ottomans left behind in Europe.
Austria
Innsbruck, Austria · 1918
The Graves with Fezzes in Innsbruck: Amras War Cemetery
The soldiers of 1918 beneath the red-fezzed stones were not Ottomans but Bosnians of the Habsburg army – yet their story leads back to the Ottoman legacy.
Hungary
Szigetvár, Hungary · 1566
Szigetvár: Suleiman’s Last Campaign
The Hungarian town where Suleiman the Magnificent died in 1566, and the recently rediscovered site of his tomb.
Mohács, Hungary · 1526
Mohács: The Day That Changed Hungary's Fate
The field where Suleiman the Magnificent defeated the Hungarian army on 29 August 1526, and today's memorial park.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1566
The Mostar Bridge: One Arch over the Neretva
The single-arch bridge completed by Mimar Hayreddin in 1566, destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt in 2004.
Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1577
Višegrad: The Sokollu Bridge on the Drina
The bridge Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha commissioned from Mimar Sinan for his homeland, and Ivo Andrić’s novel.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1531
Sarajevo: The Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque and Baščaršija
A complex founded by an Ottoman governor and the bazaar that grew around it: the heart of Sarajevo.
Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia · 1521
Belgrade Fortress: Kalemegdan and the Tomb of Damat Ali Pasha
The fortress above the meeting of the Sava and Danube bore witness to Ottoman rule from 1521 to 1867 and the changes of hands in between.
Italy
Venice, Italy · 1621
Venice: The Fondaco dei Turchi and the Ottoman Merchants
The Grand Canal building that housed Ottoman merchants for more than two centuries, a famous portrait of Mehmed II, and memories of Lepanto.
Rome, Italy · 1489
Rome: The Captivity of Prince Cem in the Vatican
After losing the throne to his brother Bayezid II, Mehmed II's son Cem became a hostage in Europe and spent years in the papal palace.
Pisa, Italy · 1571
Pisa: The Ottoman Flags of Santo Stefano
In the church of the order the Medici founded to fight Ottoman and corsair ships, more than sixty flags captured at sea still hang.
Fondi, Italy · 1534
In Barbarossa's Wake: Fondi, Lipari and Italy's Coastal Towers
Hayreddin Barbarossa's raids of 1534 and 1544 and the watchtowers lining southern Italy's coasts: stone traces of Mediterranean fear.
Bologna, Italy · 1683
Bologna: Marsili, the Scholar Taken Captive by the Ottomans
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, a Bolognese soldier and scientist captured by the Ottomans in 1683, gathered Ottoman manuscripts that are still in Bologna today.