The tomb of Ali Pasha and Fatima in Ioannina

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts the tomb of Tepelena Ali Pasha and the magnificent courtyard of the seraglio in the Inner Castle of Ioannina, the heart of the Epirus region. While a monumental tomb protected by elegant ironwork sits on the left, the Palace of Ioannina (Seraglio), one of the most magnificent examples of civil architecture in the Balkans of the era with its wide eaves, wooden carvings, and arched galleries, rises in the background. The horsemen, locals in traditional attire, and guards gathered in the courtyard aesthetically document the dynamic, multicultural, and bustling structure of the empire's administrative centers in Europe.