Villa Allatini. Ancienne demeure de l'ex-Sultan Abdul-Hamid
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- A postcard of the Villa Allatini in Salonica, Greece. It was built in 1888 by the Italian architect Vitaliano Pozelli as the summer residence of the Jewish Allatini family. Between 1909 and 1912 it was used as the prison-residence of Sultan Abdul Hammid II, who was overturned by the New Turks.
- Inscriptions
- Reverse reads:
"I am sending you this in the spare time I have as the result of an injury I received to my chest the other day while ..ding on the end door of a Motor Transport lorry. It is not serious, but causes some pain and incapacitates me for the time being.
We are all hoping the war will end by the summer -- perhaps largely by the influence the U.S.A. should be able to bring to bear on all the Belligerents. There are many --- that --- would now like peace, and it is to be hoped the Allied Powers will
Front:
consider any terms proposed by them (Germany) -- which would be a beginning in the right direction at all events.
With kind regards to you both,
yours, Grant
Sapper No. 138040 RE., R.T.E. c/o Director Railway Transport, Salonica"
- Date of Original
- 1 February 1916
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- OILL0120
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Latitude: 40.38 Longitude: 22.58
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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