Selimiye Barracks
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Selimiye Barracks, also known as Scutari Barracks, is a Turkish Army barracks located in Selimiye in the Üsküdar district on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. It was originally built in 1800 by Sult
Selimiye Barracks
Photo of the Selimiye Barracks, photo taken from Topkapı Palace. The Barracks can be seen on the right side, right behind the ship with a yellow hull.
An early photo, taken at Scutari, of officers and men of the 93rd Highland Regiment, shortly before their engagement in the Crimean War, 1854.
The British Army at Scutari, 1854, by Amedeo Preziosi
Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean
Selimiye Barracks
…the troops of its 33rd and 41st foot regiments left for the front, the barracks was converted into a temporary military hospital. On 4 November 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived in Scutari with 37 volunteer nurses. They cared for thousands of wounded and infected soldiers until she returned home in 1857 as a heroine…
Nightingale, c. 1860
Embley Park in Hampshire, now a school, one of the family homes of William Nightingale, seen in 2007
Young Florence Nightingale
Painting of Nightingale by Augustus Egg, c. 1840s