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Fig. 1. Plan of the upper gallery of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Fig. 2. Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Israel, Jerusalem, Plans and drawings

Map of Genova.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Genoa, Italy, Lighthouses, Maps, Ports, Walls

Map of Venice.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Churches, Gulf of Venice, Gulfs and bays, Italy, Lagoons, Maps, Veneto, Venice

Reconstruction of a certain monument, possibly of the Roman Odeon of Athens. This drawing was published in 1672, as a reconstruction of the Amphitheater of Verona. However, the same drawing had been published even earlier, in Hieronymus Mercurialis' "De Arte Gymnastica".

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Theatres

Foundations on the summit of the hill of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Mysia, Natural environment, Ruins, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Panoramic view of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy. In the background the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Houses, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

South view of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Houses, Human types, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy. In the foreground the court of the House of the Ottoman Aga, where the author stayed during his visit.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Camels, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Professions, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Houses, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Houses, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Cold spring of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Warm source of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river near the village of Bunarbaşı. In the background the house of the Ottoman Aga, where the author stayed during his visit.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Rivers, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Landscape in between the village of Kalafat and Bunarbaşı, site identified erroneously with Troy in the nineteenth-century.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Kalafat, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

View of part of the Dardanells from the Tomb of Achilles (Beşiktepe). In the background the Castle of Kumkale.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Beşika Burnu / anc. Achilleion, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Greek mythology, Kumkale Castle, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Tomb of Achilles (Beşiktepe), Troad, Troy, Views

View of the Tomb of Achilles (Beşiktepe) in Beşika Burnu (anc. Achilleion).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Beşika Burnu / anc. Achilleion, Greek mythology, Mysia, Natural environment, Tomb of Achilles (Beşiktepe), Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

The Tombs of Hector and Aesyetes in the vale of Karamenders (anc. Scamander) river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greek mythology, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mysia, Natural environment, Ottomans, Tomb of Hector (Troy), Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Εικ. 1. Landscape around Üvecik, in the larger area of the city of Troy. Fig. 2. Landscape if the Troad. On the left the Castel of Kumkale. On the right the site of the Tomb of Aias, in the ancient city of Rhoiteion (today Intepe).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Greek mythology, Intepe / anc. Rhoiteion, Kumkale Castle, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Tomb of Aias (Troy), Troad, Troy, Turkey, Üvecik, Views, Windmills

Εικ. 1. The southern point of the Dardanelles Fig. 2. Hill near Seddülbahir. The author identifies this hill with the Tomb of Protesilaos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Greek mythology, Houses, Kumkale Castle, Mysia, Natural environment, Seddülbahir, Tomb of Protesilaus, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Fig. 1. Landscape around the village of Yenişehir, near ancient Sigeion. Fig. 2. Landscape around Troy. Α denotes the place of the city, while B the place of Yeniköy, where, according to the legent, the Tomb of Peneleos, Achaean soldier in the Trojan War, was found.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Houses, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views, Yeniköy (gr. Neochorion / Nichori), Yenişehir / anc. Sigeion

Landscape near Geykli in the Troad.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Geykli, Houses, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey, Views

4.View of the village Babakale at Cape Baba, in the Troad. 5. Landscape near the Cape Eski Stambul in the Troad. The author notes the sites of Alexandria Troad (C) και Tenedos island (E).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Babakale, Bozcaada / Tenedos, Cape Baba (Baba Burnu) / anc. Lekton Akron, Cape Eski Stambul, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Mosques, Mountains, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey, Views, Windmills

View of the village Babakale in the Troad.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Babakale, Cape Baba (Baba Burnu) / anc. Lekton Akron, Houses, Mosques, Mountains, Mysia, Natural environment, Troad, Turkey, Views

Title page. Imaginary representation of the city of Troy accompanied by extract from the Iliad.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Castles and fortresses, Iliad, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Mysia, Natural environment, Title page, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Fig. 1. Plan of the Temple of Zeus in ancient Olympia, Greece. Fig. 2. Plan of the Temple of Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae, Greece.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae), Temple of Zeus (Olympia)

View and bottom view of capital of Corinthian order from Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Islands, Malta, Plans and drawings

View of capital of Corinthian order from Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Malta, Plans and drawings

View, plan and bottom plan of capital of Corinthian order from Milos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Cyclades, Greece, Milos, Plans and drawings

Temple of Athena in Paestum, Italy: Drawings of crepid, column, capital of the column and part of the entablature in the corner. Fig. 1. The soffite of the principal member of the cornice. Profile of the necking of the capital. Fig. 3. The base and part of the shaf of the columns of the pronaos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum)

Reconstruction of the front of the Temple of Athena in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum)

Plan of the Temple of Athena in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum)

View of the Temple of Athena in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum)

Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy: Fig. 1. Capital of the antae of the pronaos. Fig. 2. The contour of the shafs of the columns, shewing the diameters at different heights.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera (Paestum)

Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy: Fig. 1. Plan and drawing of the entablature together with view of the capital of the column and the column of the peristyle. Fig. 2. Bottom view of the column with details of the decorative elements underneath the echinus.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera (Paestum)

Reconstruction of the pronaos of the Temple of Hera in Paetsum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera (Paestum)

Plan of the Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera (Paestum)

View of the Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Natural environment, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Southern Italy

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy: Fig. 1. Drawing of echinus of the capital of the column of the inner peristyle. Fig. 2. Drawings of the annulets and echinus of the inner peristyle. Fig. 3. Plan of the flutings. Fig. 4. Drawings of the abacus and echinus of the capital in the upper floor of the inner peristyle. Fig. 5. Drawing of the annulets of the capital in the upper floor of the inner peristyle.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Views of columns, capital of the column, abacus, and other architectural elements of the inner peristyle of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy: Fig. 1. Half plan of the entablature of pronaos: triglyph, metops etc. Drawings of column, capital of the column and part of the entablature of pronaos. Fig. 2. Section plan of the triglyph. Fig. 3. Section plan of abacus, capital of the column and column of the pronaos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy: Drawing of stylobate, column, capital of the column and part of the entablature of the outer peristyle. Section plan of the entablature of the outer peristyle. Plan of the triglyph of the outer peristyle.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Section plan of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Greek colonies, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

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