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View of the plain of Larissa from settlement close to the city. Snapshot of everyday life at the village.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Larissa, Natural environment, Oxen, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spindles, Spinning, Spinning wheels, Storks, Textile manufacture, Views, Washing and laundering, Wells, Women
The Gate of Mesogeia or Gate of Boubounistra, which was situated at the present-day junction of Amalias avenue with Othonos street. In the background, the fountain of Boubounistra.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Fountain of Boubounistra (Athens), Fountains / Springs, Gate of Mesogeia (Athens), Gates, Goats, Greece, Inscriptions, Pack animals, Roman incriptions, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Walls, Walls of Haseki (Athens), Women
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
Agios Markos square, Zakynthos island
Tags: Animal husbandry, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Christian priests, Church of Hagios Markos (Zakynthos), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Greece, Hagios Markos square (Zakynthos), Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Members of the military, Ports, Priests, Professions, Shepherds, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Squares, Views, Weapons, Women, Zakynthos
The procession of Agios Spyridonas at Spianada, in the town of Corfu.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Children, Churches, Clocks, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Greece, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Procession of Agios Spyridonas, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Spianada (Corfu), Views, Weapons, Women
Feast of St. Jason and Sosipatros in Corfu island.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Agricultural tools, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Barrels, Baskets, Boats and ships, Children, Churches, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dancers, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fairs, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Peasants, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Views, Weapons, Windmills, Women
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Smoking
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Oxen, Parthenon, Rivers
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