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The castle of Souli (or castle of Kiafa).

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Kiaffa (Souli), Castles and fortresses, Epirus, Equids, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Souli, Views

View of Meteora.

Tags: Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Natural environment, Priests, Religious practices, Thessaly, Views

Map of the new territories acquired by Greece after the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. Ioannina did not in fact become Greek territory until the 1913 Treaty of Bucarest, after the Balcan Wars. The proposition that it be ceded to Greece in 1878 was rejected by the Congress of Berlin due to the reaction of the Ottoman side. With the Treaty of Berlin the Kingdom of Greece acquired Arta and adjacent area.

Tags: Epirus, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, Thessaly, Treaty of Berlin (1878)

View of Ioannina. In the centre, the mosque of Aslan Pasha. Ioannina did not in fact become Greek territory until the 1913 Treaty of Bucarest, after the Balcan Wars. The proposition that it be ceded to Greece in 1878 was rejected by the Congress of Berlin due to the reaction of the Ottoman side.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Aslan Pasha Mosque (Ioannina), Boats and ships, Epirus, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ioannina, Mosques, Views

View of Mount Olympus from the plain of Thessaly. Mount Olympus marked the northeastern border of Greece from the Treaty of Berlin (1878) to the Treaty of Bucarest (1913).

Tags: Greece, History, Mount Olympus, Mountains, Natural environment, Thessaly

Janissary of the Greek consulate in Thessaloniki.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Macedonia, Officials, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaloniki, Turks

British colonel Synge returns to Thessaloniki after his abduction by Greek insurgents durint the events of 1878 in Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Brigands, British, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Houses, Macedonia, Military officers, Priests, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Thessaloniki, Turks

Casket presented to the George I of Greece by the City of London, during the king's visit to the city.

Tags: George I of Greece, Gifts, Greece, Kings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Cretan Revolt (1866-69): Skirmishing in the Cretan mountains.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cretan Revolt (1866–69), Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

View of Souda bay, Crete.

Tags: Boats and ships, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Souda, Views

Siege of the village of Kissamos or Kasteli, Crete, during the Cretan Revolution of 1866-1869.

Tags: Boats and ships, Cannons, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Cretan Revolt (1866–69), Crete, Greece, History, Kissamos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Weapons

Map of Southeastern Europe after the Berlin Treaty (1878).

Tags: Bulgaria, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Treaty of Berlin (1878), Turkey

Wreck of the “Assyrian” on the island of Elafonisi, Crete (1878).

Tags: Boats and ships, Crete, Elafonisi, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Map of the Balcan peninsula after the treaty of San Stefano, 1878.

Tags: Bulgaria, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Maps, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Treaty of San Stefano, Turkey

Greek insurgents in Thessaly, during the 1878 uprising.

Tags: Battles, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, Greeks, Human types, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), Weapons

Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878: View of Mount Pelion from the gulf of Volos.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Mountains, Pelion, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Kavala from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Kavala, Macedonia, Mosques, Views

Great Eastern crisis of 1875-78: The Turkish fleet in Souda bay exercises in preparation against a supposed Russian attack by torpedoes.

Tags: Boats and ships, Crete, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, Human types, Ottoman army, Souda, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878. Town and fort of Domokos, at that moment a frontier town.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Domokos, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Domokos, Frankish monuments, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Phthiotis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), Views

View of ancient Corinth with Acrocorinth and the temple of Apollo.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Animals, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Corinth, Corinthia, Equids, Greece, Houses, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

Landscape at the gulf of Corinth. In the distance, Mounts Parnassus and Helicon.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Corinthian gulf, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Human types, Irrigation systems, Mount Helicon, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views, Women

Tomb raiders at the Isthmus of Corinth.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Children, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Houses, Human types, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Tomb raiders, Tools, Women

Residents of the village of Mycenae in their home, around the fireplace.

Tags: Animals, Argolis, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Excavations at the plain of Marathon.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Attica, Carriages, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Excavations, Greece, Human types, Marathon, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Tools, Women

View of Eleusis with the archaeological site.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eleusis, Greece, Houses, Human types

Funerary monument at the acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese

Tholos tomb at Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Burial mounds, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese

Funerary monument at the acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds

Entrance to the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae, or Treasury of Atreus.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Tholos tombs

Part of the ancient wall of the acropolis of Nafplio (Acronauplia).

Tags: Acronauplia, Acropolis of Nafplio, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Greece, Human types, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Walls

Part of the ancient walls of Larissa Acropolis in Argos. Plan of the Pyramid of Hellinikon, Argos.

Tags: Acropolis of Larissa (Argos), Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Pyramid of Hellinikon (Argos), Walls

Pyramid of Hellinikon, Argos.

Tags: Animals, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Greece, Human types, Peloponnese, Pyramid of Hellinikon (Argos)

The walls of ancient Tiryns with the entrance to the masonry tunnel.

Tags: Acropolis of Tiryns, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tiryns, Walls

Interior of the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Tholos tombs, Women

The entrance to the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus, from the interior of the monument.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Tholos tombs

The excavations of Heinrich Schliemann at the acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Excavations, Greece, Heinrich Schliemann, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Landscape with the acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Argolis, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds

View of the village of Mycenae. In the background, the acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds

View of the excavation site of Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae Acropolis: Funerary monuments.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese

General view of the Acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese

1. The golden funerary mask known as Mask of Atreus, discovered at Mycenae. 2. The Bull of Mycenae. 3, 4. Golden votive offerings from Mycenae. 5, 6. Golden jewellery from Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Bull of Mycenae, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heinrich Schliemann, Jewellery, Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tombs, Votive offerings / Ex-voto

1, 2: Plan and section of the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus. 3, 4: Mycenean tombs at Grave Circle A of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heinrich Schliemann, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Tholos tombs

Plan of the excavation site of Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae Acropolis. Plan of the Acropolis of Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Excavations, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings

Fragmetns from the archeological findings at Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Reliefs

Itinerant flower-sellers of Athens, 1877.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Greece, Human types, Itinerant traders, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The streets of Athens during the Carnival, 1877.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Carnival, Carriages, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Disguises, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Human types, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

A drunken man returns to his home the morning after the last night of the Carnival, Athens, 1877.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Carnival, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Disguises, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Houses, Human types, Parthenon, Social sphere and everyday life

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