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View of the castle (ancient acropolis) of Arta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arta, Boats and ships, Castle of Arta, Castles and fortresses, Epirus, Greece, Houses, Views

Panoramic view of the city of Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Children, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Neo Frourio - New Fortress (Corfu), Women

The port of Zakynthos. In the background, the Venetian castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Zakynthos, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Ports, Venetian architecture, Venetian Castle (Zakynthos), Venetian monuments, Views, Zakynthos

View of Pharsala in Thessaly.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Pharsala, Castles and fortresses, Children, Greece, Houses, Human types, Pharsala, Thessaly, Views, Women

Landscape near the ancient site of Gonnoi, at the western end of the Vale of Tempi. Due to its strong fortress, the location was also called Kondylos or Gonnokondylos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Gonnoi, Greece, Human types, Kondylos / Gonnokondylos, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Tempi, Thessaly, Vale of Tempi

View of Lamia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Lamia, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Human types, Lamia, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Phthiotis

The fortresss of Fyli at the feet of Mount Parnitha in Attica.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Fyli (Parnitha), Greece, Human types, Mount Parnitha, Natural environment

The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Murad IV (Istanbul), Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

The castles of Europe and Asia The Rumelian (1) and the Anatolian (2) castle, on the European and the Asian coast of the Bosporus. 3. The location of Sweet Waters of Asia.

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Istanbul, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Views

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.

Map of Cyprus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Lemnos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lemnos, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Lesbos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Chios island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Naxos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Mythical beings, Naxos

Map of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Maps, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Mythical beings, Rhodes

Map of Karpathos Island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Karpathos, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Cythera island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cythera, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Maps

Map of Cephalonia island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cephalonia, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Echinades islands and the adjacent coast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Echinades islands, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Maps

Map of Corfu island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Maps, Mythical beings, Neo Frourio - New Fortress (Corfu), Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu)

Map of Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Islands, Malta, Maps, Mythical beings

Map of Elba island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Elba / anc. Aethalia, Islands, Italy, Maps, Mythical beings, Portoferraio, Ports, Southern Italy, Walls

Map of Majorca island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balearic islands, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Islands, Majorca / Mallorca, Maps, Mythical beings, Spain

View of Livadeia.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boeotia, Castle of Livadeia, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Dogs, Greece, Human types, Livadeia, Natural environment, Views

View of Chalcis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Chalcis, Euboea, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Strait of Euripus

Landscape at Megara.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fortress of Megara, Greece, Human types, Megara, Natural environment, Views

View of Patras from the sea.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Mount Panachaiko / Vodias, Mountains, Natural environment, Patras, Peloponnese, Views

Lanscape in Zakynthos. The city of Zakynthos with the Venetian fortress in the background.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Zakynthos, Castles and fortresses, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Ports, Venetian monuments, Zakynthos

View of the city and port of Zakynthos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Zakynthos, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Zakynthos

View of Carytaina. Following Pausanias, Stackelberg erroneously identifies the location as the site of ancient Trapezous, which was actually situated between the villages of Kyparissia and Mavria.

Tags: Arcadia, Arcadian mountains, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Carytaina, Castle of Carytaina, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Human types, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Trapeza (Arcadia), Women

Landscape at Carytaina. In the background, the town's Frankish castle. Following Pausanias, Stackelberg erroneously identifies the location as the site of ancient Trapezous, which was actually situated between the villages of Kyparissia and Mavria.

Tags: Alfeios river, Arcadia, Arcadian mountains, Architecture and built environment, Carytaina, Castle of Carytaina, Castles and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Trapeza (Arcadia)

View of Pylos from the sea. The Castle of Pylos (Niokastro).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Messenia, Niokastro (Pylos), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Pylos, Views, Walls

View of Kalamata.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Castle of Kalamata, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kalamata, Messenia, Mount Taygetus, Mountains, Natural environment, Oxen, Peloponnese, Sheep, Views

View of Malta in Messenia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Human types, Malta, Messenia, Mount Taygetus, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views

The castle of Arwad on Arwad island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Houses, Human types, Islands, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

View of Arwad island outside Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Human types, Islands, Natural environment, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

The plain of Troezen from the town's fortress or ancient acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Troezen, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Troezen, Views

View of Nafplio. Palamidi fortress in the background, on the left.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Nafplio, Palamidi, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

Panoramic view of part of the Argolic plain from the Acropolis of Larissa in Argos. In the background, Nafplio and Bourtzi.

Tags: Acropolis of Larissa (Argos), Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Nafplio, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views

View of Carytaina with the Frankish castle.

Tags: Arcadia, Architecture and built environment, Carytaina, Castles and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Walls

Niocastron, the new fortress of Pylos, which was used as a prison at the time of the author's visit.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Pylos (Niokastro), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Messenia, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Piraeus, Pylos, Walls

View of Coroni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Koroni, Messenia, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Venetian monuments, Walls

View of the Old Fortresses of Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Lighthouses, Natural environment, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Venetian monuments, Views, Walls

View of the oracle of Trophonius, the Catalan castle of Livadeia and the bridge of Herkyna river.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Bridges, Castles and fortresses, Catalan castle (Livadeia), Central Greece, Greece, Herkyna river (Livadeia), Human types, Livadeia, Natural environment, Oracle of Trophonius (Livadeia), Oracles, Rivers, Views

Souli.

Tags: Castles and fortresses, Epirus, Greece, Natural environment, Souli, Views

Gjirokästër.

Tags: Albania, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gjirokästër / gr. Argyrokastron, Human types, Natural environment, Views, Walls

Durrës.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Durrës / anc. Epidamnos, Human types, Natural environment, Views, Walls

Saracene fortress with springs in the area of Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Egypt, Fountains / Springs, Mount Sinai, Views, Wells

View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Damascus, Jericho, Palestine, Syria, Views

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