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Imaginary depiction of stairways in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Italy, Rome

Imaginary depiction of Capitoline Hill in Rome. On the left, the temple of Jupiter. At the centre, mounted statue of Marcus Aurelius. In the background, on the right, modern buildings situated on the hill.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Capitoline Hill (Rome), Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Obelisks, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Sculptures, Temple of Jupiter (Capitoline Hill), Women

Hall of public building of the Roman period, Rome (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Sculptures

Imaginary depiction of bridge, probably Milvio bridge, in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bridges, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Milvio Bridge (Rome), Roman monuments, Rome

Remains of mausoleum in Rome (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome

Remains of monumental buildings in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Human types, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome

View of sculpture gallery in Rome (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Rome, Sculptures

Inscriptions and funeral monuments from Telmessus and Myra, Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Inscriptions, Lycia, Lycian architecture, Lycian monuments, Lycian sarcophagi, Mausoleums, Myra / Demre - Kale, Sarcophagi, Turkey

The structure known as “drakospito” (ogre's house) on top of Mount Ocha, Euboea. 1. Interior view of the entrance and part of the façade. 2. Plan of the site. 3. Plan and section of the entrance.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Drakospita (Ogre houses of Euboea), Euboea, Greece, Karystos, Megalithic monuments, Mount Ocha, Mountains, Natural environment, Plans and drawings

The structure known as “drakospito” (ogre's house) on top of Mount Ocha, Euboea. According to the author, it was and ancient sanctuary. However, although animal remains and fragments of vases have been discovered on the site, to date the exact function of the building has not been established with certainty.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Drakospita (Ogre houses of Euboea), Euboea, Greece, Karystos, Megalithic monuments, Mount Ocha, Mountains, Natural environment

View of Midas monument in the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eskişehir. The whole of the ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Inscriptions, Midas monument, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygia, Phrygian architecture, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Yazılıkaya

Drawing of the remains of the northern wall of the Acropolis of Castelli, Patmos (situated to the north of Chora of Patmos).

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Kasteli (Patmos), Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dodecanese, Greece, Kasteli (Patmos), Patmos, Plans and drawings, Walls

View of the General Archive of the Indies, housed in the former merchant's exchange house of Seville (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes). In the background, Seville Cathedral with the famed bell tower of Giralda. Giralda was formerly a minaret of the now-demolished mosque of the Almohad era, on whose site the Cathedral was built.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Carriages, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, General Archive of the Indies / Archivo General de Indias (Seville), Giralda (Seville), Horses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Seville, Seville Cathedral, Spain, Views

Imaginary depiction of the royal palaces of Alexandria, supposedly built by Alexander the Great.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Palaces, Romans, Views

The fountain of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra at the Isle Garden (Jardín de la Isla) of Aranjuez, Spain.

Tags: Aranjuez, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Gardens, Greek mythology, Human types, Madrid, Mythology, Palaces, Sculptures, Spain, Views

View of the Castle of Saint George (Castillo San Jorge), built on the remains of the “Castle of Triana” after Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Seville in 1248. On the right, the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro), built under the Almohad dynasty.

Tags: Arab monuments, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Castle of Triana / Castillo San Jorge (Seville), Castles and fortresses, Guadalquivir, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Rivers, Seville, Spain, Torre del Oro (Seville), Triana (Seville), Views

Panoramic view of Athens from the Nymphs' Hill. On the left, Athens Observatory. At the centre, the temple of Hephaestus. On the right, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Athens Observatory, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Parthenon, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views

Ancient Corinth with the temple of Apollo and Acrocorinth.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Houses, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erechtheion, Greece, Human types

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Acropolis from the southwest.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Streetlet at Plaka, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Greece, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Plaka (Athens), Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life

The Acropolis from the west.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Parthenon

View of Volos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Ports, Thessaly, Views, Volos

House on the beach of Katerini, in which the negotiations for the release of Colonel Synge took place. Coronel Synge became captive of the Greek insurgents during the events in Thessaly and Macedonia in 1878.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, History, Houses, Katerini, Macedonia, Pieria, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Uprising in Thessaly (1878)

The house in Naousa in which British colonel Synge was held hostage in 1878, during the uprising of Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, History, Houses, Imathia, Macedonia, Mount Vermio, Mountains, Naousa (Macedonia), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Uprising in Thessaly (1878)

View of Naousa and Mount Vermion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Houses, Imathia, Katerini, Macedonia, Mount Vermio, Mountains, Views

The western wall of the castle of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Views, Women

Panoramic view of the castle and city of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Greece, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ports, Views

The cave of Cave of Saint John the Theologian, or Cave of the Apocalypse, on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cave of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Priests, Religious practices

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Religious practices

The church of Hagios Therapon at Mytilene, before it took its definitive form.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Children, Church of Hagios Therapon (Mytilene), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Religious practices, Women

Ancient bridge, probably of the Roman era, over the river Tuzla (anc. Satniois), close to Assos, Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Assos, Bridges, Equids, Greece, Human types, Mysia, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Tuzla river / anc. Satniois

Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Mount Athos, Religious practices, Simonos Petras Monastery (Mount Athos)

The Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas at Mandraki, Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Mandraki, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas (Rhodes), Windmills

HMS “Osborne”'s barge bearing Alexandra Princes of Wales to Aegina island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Alexandra of Denmark, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Ports, Princes, Princesses of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Umbrellas / Parasols, Women

View of the excavation site of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy, from the west.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Excavations, Heinrich Schliemann, Troad, Troy, Turkey

View of the excavation site of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy, from the east.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Excavations, Heinrich Schliemann, Human types, Troad, Troy, Turkey

Remains at the Thermae of Herodes Atticus, Alexandria Troas.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Baths, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Thermae of Herodes Atticus (Alexandria Troas), Troad, Turkey

Remains of Roman aqueduct, Alexandria Troas.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Eski Stambul / anc. Alexandria Troas, Irrigation systems, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Troad, Turkey

Ruins of pyramid-shaped structure at ancient Sicyon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Pyramid of Sicyon, Sicyon

The Pyramid of Hellinikon, Argos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Greece, Human types, Peloponnese, Pyramid of Hellinikon (Argos)

View of Nafplion with Palamidi fortress.

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

Lion Gate, Mycenae.

Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Human types, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Walls

View of Argos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolic plain, Argolis, Argos, Churches, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Views

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