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View of Ilissus river and the partialy destroyed bridge which led to the Panathenaic Stadium. A group of shepherds with their flock prepare to spend the night at the site.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Bovids, Bridge of Ilissus, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Goats, Greece, Husbandry, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Professions, Roman monuments, Sheep, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
The temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth. In the foreground two men on horseback and two women promenading. A small party of card players.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Card players, Children, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Games, Greece, Horses, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views, Women
Remains of the portico of the reservoir of the Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni) at the foot of Lycabettus hill. Dairy farm belonging to Arvanites. A woman is milking her goat to make kaymak. A man has come on horseback to buy dairy products. A monk of Hagioi Asomatoi monastery is going to town with his donkey which is carrrying olives and wine. Mount Hymettus and Kaisariani monastery in the background.
Tags: Albanians, Animals, Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dairy farming, Dogs, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Goats, Greece, Horses, Husbandry, Hymettus, Kaisariani Monastery, Monks, Pack animals, Priests, Roman monuments, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
The Arch of Hadrian in Athens with the temple of Olympian Zeus. The temple of Artemis Agrotera in the background. Arvanite shepherds are taking their sheep to graze.
Tags: Albanians, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Digging tools, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Goats, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Husbandry, Oxen, Roman monuments, Sheep, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens), Women
View of the temple of Hephaestus in Athens. In the foreground, Arvanite peasants threshing corn under the supervision of a Muslim servant who is escorting his master's son. On the left, Arvanites in provisional hut (kalyvi).
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Albanians, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Tents, Threshing, Women
Aqueduct on the foot of Mount Lebanon. According to the legend it was built by Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Camels, Crusaders, Crusades, Donkeys, Goats, Godfrey of Bouillon, Horses, Human types, Kadisha / Abu Ali river, Knights Templar, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Mountains, Natural environment, Nobility, Oxen, Rivers, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Tripoli (Lebanon), Views
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III at the Hagia Sophia square, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Imperial gates, Istanbul, Janissaries, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
The port of Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Ducks, Eminönü, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Medieval monuments, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Turkey, Views
Entrance to the Black Sea (from the Giants Grave).
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Fortifications and fortresses, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Shepherds, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
Fortress at Belgrade Forest on the European shores of the Bosporus, Istanbul.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Boats and ships, Bosporus, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Gulls, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views
Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine monuments, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Rumeli Kavağı / gr. Kavakia, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views
The arch of the Sergii at Pula, Croatia. Peasants of Slavic ethnicity are walking by with their ox cart. James Stuart, Nicholas Revett and their assistant are on top of the arch, making drawings. On the left a man informs the women gathered that the travellers are searching the Arch of the Sergii for treasures.
Tags: Animals, Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Author portraits, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Domestic tasks, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istria, James Stuart, Modes of transport, Nicholas Revett, Oxen, Pack animals, Peasants, Portraits, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Slovene people, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Weapons, Women
View of the temple of Rome and Augustus and the adjacent temple of Diana in Pula, Croatia. Between the two temples is situated the Communal Palace of Pula and the city prison. Next to the building, a guard and locals who are playing a game of marbles. In the middle ground, a soldier of Slavic ethnicity conversing with a young woman. On the left, a Polish woman with her donkey and small dog.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Dogs, Domestic tasks, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Games and toys, Istria, Marbles (game), Modes of transport, Pack animals, Polish people, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Slovene-Croats (Istria), Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Spinning, Temple of Diana (Pula), Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), Women
Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre of Pula. Due to an epidemics among the livestock of the region, the consumption of lamb and mutton has been forbidden. Shepherds of Slavic ethnicity have sought refuge within the amphitheatre, with their herds. A monk of the order of Saint Anthony, patron of animals according to several traditions, is giving his blessing and sprinkling the sheep with holy water; this terrifies the flock and causes the dogs to bark at the monk. On the right, some weapons, which Slav inhabitants of the area always carry with them, according to the author.
Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Husbandry, Istria, Monks, Order of Saint Anthony, Priests, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Rites of blessing, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula, Sheep, Shepherds, Slovene-Croats (Istria), Weapons
The Roman Amphitheatre of Pula from the west. Slovenian women are laundering their clothes in the sea. Inhabitants of the city come to take water or to water their animals at a gountain close to the amphitheatre.
Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Dogs, Domestic tasks, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Horses, Istria, Oxen, Ports, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula, Slovene people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
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