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Themistocles sends Mardonius away from Athens, before the battle of Plataeae in 479 BCE (imaginary representation).
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Battle of Plataea (479 BCE), Battles, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Mardonius, Military uniforms, Persians, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Themistocles
Views of Erechtheion, Propylaea, Hadrian's Arch and the Gate of Athena Archegetis, Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Greeks, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Smoking, Turks
Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople
Leisure scene on Aegina island. In the background, the temple of Aphaia.
Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Turks, Weapons, Women
View of Istanbul from Pera. In the background, the mosque of Suleiman I and Valens aqueduct.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views, Women
Woman of Chios.
Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Jewellery, Portraits, Ports, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Windmills, Women
Greek woman of Istanbul in mourning. In the background, the mosque of Sultan Eyup at Eyup district.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Golden Horn, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Mourning, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Greek woman of Istanbul. In the background, the mosque of Valide Sultan or Yeni Mosque.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Jewellery, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Greek and Jewish women in traditional costume. View of Stroboli volcano. Lighthouse at the bay of Messina, Sicily. View of Izmir.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Isole Eolie, Italy, Izmir / Smyrna, Jewellery, Jews, Lighthouses, Messina / anc. Zancle, Natural environment, Ports, Sicily, Southern Italy, Stromboli / anc. Strongyle, Turkey, Volcanoes, Women
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