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The Parthenon: The fourth stone of the frieze of the cella on the north side of the Temple.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Frieze of the Parthenon, Greece, Parthenon

Part of the east pediment of the Parthenon, based upon Jacques Carrey's drawing: The birth of Athena.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon

Part of the east pediment of the Parthenon, based upon Jacques Carrey's drawing: The birth of Athena.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon

Part of the west pediment of the Parthenon, based upon Jacques Carrey's drawing: The battle of Athena with Poseidon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon

Part of the west pediment of the Parthenon, based upon Jacques Carrey's drawing: The battle of Athena with Poseidon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athena, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon

Relief from Attica

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

Coins from ancient Peparethus (Skopelos).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coins, Greece, Skopelos island, Sporades islands

Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia: Trophies in the frieze on the Flanks of the Arch.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: The middle compartment in the soffit of the arch. Fig. 2: The impost mouldings, with the foliage ornament on its face, and the archivolt. Fig. 3: The pedestals over the entablature.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: Plan of the columns shewing the termination of the flutes. Fig. 2: Base and pedestal of the columns.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: Plan of the capital reversed. Fig. 2: Angular view of the capital.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Outlines of architectural features from the Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: The capital and entablature of the columns. Fig. 2: Section of the capital. Fig. 3: Soffit of the Corona.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

The flank and section of the Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Elevation of the Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

Plan of the Arch of Sergii in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Arch of the Sergii, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

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.

Temple of Rome and Augustus, Pula: Fig. 1: The capital of the pilasters or antae. Fig. 2: The section of the capital. Fig. 3: The plan of the capital reversed, ans soffit of the architrave. Fig. 4: The base of the pilaster.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Temple of Rome and Augustus, Pula: The base and pedestal of the columns.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Temple of Rome and Augustus, Pula: Fig. 1: Plan and Fig. 2: Angular elevation of the capital.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Outlines of architectural features of the Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pula, Croatia: Fig.1: The capital and entablature of the columns. Fig. 2: Section of the capital. Fig. 3: Soffit of the corona.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Elevation of the side of the Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Elevation of the Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Plan of the Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

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.

The facade of the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Pula, Croatia. The building on the right is the city prison. On the stairway of the temple, inhabitants of Dignano d'Istria, today Vodnjan, Croatia. In the foreground, locals of Pula, including a fishmonger and his assistant.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fishermen, Fishing, Istria, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Scales, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), Vodnjan / Dignano d'Istria, Women

Relief from the Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula)

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Mouldings of the Third Order. Fig. 1: Plan of the gutters. a. holes apparently to receive timbers [...]b. Pilaster continued to support the two upper courses. c. Openings through the cornice for the uprights of the velum. d. Gutters. e. Spouts with triangular openings to carry off the water. Fig. 2: Mouldings of the order: the cornice is singular: a a rain spouts. Fig. 3: Section of the cornice through the opening for the posts of the velum; the dotted lines shew the gutters. Fig. 4: Section of the plinth with the socket to receive the posts.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Third Order. Fig. 1: Plan. Cc are the holes in the plinth to admit the posts of the velum. Fig. 2: Elevation. [...] a.a. are spouts to carry off the water. b.b. grooves to receive the posts of the velum.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Mouldings of the Second Order. Fig. 1: Plinth, capital and entablature. Fig. 2: Impost moulding.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Second Order. Fig. 1: Plan. Fig. 2: Elevation.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Mouldings of the First Order. Fig. 1: Base, capital and entablature. (The ornamental pedestal is here introduced) Fig. 2: Base of the pedestal. Fig. 3: Impost moulding of the arch.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: First Order. Fig. 1: Plan. Fig. 2: Elevation.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Mouldings of the Basement Story. Fig. 1: Elevation. Fig. 2: Section.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Basement Story. Fig. 1: Plan. Fig. 2: Elevation.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: Plan of one of the contraforti, shewing the arrangement of the stair-cases. Fig. 2: Transverse section of ditto. Fig. 3: Londitudinal section towards the body of the amphitheatre, with the steps restored. Fig. 4: Section through the outer wal of the amphitheatre, the remaining fragments of the prisons, and the podium.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: Side elevation of the contraforte, with a section of the wall of the amphitheatre. Fig.2: Longitudinal section of the upper part of the contraforte: marks of the line of steps are still visible.[...] Fig. 3: External mouldings at the summit of the contraforte. Fig. 4: Plan and Fig. 5: Section of the walls immediately surrounding the arena. These walls form what is called the podium in the description of the plan.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Roman Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia: Fig. 1: The elevation of the west-side looking towards the port. Fig. 2: A section of its shortest diameter.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula

Plan of the Roman Amphitheater of Pula: A plan of the Amphitheatre. A. A. The area; B. The podium C.C. The space occupied by the seats. D.D. The prisons in which the animals were kept. E.E. The stair-cases.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Plans and drawings, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments

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.

View of Pula. On the left the Roman Amphitheater.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Croatia, Istria, Ports, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Pula, Walls

Crissa on Mount Parnassus. Looking up the vale of Salona anciently Amphessa.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Chrisso, Dance, Greece, Human types, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis

Delphi. Castalian fountain, on Mount Parnassus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castalian spring, Central Greece, Delphi, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis

Castle of Patras, ancient Patrae.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Patras, Peloponnese

Theatre of Atticus Herodes, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Roman monuments

Chaeronea.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boeotia, Central Greece, Chaeronea, Goats, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

Mount Cithaeron. From the tombs of Platea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Cithaeron, Mountains, Natural environment, Plataea / Plataies, Sarcophagi, Views

Temple of Apollo Epicurius. Arcadia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Elis, Figaleia, Goats, Greece, Human types, Mount Cotilion (Peloponnese), Mount Elaion, Mountains, Peloponnese, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

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