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The plain of Marathon and the Acropolis (composition). The temple of the Olympian Zeus, in the background.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Marathon, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Areos street, Plaka quarter, Athens. On the right, the Library of Hadrian. July 1854.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Houses, Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The temple of Zeus Olympian and the Evangelical Church of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Churches, Evangelical Church of Athens, Greece, Houses, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Religious practices, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

The Acropolis of Athens from the south. On the right, the temple of Olympian Zeus.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

Arch of Hadrian, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Camels, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Travel, Views

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

The Library of Hadrian, Athens, with the now-lost small church of Hagios Asomatos “sta Skalia”.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hagios Asomatos sta skalia (Athens), Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views, Women

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sculptures

Roman antiquities seen by the author at the Monastery of Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sculptures

1. View of the castle of Patras. 2-6. Plan and architectural details of Roman funerary monument, Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castle of Patras, Funerary monuments, Greece, Patras, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

1. Plan of the ancient theatre of Sicyon, 1829. 2. Section of part of the theatre. 3-6. Reconstruction and architectural features of the entrance and the main part of the Roman subterranean gallery which provided access to the theatre. 7. Section of seating row. 8-10. View, plan and section of the retaining wall of the stadium of Sicyon.

Tags: Ancient stadium of Sicyon, Ancient stadiums, Ancient theatre of Sicyon, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicyon

Topographical map of ancient Sicyon, with the sites of the ancient theatre and the stadium.

Tags: Ancient stadium of Sicyon, Ancient stadiums, Ancient theatre of Sicyon, Ancient theatres, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Maps, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicyon

1. Plan of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth. 2. View of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth. 3. Plan of the Roman theatre off ancient Corinth.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Ancient Corinth, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of ancient Corinth, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views

Reconstruction and architectural features of the Roman theatre of Milos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Greece, Milos, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Milos

Plan of the Roman theatre of Milos with details of the retaining wall.

Tags: Aegean islands, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Greece, Milos, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Milos, Roman theatres

1. Section of the ancient theatre of Argos. 2, 3, 4. Section of parts of the Serapeum (later Roman Thermae), Argos. 5, 6, 7. Parts of the ancient walls of Larissa acropolis, Argos.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Larissa (Argos), Ancient theatre of Argos, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Baths, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Serapeum of Argos, Walls

1. The ancient theatre of Argos. (C) shows the Serapeum, later Thermae. 2. Remains of the Roman baths. 3. Plan of Roman square building (monument M).

Tags: Ancient theatre of Argos, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Baths, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Serapeum of Argos

1. Section and plan of the Roman theatre at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. 3-6. Plans of the Roman baths of Sparta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baths, Greece, Laconia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman baths, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Sparta, Sparta

Roman sarcophagus with reliefs at the court of the church of Hagios Dimitrios, Mystras.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Greece, Laconia, Mystras, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Remains of the Greek baths, the thermae of Kladeos river and the Roman guesthouses at ancient Olympia.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Elis, Greece, Kladeos river, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman guesthouses, Roman monuments, Thermae of Kladeos (Olympia), Views

Remains of the Greek baths, the thermae of Kladeos river and the Roman guesthouses at ancient Olympia.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Elis, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman guesthouses, Roman monuments, Thermae of Kladeos (Olympia), Views

Entrance to the Venetian castle of Koroni. 2. Ancient column capital from Koroni. 2. Roman column capital from Koroni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castle of Koroni, Castles and fortresses, Greece, Human types, Koroni, Messenia, Peloponnese, Roman monuments, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

1. Plan of early Byzantine basilica at Loutsa, close to Foinikounta, Messenia. 2, 3. Roman ruins at Loutra, close to Foinikounta, Messenia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Foinikounta, Greece, Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Statue of the Capitoline Venus type, from the Capitoline Museums.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Capitoline Museums, Capitoline Venus, Italy, Praxiteles, Professions, Roman monuments, Rome, Sculptures

Apollo of Belvedere (Roman statue of Hadrian's era, based on a copper original of the 4th century, possibly by Leochares).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Belvedere Apollo, Italy, Roman monuments, Rome, Sculptures, Vatican, Vatican Museum

Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Arvi, Crete, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heraklion, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Arvi, Crete, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heraklion, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: Marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Arvi, Crete, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heraklion, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Crete, Greece, Irrigation systems, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Part of wall of the Hellenistic or the Roman period at ancient Aptera, near Chania.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Hellenistic architecture, Hellenistic monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Walls

Inscription from Roman sarcophagus supposed to be the tomb of Saint Luke the Evangelist, at the church of Hagios Loukas, Thebes.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Central Greece, Churches, Funerary monuments, Greece, Hagios Loukas (Thebes), Inscriptions, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi, Thebes (Greece), Tomb of Saint Luke the Evangelist (Thebes)

Plan of the odeon and the Greek theatre of Nicopolis. Plan of part of the walls, the aqueducts and cisterns.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Aqueduct of Nicopolis, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Greek theatre of Nicopolis, Nicopolis (Epirus), Odeon of Nicopolis, Odeons, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Nicopolis, Walls

Plan of the remains of the Roman aqueduct of Nicopolis on a tributary of Louros river .

Tags: Aqueduct of Nicopolis, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Louros river, Nicopolis (Epirus), Plans and drawings, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Map of ancient Nicopolis, showing the monument of Augustus, erected by Octavianus Augustus after his victory in Actium and dedicated to Apollo, Poseidon and Ares.

Tags: Ancient temples, Aqueduct of Nicopolis, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Maps, Monument of Augustus (Nicopolis), Nicopolis (Epirus), Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Plan of the theatre and stadium at Sikyon.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Sicyon, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Hellenistic architecture, Hellenistic monuments, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicyon, Stadium of Sicyon, Stadiums, Theatres

The temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens, from the east.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Windmills

The Acropolis from the south-west.

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, Views

View of the church of Episkopi, Sikinos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Cyclades, Early Christian Monuments, Episcopi (Sikinos), Funerary monuments, Greece, Mausoleums, Religious monuments, Roman monuments, Sikinos

Roman sarcophagus at the streetlet before the six Loggias (galleries leading to the castle of Sifnos).

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Castle of Sifnos, Cyclades, Funerary monuments, Greece, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi, Sifnos

Comparison of architectural features of the temples of Paestum (column, entablature and corniche) with Doric temples of Athens and Rome in order to show the place of Paestum in the evolution of the rhythm. 1. Comparison of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum to the temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon in Athens. 2. Comparison of the temple of Athena in Paestum to the theatre of Marcellus and the Colosseum in Rome. 3. Comparison of the Temple of Hera in Paestum to the temple of Athena in Paestum and the theatre of Marcellus in Rome. 4. Comparison of column capitals.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Ancient theatre of Marcellus (Rome), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Colosseum, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum), Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Temple of Hera (Paestum), Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Antiquities of Paestum: 1. Exterior of a gate 2. Interior of a gate. 3. Plan of the Roman theatre. 4. Plan of a gate. 5.Column capital from the excavation site. 6. Ancient coins.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coins, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Paestum, Southern Italy

View of the castle of Heliopolis (Baalbek) in Lebanon, with the temple of Zeus in the background. Architectural and decorative features from the temple of Zeus in Baalbek. Dervish and Muslim holy man.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Castle of Baalbek, Castles and fortresses, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Human types, Lebanon, Priests, Religious practices, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Zeus (Baalbek), Temples of Baalbek (Lebanon)

View of the Acropolis and the walls of Athens. On the right, the temple of Olympian Zeus.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Houses, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman monuments, Views, Walls

The Roman amphitheatre in Verona.

Tags: Amphitheatre of Verona, Amphitheatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Verona

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