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View of Acropolis from Ilissus river.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Camels, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views
View of Athens, showing the bombardment of the Parthenon by Francesco Morosini.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Mosques, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views
Landscape at Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis, the temple of Olympian Zeus, Philopappus monument on Mouseion Hill, the Royal Palace (today Parliament of Greece), and the neighbourhoods of Ambelokipoi and Korydallos.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ambelokipoi, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Funerary monuments, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Korydallos, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Rivers, Roman monuments, Views
The temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis of Athens. In the background, Philopappus monument on Mouseion Hill, Aegina island and the mountains of Argolis.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Aegean islands, Aegina, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Funerary monuments, Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Monument of Philopappus, Mountains, Natural environment, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Roman monuments, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis), Views
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Women
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Smoking
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Oxen, Parthenon, Rivers
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. In the background Hadrian's Arch. On the right, the Acropolis.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Cultural activities, Dance, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Women
View of the Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa). On the right Hadrian's Arch and the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Views, Walls
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Arabs, Athens, Boats and ships, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dalmatia, Dance, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Egypt, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Italy, Karnak, Lisbon, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Parthenon, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Portugal, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Title page, Tower of Belem, Turkey, Venice, Views, Women, Zeynab Mosque / Zeynab Camii
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