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Panoramic view of Athens. On the left, a part of the railway line Piraeus-Athens-Peloponnese. In the background, on the right, the Acropolis and the temple of Hephaestus. In the background centre, the Royal Palace (today Parliament of Greece).
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Houses, Human types, Modes of transport, Parthenon, Railways, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views, Women
Church at Oropos where, according to popular legend, the brigand brothers Arvanitakis attended mass together with the British travellers they had taken captive (Dilesi murders, 1870).
Tags: Animals, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Baskets, Boats and ships, Brigands, Central Greece, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Oropos, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations
Kings Otto and Amalia visit Alfred Prince of Wales at the British Embassy, Athens. November 1859.
Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Kings, Modes of transport, Otto of Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women
Otto and Amalia of Greece exiting the Royal Palace, 1854.
Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Human types, Kings, Military officers, Officials, Otto of Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women
View of the stadium and gymnasium of ancient Messene.
Tags: Ancient Messene, Ancient stadium of Messene, Ancient stadiums, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Gymnasium of Messene, Gymnasiums, Human types, Messene, Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds
1. The Gate of Xira at the castle of Merhoni. The granite column known as column of Morosini at the castle of Methoni.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bourtzi (Castle of Methoni), Castles and fortresses, Children, Column of Morosini (Methoni), Equids, French, Greece, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Messenia, Methoni, Military uniforms, Peloponnese, Soldiers, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments
View of Athens in the late 19th century.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Sheep, Shepherds, Views, Women
Imaginary reconstruction of the agora of Sparta. In the background, the Acropolis. In the foreground, the statue of Hermes Agoraeus with young Dionusus. On the right, the Persian stoa which housed the spoils of the Persian wars. In the background, the sanctuary of Moirai with Orpheus's grave.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Sparta, Agora of Sparta, Ancient agorae, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Equids, Greece, Horses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Laconia, Merchants / Traders, Peloponnese, Professions, Shops, Sparta, Women
View of the site of Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Mycenae. In the foreground, Grave Circle A.
Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclopean walls, Equids, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heinrich Schliemann, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Women
Imaginary reconstruction of the Lion Gate of Mycenae.
Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclopean walls, Equids, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Women
Athens seen from the ancient Sacred Way. In the middleground, the Acropolis. In the background, Mount Hymettus.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Horses, Human types, Hymettus, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Mountains, Parthenon, Sacred Way (Attica), Sculptures, Views
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