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Interior of the church and mausoleum of Santa Costanza Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Basilica of Saint Peter (Rome), Boats and ships, Carriages, Church of Santa Costanza (Rome), Churches, Houses, Italy, Mausoleum of Santa Costanza, Mausoleums, Modes of transport, Plans and drawings, Ponte Sant'Angelo (Rome), Rome, Vatican, Views

Castel Sant'Angelo or Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome. In the background, Saint Peter's Basilica.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castel Sant'Angelo / Mausoleum of Hadrian, Fontana della Barcaccia (Rome), Funerary monuments, Italy, Mausoleums, Piazza di Spagna (Rome), Roman architecture, Rome, Views

Imaginary depiction of bridge, probably Milvio bridge, in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bridges, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Milvio Bridge (Rome), Roman monuments, Rome

View of the Castle of Saint George (Castillo San Jorge), built on the remains of the “Castle of Triana” after Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Seville in 1248. On the right, the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro), built under the Almohad dynasty.

Tags: Arab monuments, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Castle of Triana / Castillo San Jorge (Seville), Castles and fortresses, Guadalquivir, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Rivers, Seville, Spain, Torre del Oro (Seville), Triana (Seville), Views

George I and Olga of Greece return to their yacht after an evening gala aboard HMS “Serapis”.

Tags: Attica, Boats and ships, British Navy, Central Greece, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Olga Queen of Greece, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

British ships observe the correct placement of sea mines off the coast of Crete during the Cretan Revolt of 1889.

Tags: Boats and ships, British Navy, Cretan Revolt (1889), Crete, Greece, Human types, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Implements to place and trigger sea mines. The image is related to the placement of sea mines off the coastline of Crete by the British fleet (Cretan Revolt of 1889).

Tags: Boats and ships, British Navy, Cretan Revolt (1889), Crete, Greece, Human types, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The British fleet places sea mines off the coastline of Crete (Cretan Revolt of 1889).

Tags: Boats and ships, British Navy, Cretan Revolt (1889), Crete, Greece, History, Human types, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Scenes from the everyday life of the “Illustrated London News" correspondents during their five-day stay at Crete in 1889.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, British Navy, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cretan Revolt (1889), Crete, Dogs, Equids, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Travel, Women

British ships enter the port of Corfu.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, British Navy, Corfu, Equids, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Fruit sellers at the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Attica, Baskets, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Greengrocers, Human types, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Porters at the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Porters, Ports, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Entrance to the Pagasetic gulf. Part of the western coast belonged to the Greek state. The central and eastern parts were acquired with the treaty of Istanbul in 1881.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Magnesia, Natural environment, Pagasetic gulf, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Volos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Ports, Thessaly, Views, Volos

Panoramic view of the castle and city of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Greece, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ports, Views

The British fleet entering the harbour of Gera, Lesbos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Greece, Gulf of Gera (Lesbos), Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Natural environment, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Mount Athos, Religious practices, Simonos Petras Monastery (Mount Athos)

The Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas at Mandraki, Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Mandraki, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas (Rhodes), Windmills

View of Volos in 1878, showing the positions of battle during the Uprising in Thessaly (1878), and the spot where British correspondent Ogle was murdered.

Tags: Boats and ships, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Ports, Second battle of Makrynitsa (1878), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), Views, Volos

Evening amusement on board the royal yacht "Osborne", during the visit of Alexandra Princess of Wales to Athens in 1869.

Tags: Alexandra of Denmark, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Greece, Human types, Leisure, Princes, Princesses of Wales, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Olga Queen of Greece and Alexandra Princess of Wales watch a theatre play on board HMS “Osborne”.

Tags: Alexandra of Denmark, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Kings, Leisure, Olga Queen of Greece, Piraeus, Princes, Princesses of Wales, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Theatre, Women

HMS “Osborne”', bearing Alexandra Princess of Wales arrives at the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Alexandra of Denmark, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Princes, Princesses of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

HMS “Osborne”'s barge bearing Alexandra Princes of Wales to Aegina island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegina, Alexandra of Denmark, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Ports, Princes, Princesses of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Umbrellas / Parasols, Women

Ancient tombs at Munichia (today Mikrolimano), Piraeus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mikrolimano (Tourkolimano) / anc. Port of Munichia, Piraeus, Ports

H.M.S. "Osborne" passing Aegina. On the hilltop on the right, the temple of Aphaia.

Tags: Aegina, Art and antiquities, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Piraeus, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)

Kalamitsa bay, Skyros island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Greece, Human types, Kalamitsa (Skyros), Northern Sporades, Skyros, Views

View of Bourtzi fortress at the port of Nafplion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

Snapshots of the days after the devastating earthquake of Chios in April 1881: 1. Procession 2. Ruins of houses at Aplotaria, main street of the town of Chios. 3. Residents of Chios awaiting the arrival of provisions. 4. Ruins before the Governor's palace.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chios, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Processions, Religious practices, Views

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views, Windmills

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views

View of Piraeus from the spot called “seat of Xerxes” on Mount Aigaleo.

Tags: Aigaleo, Animals, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Mountains, Natural environment, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Professions, Shepherds

Panoramic view of the silver mines of Lavrio.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Lavrio, Mines, Mines of Lavrio, Views

View of Ioannina. In the centre, the mosque of Aslan Pasha. Ioannina did not in fact become Greek territory until the 1913 Treaty of Bucarest, after the Balcan Wars. The proposition that it be ceded to Greece in 1878 was rejected by the Congress of Berlin due to the reaction of the Ottoman side.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Aslan Pasha Mosque (Ioannina), Boats and ships, Epirus, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ioannina, Mosques, Views

British colonel Synge returns to Thessaloniki after his abduction by Greek insurgents durint the events of 1878 in Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Brigands, British, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Houses, Macedonia, Military officers, Priests, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Thessaloniki, Turks

View of Souda bay, Crete.

Tags: Boats and ships, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Souda, Views

Siege of the village of Kissamos or Kasteli, Crete, during the Cretan Revolution of 1866-1869.

Tags: Boats and ships, Cannons, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Cretan Revolt (1866–69), Crete, Greece, History, Kissamos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Weapons

Wreck of the “Assyrian” on the island of Elafonisi, Crete (1878).

Tags: Boats and ships, Crete, Elafonisi, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878: View of Mount Pelion from the gulf of Volos.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Mountains, Pelion, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Kavala from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Kavala, Macedonia, Mosques, Views

Great Eastern crisis of 1875-78: The Turkish fleet in Souda bay exercises in preparation against a supposed Russian attack by torpedoes.

Tags: Boats and ships, Crete, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, Human types, Ottoman army, Souda, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

View of Thessaloniki from the sea, 1876.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Macedonia, Mosques, Thermaic gulf, Thessaloniki, Views, Walls

View of the White Tower and the eastern wall of Thessaloniki, from the Muslim cemetery, 1875.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Cemeteries, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Macedonia, Muslim cemeteries, Thessaloniki, Views, Walls, White Tower of Thessaloniki, Women

The state barge bringing George I and his suite to HMS “Serapis”, to visit Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England), who visited to Greece in 1875.

Tags: Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edward VII of England, George I of Greece, Greece, Human types, Kings, Piraeus, Princes, Princes of Wales, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

General view of Lavrion and the mines, from the sea, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Lavrio, Mines, Mines of Lavrio, Natural environment, Views

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