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Monastery of Mega Spilaion, Arcadia.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Mega Spilaio (Achaia), Peloponnese, Religious practices

Monastery of Great Lavra on Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Great Lavra (Mount Athos), Mount Athos, Religious practices

View of Kavala. In the background, the fortress of the city.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Kavala, Greece, Houses, Kavala, Macedonia, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Venetian monuments, Views

Left: Hissar Gate at the castle of Bursa. Right: Streetlet near the castle of Bursa (outside the walls).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bursa, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Bursa (Bursa kalesi), Castles and fortresses, Gates, Hisar Gate (Hisar Kapı), Houses, Human types, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Turkey, Views

The temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth. In the background the Acrocorinth.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Ancient temples, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Venetian architecture, Views

Ancient Corinth with the temple of Apollo and Acrocorinth.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Houses, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

The cave of Cave of Saint John the Theologian, or Cave of the Apocalypse, on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cave of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Priests, Religious practices

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Religious practices

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 castle of Arta.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arta, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Arta, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Views

View of ancient Corinth with Acrocorinth and the temple of Apollo.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Animals, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Corinth, Corinthia, Equids, Greece, Houses, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

The castle of Mytilene, Lesbos, 1867.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Mytilene, Castles and fortresses, Genoese, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments

The monastery of Arcadi, after the being blown up by the Cretans besieged inside, 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The Ottoman army attacks the monastery of Arcadi, Crete, November 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Cannons, Crete, Equids, Ethnic groups, Greece, History, Ottoman army, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons

Port of Patras, 1861. On the right, the city fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Elis, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Human types, Patras, Peloponnese, Ports, Views

Port of Patras, 1861. On the right, the walls of the city fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Patras, Castles and fortresses, Elis, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Houses, Human types, Patras, Peloponnese, Ports, Views

The Old fortress of Corfu, 1859.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Views

View of the town of Corfu from Kanoni (location of the city cannon), 1859. The Old Fortress, in the background.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Dogs, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Kanoni (Corfu), Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Views

The Ottoman clocktower and the Byzantine castle of Arta. April 1854.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arta, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Arta, Castles and fortresses, Clocktowers, Epirus, Greece, Houses, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Views

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Ionian islands, Military officers, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Ports, Sir William Parker, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

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

View of the Byzantine monastery of Panagia Samarina at Androusa.

Tags: Androusa, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hagia Samarina (church), Human types, Messenia, Peloponnese, Professions, Religious practices, Sheep, Shepherds

Section and plan of the Byzantine monastery of Panagia Samarina at Androusa.

Tags: Androusa, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Greece, Hagia Samarina (church), Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Religious practices

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

Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymno province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Religious practices, Rethymno, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

The church of Hagioi Theodoroi at Klauthmonos Square, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Church of Hagioi Theodoroi (Athens), Churches, Greece, Houses, Religious practices

Plan of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Tags: Arquitecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: central and northern naves.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the first court, also known as court of the Janissaries, at Topkapi palace. On the left, the church of Saint Irene. In the background, the Gate of the Salutation or Middle Gate, leading to the Second Court of the palace.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Golden Horn, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views

View of Hagia Sophia from the east (from the apsis).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the Parthenon. In the foreground, reliefs of the Byzantine age, as classified by Kyriakos Pittakis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon

A, B, C, D: Details from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius at the Byzantine Hippodrome, Istanbul. E, F, Column capital from Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. G, H, I. Part of ark and column capitals from the church of Saint Benedict, Istanbul. J. Column and column capital from Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Benedict / Santa Maria della Cisterna (Saint Benoit Latin Katolik Kilisesi), Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of the Byzantine church of Agioi Saranta at Saranda, Albania. The plan was drawn by the author, based on the remains of the church.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Epirus, Plans and drawings, Religious practices, Saranda/ gr. Agioi Saranta

Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Trikala (Meteora).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Meteora), Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

Ruins of a Byzantine church, near Elis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elis, Greece, Human types, Peloponnese

The church of Hagioi Theodoroi in Klauthmonos Square, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Church of Hagioi Theodoroi (Athens), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Views

Details of Byzantine church ornamentation.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Greece

Monastery of Daphni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Daphni, Daphni monastery, Greece, Human types, Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices, Views

Church of Panagia or Xylopanagia at the vilage of Xylopanagia, Serifos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Cyclades, Greece, Panagia (Serifos), Religious practices, Serifos, Xylopanagia (Serifos)

Bell tower of the church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Paros.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani (Paros), Churches, Cyclades, Greece, Paroikia (Paros), Paros, Religious practices

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