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Alexandra Princess of Wales promenading in the Royal Gardens (today National Garden), during her visit to Athens in 1877. In the background, from left to right, the temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch and the Acropolis.

Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) watches the illumination of the Acropolis of Athens, 1877.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edward VII of England, Festivities / Celebrations, Greece, Human types, Parthenon, Princes, Princes of Wales, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

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

Summer theatre at Faliron, Athens, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Faliro, Greece, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Theatres, Women

The temple of Poseidon at Sounion, 1870.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Natural environment, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio)

“Found at Naxos”. A peasant of Naxos island shows the monks an ancient Greek statue he has discovered. Painting by Henry Wallis.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Castle of Arta, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Naxos, Priests, Professions, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life

The crater of Nea Kameni, off Santorini island, 1870.

Tags: Aegean islands, Cyclades, Greece, Kaldera (Santorini), Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Nea Kameni, Santorini, Volcanoes

View of Santorini island from the west, 1870. In the background, the village of Oia.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cyclades, Greece, Houses, Kaldera (Santorini), Natural environment, Nea Kameni, Oia (Santorini), Santorini, Views, Volcanoes

The trial of the members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders.

Tags: Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Athens, Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Court officials, Courthouses, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Human types, Lawyers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders, are taken to Athens to be brought to trial.

Tags: Animals, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Oropos, Shoes and footwear, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

House at Oropos, or at Dilessi, in which the British travellers abducted by the brigands Arvanitaki were held captive (Dilessi murders, 1870).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Oropos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Mount Penteli seen from the hills of Marathon, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment

The plain of Marathon, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Marathon, Natural environment

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

Lefkada, after the devastating earthquake of 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Santa Maura (Lefkada), Castles and fortresses, Earthquakes, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Natural phenomena

Landscape at the northern coast of Crete, 1869.

Tags: Crete, Greece, Natural environment

Mount Ida, or Psiloritis, Crete, 1869.

Tags: Crete, Greece, Mount Ida (Crete), Mountains, Natural environment

Street at the town of Mytilene after the 1867 earthquake.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Natural phenomena

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

H.M.S. “Ocean” brings provisions to the sufferers of the 1867 earthquake that hit Lesbos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Natural phenomena

The town of Lixouri as it was before the 1867 earthquake.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Lixouri, Natural environment, Views

Entrance to the harbour of Argostoli, 1867.

Tags: Argostoli, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Greece, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Ports, Views

View of the city of Chania, 1867.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chania, Crete, Greece, Houses, Mosques, Views

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

Statue of Roman Emperor discovered at the remains of the ancient theater at Kissamos, Chania.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Kissamos, Roman antiquities, Sculptures

Roman statue of goddess Athena, discovered at Kissamos, Chania.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athena, Chania, Crete, Greece, Kissamos, Roman antiquities, Sculptures

View of Kissamos or Kasteli near Chania, Crete. September 1866.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Children, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Kissamos, Views

Volcanic gas at Santorini, February 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Santorini, Thirasia, Volcanoes

Santorini and the islet of Nea Kameni, 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Nea Kameni, Santorini, Views

Map of Santorini island, 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Santorini

The New Fortress of Corfu, 1866.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Neo Frourio - New Fortress (Corfu), Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

The ruins of Fort George, named after the King of Britain, at Vido, Corfu. As they left Corfu, shortly before the union of the Ionian islands and Greece, in 1864, the British destroyed all the fortifications they had built.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Fort George (Vido island), Greece, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vido (Corfu)

The Grand Cross of the Greek Order of Our Saviour (highest decoration of the Greek Republic and formerly of the Kingdom of Greece), which was awarded to Victoria of Britain.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Coat of arms of the kingfom of Greece during the reign of George I.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The National Guard at Athens taking the oath of allegiance to George I, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, Military officers, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Weapons

The Archibishop of Athens receiving King George I of Greece in front of the cathedral of Athens, 1863.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Cathedral Church of Athens (Metropolis), Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Priests, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Women

Greek women from all over Greece in traditional costume, 1863.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Human types, Jewellery, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Women

Greeks from all over Greece, in traditional costume, 1863.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

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