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Cecrops and his daughter Pandrosos: Sculpture complex from the western pediment of the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Cecrops, Central Greece, Greece, Mythology, Pandrosus, Parthenon, Sculptures, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of the sculpture of Nike from the western pediment of the Parthenon. The head was taken off the temple at the orders of Francesco Morosini, and carried off to Venice in 1687.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Nike, Parthenon, Sculptures, Venice, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of the sculpture of Nike from the western pediment of the Parthenon. The head was taken off the temple at the orders of Francesco Morosini, and carried off to Venice in 1687.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Nike, Parthenon, Sculptures, Venice, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of sculpture from the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Sculptures

Relief of Nike from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

Tags: Acropolis Museum, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Reliefs, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Relief of Nike Sandalizousa from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

Tags: Acropolis Museum, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Nike Sandalizousa, Reliefs, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

The uprising of 3rd September 1843. A multitude of insurgent Greeks gather before the Royal Palace (today the Greek Parliament), to demand a Constitution.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), History, Human types, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Theodoros Kolokotronis lying in stay at Athens, 17th February 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fighters of the Greek Revolution, Greece, Greek War of Independence, History, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Theodoros Kolokotronis

Page of King Otto.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Kings, Officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Suites

Portrait of Amalia, Queen of Greece.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Jewellery, Kings, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Otto of Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Kings, Otto of Greece, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The temple of Zeus Olympian and the Evangelical Church of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Churches, Evangelical Church of Athens, Greece, Houses, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Religious practices, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

The Royal Palace at Athens, today Greek Parliament.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Central Greece, Equids, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Human types, Modes of transport, Views

Map of Greece.

Tags: Greece, Maps

The Acropolis of Athens from the south. On the right, the temple of Olympian Zeus.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

Arch of Hadrian, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Camels, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Travel, Views

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. In the background, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

The Choregic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Choregic monument of Lysicrates, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Views

Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos or Tower of the Winds, Plaka, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Human types, Views

The Gate of Athena Archegetis (Pazaroporta) at Plaka, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Human types, Views

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

The temple of Hephaestus, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Doric order, Greece, Human types, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Roman antiquities from Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sculptures

Roman antiquities seen by the author at the Monastery of Loukou, Cynouria, Peloponnese.

Tags: Arcadia, Art and antiquities, Greece, Loukou, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sculptures

1. View of the castle of Patras. 2-6. Plan and architectural details of Roman funerary monument, Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castle of Patras, Funerary monuments, Greece, Patras, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views

Fragments of Roman statues from Patras. Image 3: details from the Tower of Patrinela at the castle of Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Art and antiquities, Castle of Patras, Greece, Patras, Peloponnese, Sculptures, Tower of Patrinela

Medieval inscriptions and relief seen by the author at the castle of Patras.

Tags: Achaia, Art and antiquities, Castle of Patras, Greece, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Patras, Peloponnese, Reliefs

1. Cave of the oracle of Heracles Vouraikos close to Aigion 2. Medieval relief seen by the author in Aigion. 3. Ancient relief seen by the author at church in Aigion. 4. Inscription seen by the author at the now-lost church of the Presentation of the Virgin (Eisodia Theotokou), Aigion. Today a building by Ernst Ziller stands on the site of the church.

Tags: Achaia, Aigion, Art and antiquities, Cave of Heracles Vouraikos (Aigion), Church of Hagios Georgios (Aigion), Church of the Presentation of the Virgin / Eisodia Theotokou (Aigion), Churches, Greece, Inscriptions, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Reliefs

1. Relief incorporated into wall, seen by the author at a house in Xylokastro. 2, 3. Bases of sculptures seen by the author at church at the village of Basiliko (ancient Sicyon).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Reliefs, Sculptures, Sicyon

1. Plan of the ancient theatre of Sicyon, 1829. 2. Section of part of the theatre. 3-6. Reconstruction and architectural features of the entrance and the main part of the Roman subterranean gallery which provided access to the theatre. 7. Section of seating row. 8-10. View, plan and section of the retaining wall of the stadium of Sicyon.

Tags: Ancient stadium of Sicyon, Ancient stadiums, Ancient theatre of Sicyon, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicyon

Topographical map of ancient Sicyon, with the sites of the ancient theatre and the stadium.

Tags: Ancient stadium of Sicyon, Ancient stadiums, Ancient theatre of Sicyon, Ancient theatres, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Greece, Maps, Peloponnese, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicyon

View of the temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views

Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth: Section of Doric column capital and of part of the epistyle. Left: Reconstruction of part of the epistyle. Bottom right: Votive inscription.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Inscriptions, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

Elevation of the façade of the temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth)

1. Plan of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth. 2. View of the Temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth. 3. Plan of the Roman theatre off ancient Corinth.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Ancient Corinth, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of ancient Corinth, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views

Temple of Zeus at Nemea: Reconstruction of the entablature corner and the crepidoma, with details of Doric column.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Doric order, Greece, Nemea, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

Temple of Zeus at Nemea: Reconstruction, section and ceiling plans of architectural features of the entablature at the corner.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Doric order, Greece, Nemea, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

Temple of Zeus at Nemea: Elevation of the temple façade (reconstruction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Doric order, Greece, Nemea, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

Plan of the temple of Zeus at Nemea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Doric order, Greece, Nemea, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

Temple of Zeus at Nemea.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Equids, Greece, Human types, Nemea, Peloponnese, Temple of Zeus (Nemea), Views

Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina island: Palmette antefix and sculptures of the Horae Auxo and Carpo.

Tags: Aegina, Antefixes, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Auxo (deity), Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Horae, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Karpo, Mythology, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)

Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina island. 1. Telamon. 2. Greek warrior.

Tags: Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Aias / Ajax son of Telamon, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Trojan war

Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina island. 1. Hector. 2. Pares.

Tags: Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Hector, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Paris (mythology), Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Trojan war

Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina island. 1. Goddess Athena. 2. Patroclus.

Tags: Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athena, Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Patroclus, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Trojan war

Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina island. 1. Teucrus. 2. Achilles.

Tags: Achilles, Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Teucrus, Trojan war

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina island. 1. Trojan warrior. 2. Aeneas.

Tags: Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Aeneas, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Eastern pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Trojan war

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina island: Fragments of the pediments. 3, 4: Acroterion.

Tags: Aegina, Aeginetae (Aphaia temple), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Mythology, Pediments, Sculptures, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), Western pediment of the temple of Aphaia (Aegina)

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