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View of Acropolis from Ilissus river.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Camels, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views
View of Athens, showing the bombardment of the Parthenon by Francesco Morosini.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Mosques, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views
Landscape at Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis, the temple of Olympian Zeus, Philopappus monument on Mouseion Hill, the Royal Palace (today Parliament of Greece), and the neighbourhoods of Ambelokipoi and Korydallos.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ambelokipoi, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Funerary monuments, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Korydallos, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Rivers, Roman monuments, Views
Comparison of plans of ancient temples as to their size: The temple of Artemis at Ephesus (1), the Heraion of Samos (2), the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma (3), the temple of Artemis at Sardes (4), the temple of Artemis Leucophryene at Magnesia on the Maeander (5), the temple of Dionysus at Teos (6), the temple of Athena Polias at Priene (7), in Ionic order. The temples of Agrigento (1) and Selinunte (2) in Doric order, the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens (Corinthian order) and the Parthenon (Doric order).
Tags: Aegean islands, Agrigento, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Didim / anc. Didyma, Greece, Ionia, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Italy, Magnesia on the Maeander, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Priene, Samos, Sardes, Selinunte, Sicily, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Southern Italy, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Temple of Artemis Leucophryene (Magnesia on the Maeander), Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Women
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Houses, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Smoking
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Oxen, Parthenon, Rivers
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Arabs, Athens, Boats and ships, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dalmatia, Dance, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Egypt, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Italy, Karnak, Lisbon, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Parthenon, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Portugal, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Title page, Tower of Belem, Turkey, Venice, Views, Women, Zeynab Mosque / Zeynab Camii
Composition: The Erechtheion together with the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. On the left a Muslim cemetery and a mosque. In the background the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon and Hadrian's Arch.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Horses, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins
Composition: The porch of Hadrian's aqueduct (Dexameni) together with the Parthenon. In the background the columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins, Women
Frontispiece: Imaginary representation of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens, together with a topographical map of the Acropolis of Athens and plans of its monuments.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Maps, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Ottomans, Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Roman architecture, Roman monuments
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