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Tomb of princess Maria of Durazzo, granddaughter of Robert of Anjou, at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Chiara (Naples), Churches, Funerary monuments, Italy, Kings, Maria of Durazzo, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Religious practices, Sculptures, Southern Italy, Women

View of the New Castle of Naples. The castle was built by Charles I of Anjou in 1282.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Naples / Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino, Charles I of Anjou, Italy, Kings, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Southern Italy, Views

Palazzo Donn'Anna, Naples.

Tags: Arquitecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Human types, Italy, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Southern Italy, Views, Villa Donn'Anna

Tomb of Queen Joanna I (1328-1382), granddaughter of Robert of Anjou, at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Chiara (Naples), Churches, Funerary monuments, Italy, Joanna I of Anjou, Kings, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Religious practices, Sculptures, Southern Italy, Women

Tomb of Maria of Calabria, granddaughter of Robert of Anjou, at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples. Tomb of Louis of Anjou, great-grandson of Robert of Anjou, at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Chiara (Naples), Churches, Funerary monuments, Italy, Kings, Louis of Durazzo, Maria of Calabria, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Religious practices, Sculptures, Southern Italy

Tomb of Charles III, son of Robert of Anjou at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Charles II of Anjou, Church of Santa Chiara (Naples), Churches, Funerary monuments, Italy, Kings, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Religious practices, Sculptures, Southern Italy

The tomb of Robert of Anjou or Robert the Wise, King of Naples (1277 – 1343) at the church of Santa Chiara, Naples. The tomb is the work of eminent Florentine artists Paccio and Giovanni Bertini.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Chiara (Naples), Churches, Funerary monuments, Giovanni Bertini, Italy, Kings, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Pacio Bertini, Religious practices, Robert of Anjou (Robert the Wise), Sculptors, Sculptures, Southern Italy

The second Temple of Hera at Paestum.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Equids, Horses, Human types, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Map of Sicily.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Islands, Italy, Maps, Mount Etna, Sicily, Southern Italy, Volcanoes

Comparison of architectural features of the temples of Paestum (column, entablature and corniche) with Doric temples of Athens and Rome in order to show the place of Paestum in the evolution of the rhythm. 1. Comparison of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum to the temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon in Athens. 2. Comparison of the temple of Athena in Paestum to the theatre of Marcellus and the Colosseum in Rome. 3. Comparison of the Temple of Hera in Paestum to the temple of Athena in Paestum and the theatre of Marcellus in Rome. 4. Comparison of column capitals.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Ancient theatre of Marcellus (Rome), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Colosseum, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum), Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Temple of Hera (Paestum), Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Antiquities of Paestum: 1. Exterior of a gate 2. Interior of a gate. 3. Plan of the Roman theatre. 4. Plan of a gate. 5.Column capital from the excavation site. 6. Ancient coins.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coins, Columns / Pillars, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Paestum, Southern Italy

Temple of Hera in Paestum 1. Exterior of the peristyle. 2. Interior of the peristyle. 3.Profile of peristyle columns. Analysis of column curvatures. Front view of peristyle columns.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera (Paestum)

Temple of Hera in Paestum. 1. Plan of the temple. 2. Part of the entablature with details of the column and column capital. 3. Drawing of columm capital. 4. Decorative elements of th echinus of column capital.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

1. Restoration of the facade of the Temple of Athena in Paestum. 2. Facade of the temple. 3. Plan of the temple. 4. Ceiling plan of the entablature, details of column and column capital. 5. Drawing of part of the entablature, emphasizing triglyphs and guttae. 6. Details of the temple.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum: Details of the entablature, column base, column and column capital.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Τemple of Hera in Paestum. E – F. Ceiling plan of the guttae of the entablature. D. Section of the entablature. E. Corner of the entablature.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum. Restoration of column, column capital and entablature. Architectural features of column and entablature.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Restoration of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum. 1. Longitudinal section. 2. Transverse section.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Second Temple of Hera in Paestum. A. Longitudinal section. B. Transverse section. C-F. Architectural features of the tempe.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Restoration of the facade and sides of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Plan of the Second Temple of Hera in Paestum.

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Plans and drawings, Southern Italy, Temple of Hera II (Paestum)

Views of the temples of Paestum from the east (1), the south (2) and the west (3).

Tags: Ancient temples, Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Animals, Art and antiquities, Bovids, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Southern Italy, Temple of Athena (Paestum), Temple of Hera (Paestum), Temple of Hera II (Paestum), Views

1. Map of Magna Graecia. 2. Map of the Kingdom of Naples. 3. Topographical map of Paestum. 4. Map of the surrounding area of Paestum.

Tags: Ancient temples of Poseidonia (Paestum), Art and antiquities, Italy, Maps, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Paestum / anc. Poseidonia, Sicily, Southern Italy

49. Ottoman kiosk on the Golden Horn. 57. View of Aetna volcano. 58 Water fountain in the open sea, a meteorological phemomenon witnessed by the author off the coast of Sicily.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Italy, Kiosks, Mount Etna, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sardinia, Sicily, Southern Italy, Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Volcanoes

Map of central and southern Italy.

Tags: Italy, Maps, Sicily, Southern Italy

Nautical chart of the bay and promontory of Passero, Sicily. Nautical chart of the bay of Taranto.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cape Passero, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Italy, Maps, Ports, Sicily, Southern Italy, Taranto

Nautical chart of the harbour of Trapani, Sicily.

Tags: Italy, Maps, Ports, Sicily, Southern Italy, Trapani / anc. Drepanon

Nautical chart of Sicily and the adjacent coasts of Italy and Tunisia.

Tags: Italy, Maps, Sicily, Southern Italy

Nautical chart of the bay of Messina, Sicily. Nautical chart of the port of Palermo, Sicily.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Italy, Maps, Messina / anc. Zancle, Palermo / anc. Panormos, Ports, Sicily, Southern Italy

The navigation of Ulysses from Troy to Ithaca, according to Homer.

Tags: Asia, Greece, Greek mythology, History, Homer, Italy, Maps, Odyssey, Sicily, Southern Italy, Turkey

Map of Italy and the eastern Mediterranean sea.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Asia Minor, Crete, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Italy, Maps, Mediterranean sea, Sicily, Southern Italy, Turkey

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).

An example of the plan of an ancient theatre of Europe (Greece, southern Italy). According to William Leake, the orchestra forms a semicircle parallel to the scene, in contrast to the theatres of Asia Minor, which possess a wider orchestra forming an arc of approximately 220º.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Southern Italy

Map of Sicily.

Tags: Islands, Italy, Maps, Mythical beings, Sicily, Southern Italy

Map of Elba island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Churches, Elba / anc. Aethalia, Islands, Italy, Maps, Mythical beings, Portoferraio, Ports, Southern Italy, Walls

Ancient column capital and sarcophagus from Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cathedral of Monreale (Sicily), Funerary monuments, Italy, Monreale, Reliefs, Sarcophagi, Sicily, Southern Italy

Ancient sarcophagi from Sicily.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Italy, Reliefs, Sarcophagi, Sicily, Southern Italy

Ancient funerary urn from Sicily.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Italy, Sicily, Southern Italy, Urns

Antiquities from Sicily.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Italy, Sicily, Southern Italy

Collection of resin from tree, Sicily.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Agricultural tools, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Italy, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Women

The entrance to the palace of the Prince of Palagonia in Bagheria, Sicily.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bagheria, Horses, Human types, Italy, Palace of the Prince of Palagonia (Sicily), Palaces, Sicily, Southern Italy

Tuna fishing, Sicily.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Fish, Fishermen, Fishing, Human types, Italy, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Tuna, Women

Tuna fishing, Sicily.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Fish, Fishermen, Fishing, Human types, Italy, Nets, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Tuna

Details of the process of tuna fishing, Sicily
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Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Fish, Fishermen, Fishing, Human types, Italy, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Tuna

Landscape of Palermo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Palermo / anc. Panormos, Sicily, Southern Italy, Washing and laundering, Women

Carriage used for the harvesting of crops.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Bovids, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Human types, Italy, Modes of transport, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Women

Curing of anchovies.

Tags: Baskets, Curing, Economic activities, Fish, Fishing, Human types, Interiors, Italy, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy

View of the thermal springs on Mount San Calogero near Sciacca, Sicily. View of the thermal springs complex.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baths, Baths of San Calogero (Stufe di San Calogero), Dogs, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Sciacca, Sicily, Southern Italy, Thermal springs

Entrance to the Cave of San Calogero (also known as thermal springs of San Calogero) on Mount San Calogero near Sciacca, Sicily.

Tags: Baths, Baths of San Calogero (Stufe di San Calogero), Cave San Calogero (Stufa di San Calogero), Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Sciacca, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Thermal springs

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