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View of the remains of the temple of Antoninus and Faustina.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Churches, Houses, Italy, Piazza Colonna (Rome), Religious practices, Rome, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (Rome), Views

The column of Marcus Aurelius at Piazza Colonna, Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Column of Marcus Aurelius (Colonna di Marco Aurelio), Fountains / Springs, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Views

View of Acqua Vergine aqueduct, Rome.

Tags: Acqua Vergine, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Views

View of Aqua Alsietina aqueduct, Rome.

Tags: Aqua Alsietina, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Views

Ampitheatre Castrense, Rome.

Tags: Amphitheatres, Amphitheatrum Castrense), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Views

View of prison in Rome (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Italy, Prisons, Rome, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

Map of the site of ancient Gortyn, Crete. View of Gortyn.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Crete, Equids, Gortyn (Crete), Horses, Human types, Maps, Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Views

View of the General Archive of the Indies, housed in the former merchant's exchange house of Seville (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes). In the background, Seville Cathedral with the famed bell tower of Giralda. Giralda was formerly a minaret of the now-demolished mosque of the Almohad era, on whose site the Cathedral was built.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Carriages, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, General Archive of the Indies / Archivo General de Indias (Seville), Giralda (Seville), Horses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Seville, Seville Cathedral, Spain, Views

Imaginary depiction of the royal palaces of Alexandria, supposedly built by Alexander the Great.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Palaces, Romans, Views

The fountain of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra at the Isle Garden (Jardín de la Isla) of Aranjuez, Spain.

Tags: Aranjuez, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Gardens, Greek mythology, Human types, Madrid, Mythology, Palaces, Sculptures, Spain, Views

View of the Castle of Saint George (Castillo San Jorge), built on the remains of the “Castle of Triana” after Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Seville in 1248. On the right, the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro), built under the Almohad dynasty.

Tags: Arab monuments, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Castle of Triana / Castillo San Jorge (Seville), Castles and fortresses, Guadalquivir, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Rivers, Seville, Spain, Torre del Oro (Seville), Triana (Seville), Views

Panoramic view of Athens from the Nymphs' Hill. On the left, Athens Observatory. At the centre, the temple of Hephaestus. On the right, the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Athens Observatory, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Parthenon, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Views

Entrance to the Pagasetic gulf. Part of the western coast belonged to the Greek state. The central and eastern parts were acquired with the treaty of Istanbul in 1881.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Magnesia, Natural environment, Pagasetic gulf, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Volos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Ports, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Mount Olympus from Naousa.

Tags: Greece, Imathia, Macedonia, Mount Olympus, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

View of Naousa and Mount Vermion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Houses, Imathia, Katerini, Macedonia, Mount Vermio, Mountains, Views

The western wall of the castle of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Views, Women

Panoramic view of the castle and city of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Greece, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ports, Views

View of Volos in 1878, showing the positions of battle during the Uprising in Thessaly (1878), and the spot where British correspondent Ogle was murdered.

Tags: Boats and ships, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Ports, Second battle of Makrynitsa (1878), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), Views, Volos

Kalamitsa bay, Skyros island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Greece, Human types, Kalamitsa (Skyros), Northern Sporades, Skyros, Views

View of Nafplion with Palamidi fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Nafplio, Natural environment, Palamidi, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View of the plain of Argolis from the ancient theatre of Argos. In the background, the town of Nafplion.

Tags: Argolis, Argos, Greece, Nafplio, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Plain of Argolis, Views

View of Argos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolic plain, Argolis, Argos, Churches, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Views

View of Bourtzi fortress at the port of Nafplion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Castles and fortresses, Greece, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View of Athens. In the background, on the right, the Greek Parliament.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Houses, Views

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

Snapshots of the days after the devastating earthquake of Chios in April 1881: 1. Procession 2. Ruins of houses at Aplotaria, main street of the town of Chios. 3. Residents of Chios awaiting the arrival of provisions. 4. Ruins before the Governor's palace.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chios, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Processions, Religious practices, Views

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views, Windmills

The castle of Chios after the devastating earthquake of 1881.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Earthquakes, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural phenomena, Ports, Views

View of the Roman aqueduct at Buca, Izmir (valley of Saint Anne).

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Buca, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Irrigation systems, Izmir / Smyrna, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Turkey, Views, Women

Panoramic view of the silver mines of Lavrio.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Lavrio, Mines, Mines of Lavrio, Views

The castle of Souli (or castle of Kiafa).

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castle of Kiaffa (Souli), Castles and fortresses, Epirus, Equids, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Souli, Views

View of Meteora.

Tags: Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Natural environment, Priests, Religious practices, Thessaly, Views

View of Ioannina. In the centre, the mosque of Aslan Pasha. Ioannina did not in fact become Greek territory until the 1913 Treaty of Bucarest, after the Balcan Wars. The proposition that it be ceded to Greece in 1878 was rejected by the Congress of Berlin due to the reaction of the Ottoman side.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Aslan Pasha Mosque (Ioannina), Boats and ships, Epirus, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ioannina, Mosques, Views

View of Souda bay, Crete.

Tags: Boats and ships, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Souda, Views

Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878: View of Mount Pelion from the gulf of Volos.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Magnesia, Mountains, Pelion, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaly, Views, Volos

View of Kavala from the sea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Kavala, Macedonia, Mosques, Views

The Greek uprising in Thessaly, 1878. Town and fort of Domokos, at that moment a frontier town.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castle of Domokos, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Domokos, Frankish monuments, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Phthiotis, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Uprising in Thessaly (1878), 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

Landscape at the gulf of Corinth. In the distance, Mounts Parnassus and Helicon.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Corinthian gulf, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Human types, Irrigation systems, Mount Helicon, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views, 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

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

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

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