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The Beulé Gate, main entrance to the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Beulé Gate, Central Greece, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The church of Hagioi Theodoroi at Klauthmonos Square, Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Church of Hagioi Theodoroi (Athens), Churches, Greece, Houses, Religious practices

Porta Appia or Porta San Sebastiano at the walls of Marcus Aurelius, Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aurelian Walls (Rome), Italy, Porta Appia, Porta San Sebastiano, Rome, Walls

Tomb of Guillaume Durand, bishop of Mende in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Rome), Guillaume Durand, Italy, Priests, Religious practices, Rome

Part of an inscription, according to tradition the one which hung over the Holy Cross, today kept at Santa Croce Basilica, Rome.

Tags: Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (Santa Croce in Gerusalemme ), Churches, Italy, Religious practices, Rome

Map showing the author's route.

Tags: Greece, Italy, Maps, Travel, Turkey

Interior of the putative tomb of Vergil at Naples.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Italy, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Southern Italy, Vergil

Statue of Conradin, Duke of Swabia and King of Sicily (1252-1268) at the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Naples. The statue was made by Bertel Thorvaldsen and erected by Maximilian of Bavaria in 1847.

Tags: Bertel Thorvaldsen, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine (Naples), Conradin, History, Italy, Kings, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Portraits, Sculptors, Sculptures, Southern Italy

Mosaic from the basilica of Santa Maria di Trastevere in Rome (twelfth century).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Maria di Trastevere (Rome), Churches, Italy, Mosaics, Religious practices, Rome

Vrefokratoussa mosaic at the church of Santa Maria in Domnica, Rome (ninth century).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Maria in Domnica (Rome), Churches, Italy, Mosaics, Religious practices, Rome, Vrefokratousa (Virgin holding infant Jesus)

The tomb of Agnès and Clemence, descendants 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, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Religious practices, Sculptures, Southern Italy, Women

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

Interior of the church of Santa Constanza in Rome, built by Constantine I in memory of his daughter, Constantia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Constanza (Rome), Churches, Constans, Early Christian Monuments, Emperors, Funerary monuments, Human types, Italy, Prayer, Religious practices, Rome

Mosaic of the sixth century at the basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano, which was built on the site of Romulus's temple at the Forum of Rome.

Tags: Arquitecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Churches, Italy, Mosaics, Religious practices, Rome, Temple of Romulus / Santi Cosma e Damiano (Rome)

Plan of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Tags: Arquitecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: central and northern naves.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the first court, also known as court of the Janissaries, at Topkapi palace. On the left, the church of Saint Irene. In the background, the Gate of the Salutation or Middle Gate, leading to the Second Court of the palace.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Golden Horn, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views

View of Hagia Sophia from the east (from the apsis).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Acropolis from the north.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Views

View of the Parthenon. In the foreground, reliefs of the Byzantine age, as classified by Kyriakos Pittakis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon

A, B, C, D: Details from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius at the Byzantine Hippodrome, Istanbul. E, F, Column capital from Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. G, H, I. Part of ark and column capitals from the church of Saint Benedict, Istanbul. J. Column and column capital from Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Benedict / Santa Maria della Cisterna (Saint Benoit Latin Katolik Kilisesi), Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey

Byzantine relief discovered at the area of the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Greece, Reliefs

Decorative features from the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece

Relief from the Museum of Kerameikos, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Reliefs

Title page.

Tags: Title page

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