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Fig. 1. View of Reggio di Calabria, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Scilla, city in Calabria, Italy. Fig. 3. Tower in Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Calabria, Castle of Reggio (Italy), Castle of Scilla, Castles and fortresses, Fortifications and fortresses, Greek colonies, Houses, Italy, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Reggio di Calabria / anc. Rhegion, Scilla, Southern Italy, Views, Walls
View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of Chandax.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Towers, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls
View of the Great Fortress of Chandax (Heraklion) together with the Kules Fortress, also known as Rocca a Mare.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Views, Walls, Weapons
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetians, Walls
View of Nafplio.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Boats and ships, Bourtzi (Nafplio), Byzantine monuments, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Horses, Houses, Maps, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls, Windmills
View of Famagusta as the city prepares its defense against the Ottoman attack, 1570.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Castle of Famagusta, Castles and fortresses, Cyprus, Ethnic groups, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Genoese, Human types, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Tents, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of the port and city of Corfu, from the north. In the background the Old Fortress (Palaiokastro). On the right the New Fortress.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Neo Frourio - New Fortress (Corfu), Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Ports, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Walls
Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Fortifications and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Travellers, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
The entrance to the Black Sea from Istanbul. On the right Yoros Castle, close to Anadolu Kavağı.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beykoz, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortifications and fortresses, Goats, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Medieval monuments, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)
View of Corinth, the Isthmus of Corinth and Acrocorinth. In the foreground the Venetian fleet sailing the Corinthian Gulf.
Tags: Acrocorinth, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Battlefields, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Corinth, Corinthian gulf, Fortifications and fortresses, Frankish monuments, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Natural environment, Peloponnese, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian fleet, Views
Plan of the Acropolis of Athens.
Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Mosque of the Parthenon, Mosques, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Odeons, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Roman monuments, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis), Theatres, Walls
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