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The Library of Hadrian, Athens. On the left, Tzistaraki mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman monuments, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Women

Areos street, Plaka quarter, Athens. On the right, the Library of Hadrian. July 1854.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Houses, Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The Library of Hadrian, Athens, with the now-lost small church of Hagios Asomatos “sta Skalia”.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hagios Asomatos sta skalia (Athens), Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Views, Women

1, 4, 5: Drawings of architectural elements of Hadrian's Library in Athens. 2, 3: Plan of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, and plan of its court.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Greece, Hadrian, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors

View and plan of Hadrian's Library in Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Ruins

1. - 4. Hadrian's Library, Athens: plan of the west side of the monument. Elevation of the west side. Elevation of entablature. Bottom view and details of the ceiling. 5. Plan of the site of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Corinthian order, Greece, Hadrian, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The cornice of the lateral walls and of the exhedrae. Fig. 2. The architrave of the gate-way or entrance before which the portal in the middle of the front is placed. Fig. 3. A section of the aforesaid architrave. Fig. 4. The mouldings and impost of the ancient arch in the church of the Megâle Panagía. Fig. 5. The section of an architrave supported by the three columns, and by the pilaster which are contiguous to the above mentioned church. Fig. 6. The capital of the pilaster.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The plan and elevation of some ruins on which part of the church called the Megali Panagia is built.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The plan of the capital. Fig. 2. The angular view of the capital.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The capital and entablature of the columns on the front of the building.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The base of one of the four fluted columns of the portal.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Part of the external face of the lateral wall or flank of this building.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: The section of the portal and of the gate-way of entrance before which it is placed.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Hadrian's Library in Athens: A section of the front wall with a profile of the portal and the southern pteroma, with one of the columns between the portal and the northern pteroma.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

The elevation of the portal of Hadrian's Library and the facade to the north of the portal.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Plan of Hadrian's Library.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Funerary vase. Sketch of a part of the ancient Agora. Ancient inscriptions.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Ornamental feature from column.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

Library of Hadrian.

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Library of Hadrian.

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Hadrian's Library in Athens: Plan and elevation of the ruins on which part of the church of Megali Panagia was built. 1. Elevation of ancient arcade 2. Plan showing the ruins of ancient structures within the church. 3. Mouldings and impost of the ancient arcade within the church. 4. Section of the architrave supported by the columns and pilaster adjacent to the church. 4. Capital of the pilaster.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings

Hadrian's Library in Athens: Fig. 1. The plan of the capital. Fig. 2. The angular view of the capital.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The capital and entablature of the columns on the front of the building. 2. Section of the capital. 3. Bottom plan of mouldings. 4. Architrave of the interior of the portal and moulding of the abacus of the capital, continued underneath the architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The base of one of the four fluted columns of the portal. Fig. 2. The cornice of the lateral walls and of the exhedrae. Fig. 3. The architrave of the gate-way or entrance before which the portal in the middle of the front is placed. Fig.4. A section of the aforesaid architrave.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library in Athens: 1. The elevation of the portal of Hadrian's Library and the facade to the north of the portal. 2. A section of the front wall with a profile of the portal and the southern pteroma, with one of the columns between the portal and the northern pteroma. 3. Hadrian's Library in Athens: The section of the portal and of the gate-way of entrance before which it is placed. 4. Part of the external face of the lateral wall or flank of this building.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Plan of Hadrian's Library, Athens. The remaning part is shaded in the drawing.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Plans and drawings, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Hadrian's Library, seen from the house of Nikolaos Logothetis, consul of Britain in Athens. In the foreground, the soap mills, an Ottoman aga receiving a visitor and an Albanian groom.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Hadrian's Library.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens)

The columns of Hadrian's Library. A covered street. In the background, the Frankish towers of the Acropolis. (Drawn and engraved by Joseph Thürmer).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Churches, Corinthian order, Greece, Hagios Asomatos sta skalia (Athens), Houses, Human types, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman monuments, Women

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