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1. Stone bridge near the necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily. 2. The necropolis of Pantalica in Sicily, at the site of ancient Herbessus.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bridges, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Funerary monuments, Herbessus, Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Pantalica (Sicily), Pantalica, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Views, Women
1. View of the ancient theatre of Syracuse. 2. View of the funerary monument known as the “Grave of Archimedes”.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Doric order, Funerary monuments, Grave of Archimedes (Syracuse), Human types, Italy, Natural environment, Painters / Engravers, Religious practices, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Theatres, Travel, Views
View of quarries in Syracuse. At the time of the author's visit, the quarry was within the garden of the Capuchin monastery.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Capuchin friars, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Italy, Monasteries, Priests, Quarries, Quarries of Syracuse (Ear of Dionysius), Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Vestments (liturgical garments), Views
View of the quarry known as “Ear of Dioynusius” in Syracuse. 2. View of the interior of the quarry.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Human types, Italy, Quarries, Quarries of Syracuse (Ear of Dionysius), Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Views
View of the ancient theare of Syracuse, before it was excavated.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bovids, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Equids, Houses, Human types, Italy, Music, Musical instruments, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Theatres, Views, Women
1. View of the outer peristyle of the temple of Athena, today part of the cathedral church of Syracuse. 2. Fountain of Arethousa, Syracuse.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Fountain of Arethousa (Syracuse), Fountains / Springs, Greek mythology, Houses, Human types, Italy, Laundresses / Washerwomen, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Temple of Athena (Syracuse), Views, Washing and laundering, Women
1. View of the port of Syracuse from the sea, with Mount Aetna in the background. 2. View of the port of Syracuse from the city.
Tags: Ancient Greek colonies, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Fishermen, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Italy, Mount Etna, Nets, Ports, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Views, Volcanoes, Women
Greek and Jewish women in traditional costume. View of Stroboli volcano. Lighthouse at the bay of Messina, Sicily. View of Izmir.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Gulfs and bays, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Isole Eolie, Italy, Izmir / Smyrna, Jewellery, Jews, Lighthouses, Messina / anc. Zancle, Natural environment, Ports, Sicily, Southern Italy, Stromboli / anc. Strongyle, Turkey, Volcanoes, Women
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).
Tags: Aegean islands, Agrigento, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Didim / anc. Didyma, Greece, Ionia, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Italy, Magnesia on the Maeander, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Plans and drawings, Priene, Samos, Sardes, Selinunte, Sicily, Sığacık – Seferihisar / anc. Teos, Southern Italy, Temple of Apollo (Didyma), Temple of Artemis Leucophryene (Magnesia on the Maeander), Temple of Athena Polias (Priene), Temple of Dionysus (Teos), Turkey
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