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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

Summer theatre at Faliron, Athens, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Faliro, Greece, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Theatres, Women

The temple of Poseidon at Sounion, 1870.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Natural environment, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio)

“Found at Naxos”. A peasant of Naxos island shows the monks an ancient Greek statue he has discovered. Painting by Henry Wallis.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Castle of Arta, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Naxos, Priests, Professions, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life

The crater of Nea Kameni, off Santorini island, 1870.

Tags: Aegean islands, Cyclades, Greece, Kaldera (Santorini), Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Nea Kameni, Santorini, Volcanoes

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

The trial of the members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders.

Tags: Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Athens, Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Court officials, Courthouses, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Human types, Lawyers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders, are taken to Athens to be brought to trial.

Tags: Animals, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Oropos, Shoes and footwear, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

House at Oropos, or at Dilessi, in which the British travellers abducted by the brigands Arvanitaki were held captive (Dilessi murders, 1870).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Oropos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Mount Penteli seen from the hills of Marathon, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment

The plain of Marathon, 1870.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Marathon, Natural environment

The plain of Marathon and the Acropolis (composition). The temple of the Olympian Zeus, in the background.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Marathon, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Opening of the Greek Orthodox chuch of Saint Nicholas in Liverpool, 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Saints Raphael, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Liverpool, Religious practices, United Kingdom

The Greek Orthodox chuch of Saint Nicholas in Liverpool, 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Church of Saint Nicholas (Liverpool), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Liverpool, Modes of transport, Religious practices, United Kingdom, Women

Lefkada, after the devastating earthquake of 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Santa Maura (Lefkada), Castles and fortresses, Earthquakes, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Natural phenomena

Landscape at the northern coast of Crete, 1869.

Tags: Crete, Greece, Natural environment

Mount Ida, or Psiloritis, Crete, 1869.

Tags: Crete, Greece, Mount Ida (Crete), Mountains, Natural environment

The conference of Paris, 1869.

Tags: Carpets, Clocks, Conference of Paris (1869), Costume - Hats and headwear, English, Ethnic groups, France, French, Greeks, History, Human types, Interiors, Paris, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Writing tools

Street at the town of Mytilene after the 1867 earthquake.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Natural phenomena

The castle of Mytilene, Lesbos, 1867.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castle of Mytilene, Castles and fortresses, Genoese, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments

H.M.S. “Ocean” brings provisions to the sufferers of the 1867 earthquake that hit Lesbos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Natural phenomena

The town of Lixouri as it was before the 1867 earthquake.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Lixouri, Natural environment, Views

Entrance to the harbour of Argostoli, 1867.

Tags: Argostoli, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Greece, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Ports, Views

View of the city of Chania, 1867.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chania, Crete, Greece, Houses, Mosques, Views

The blockade-runner “Arcadi”, symbol of the Cretan revolution, towed up the Dardanelles by Ottoman ships.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arkadi (steamship), Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Cretan Revolution, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, History, Houses, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

The monastery of Arcadi, after the being blown up by the Cretans besieged inside, 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The Ottoman army attacks the monastery of Arcadi, Crete, November 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Cannons, Crete, Equids, Ethnic groups, Greece, History, Ottoman army, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons

Statue of Roman Emperor discovered at the remains of the ancient theater at Kissamos, Chania.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Kissamos, Roman antiquities, Sculptures

Roman statue of goddess Athena, discovered at Kissamos, Chania.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athena, Chania, Crete, Greece, Kissamos, Roman antiquities, Sculptures

View of Kissamos or Kasteli near Chania, Crete. September 1866.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Children, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Kissamos, Views

Volcanic gas at Santorini, February 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Santorini, Thirasia, Volcanoes

Santorini and the islet of Nea Kameni, 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Boats and ships, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Nea Kameni, Santorini, Views

Map of Santorini island, 1866.

Tags: Aegean islands, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Santorini

The New Fortress of Corfu, 1866.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Neo Frourio - New Fortress (Corfu), Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

The ruins of Fort George, named after the King of Britain, at Vido, Corfu. As they left Corfu, shortly before the union of the Ionian islands and Greece, in 1864, the British destroyed all the fortifications they had built.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Fort George (Vido island), Greece, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vido (Corfu)

The Grand Cross of the Greek Order of Our Saviour (highest decoration of the Greek Republic and formerly of the Kingdom of Greece), which was awarded to Victoria of Britain.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Coat of arms of the kingfom of Greece during the reign of George I.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The National Guard at Athens taking the oath of allegiance to George I, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, Military officers, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Weapons

The Archibishop of Athens receiving King George I of Greece in front of the cathedral of Athens, 1863.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Cathedral Church of Athens (Metropolis), Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Priests, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Women

Greek women from all over Greece in traditional costume, 1863.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Human types, Jewellery, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Women

Greeks from all over Greece, in traditional costume, 1863.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

Greek peasants come to Athens to welcome George I, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, Human types, Kings, Peasants, Priests, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons, Women

View of Acropolis from Pnyx Hill, 1863.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Parthenon, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Pnyx, Professions, Sheep, Shepherds, Views

George I of Greece reviews the National Guard, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, History, Kings, Officials, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

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