Architecture and built environment (7142 Subjects)
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, right after its reconstruction by the Fossati brothers in 1847.
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, right after its reconstruction by the Fossati brothers in 1847.
Ruins of ancient walls at Lefkada.
Ruins of a square building at the ancient walls of Lefkada.
The Roman Theater of Nicopolis, in Epirus.
Ruins of the polygonal walls of the Acropolis on Aetos Hill, on Ithaca.
Ruins of the polygonal walls of the Acropolis on Aetos Hill, on Ithaca.
Ruins from the site of the Acropolis of Sami on Cephalonia island.
Part of ancient wall in Sami, Cephalonia
Fig. 1. Inscription from Lefkada. Fig. 2. Seat-like stone from the School of Homer (Agios Athanasios), Ithaca. Fig. 3. Capital of column found near Skala, Cephalonia. Fig. 4. Part of wall from the ruins at Aetos, Ithaca.
Grand Harbour, Malta.
View between Senglea and Vitoriosa in the Grand Harbor of Malta.
View of Herceg Novi.
View of the eastern shores of the Dardanelles. In the background the Sultaniye Castle.
View of Foca in Asia Minor.
The central square of the city of Kos with the Plane tree of Hippocrates.
Fig. 1. View of Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus). In the background the Castle of Halicarnassus, also called Castle of St. Paul. Fig. 2. View of the ruins of the Temple of Ares in Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus).
View of the medieval city of Rhodes. On the right the Naillac Tower, constructed during the era of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller Philibert de Naillac, and demolished in the mid-19th century.
View of Marmaris in Asia Minor. In the background the Castle of the city, constructed by the Knights Hospitaller.
Carved tombs in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.
Fig. 1. Rock-cut mausoleum in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor. Fig. 2. Lanscape at the Gulf of Saint Paul, in Lindos (Rhodes).
View of Agia Marina, Leros. On the left the Castle of Leros, also known as Castle of Panagia, which was initially constructed by the Knights Hospitaller. In the background the Bourtzi Fortress, dating back to the Roman era.
The port of Alexandria.
View of Fuwwah, city close to the Delta of Nile, east of Alexandria.
View of Minya in Egypt. In the background the El-Amrawy Mosque.
The pylon of the Temple of Luxor (anc. Thebes), together with the colossal statues and the obelisk of Ramses II.
View of the great hypostele of the Temple of Amun-Re at the Precinct of Amun-Re in Karnak.
View of the Ptolemaic Temple of Kom Ombo.
View of the Temple of Dedwen, Nubian deity, at the cape of Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan. During the first Christian centuries, this temple served as a church, and it is still called this way.
View of an Egyptian temple at Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan.