Architecture and built environment (7142 Subjects)
Church of the Virgin on the ouskirts of Cairo, on the site of the cave where the Holy Family hid while in Egypt (Santa Maria della Cava). Church outside Cairo near the former, (Santa Maria della Scala), with a red column which the Virgin hugged, leaving an indelible white imprint.
Tomb of Saint Barbara, possibly in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Giza; according to the author, they were the granaries of the Pharaohs of Egypt, built by Joseph son of Jacob.
Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
Katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
Church of the Apparition of the Virgin on Mount Horeb. The site where God spoke to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Musa).
Church and mosque on the site where God gave the tablets of the Ten Commandments to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Mousa). Monastery of the Forty Martyrs. The summit of Saint Catherine, on which, according to tradition, the Angels laid down the remains of the Saint.
Saracene fortress with springs in the area of Mount Sinai.
View of Damietta.
Orthodox church in Egypt.
Chapel of the Prison of Saint Catherine in Salamis, Cyprus, where, according to a certain tradition the saint was born and later imprisoned. View of Siteia, Crete.
View of Poreč in Croatia.
Giannitsa.
Bitola.
Ohrid.
Tirana.
Krujë.
Shkodër.
Durrës.
Berat.
Gjirokästër.
Ioannina.
Nicopolis.
Arta.
Parga.
Meteora.
The Sultan rides to the mosque to pray on a Friday, escorted by a formal procession.
The tomb of Absalom at Cidro valley, Jerusalem. Muslims throw stones at the monument.
Public baths at Tripoli, Lebanon.
View of Strada Reale in Valletta, Malta.
Egyptian cavalry soldiers at Giza.