Architecture and built environment (7142 Subjects)
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.
The New Fortress of Corfu, 1866.
Volcanic gas at Santorini, February 1866.
View of Kissamos or Kasteli near Chania, Crete. September 1866.
The Ottoman army attacks the monastery of Arcadi, Crete, November 1866.
The monastery of Arcadi, after the being blown up by the Cretans besieged inside, 1866.
The blockade-runner “Arcadi”, symbol of the Cretan revolution, towed up the Dardanelles by Ottoman ships.
View of the city of Chania, 1867.
The town of Lixouri as it was before the 1867 earthquake.
H.M.S. “Ocean” brings provisions to the sufferers of the 1867 earthquake that hit Lesbos island.
The castle of Mytilene, Lesbos, 1867.
Street at the town of Mytilene after the 1867 earthquake.
Lefkada, after the devastating earthquake of 1869.
The Greek Orthodox chuch of Saint Nicholas in Liverpool, 1869.
Opening of the Greek Orthodox chuch of Saint Nicholas in Liverpool, 869.
House at Oropos, or at Dilessi, in which the British travellers abducted by the brigands Arvanitaki were held captive (Dilessi murders, 1870).
Panoramic view of Athens. On the left, a part of the railway line Piraeus-Athens-Peloponnese. In the background on the right, the Acropolis and the temple of Hephaestus. In the background centre, the Royal Palace (today Parliament of Greece).
View of Santorini island from the west, 1870. In the background, the village of Oia.
View of the White Tower and the eastern wall of Thessaloniki, from the Muslim cemetery.
View of Thessaloniki from the sea, 1876.
Alexandra Princess of Wales promenading in the Royal Gardens (today National Garden), during her visit to Athens in 1877. In the background, from left to right, the temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch and the Acropolis.
Alexandra Princess of Wales promenading in the Royal Gardens (today National Garden), during her visit to Athens in 1877. In the background, the Acropolis.
Plan of the excavation site of Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae Acropolis. Plan of the Acropolis of Mycenae.
1, 2: Plan and section of the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus. 3, 4: Mycenean tombs at Grave Circle A of Mycenae.
View of the village of Mycenae. In the background, the acropolis.
The entrance to the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus, from the interior of the monument.
Interior of the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae or Treasury of Atreus.
Part of the ancient walls of Larissa Acropolis in Argos. Plan of the Pyramid of Hellinikon, Argos.
Part of the ancient wall of the acropolis of Nafplio (Acronauplia).
Entrance to the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae, or Treasury of Atreus.