Exterior view of the Academy of Athens (also Akademia Athenon). The image shows a front view of the Neoclassical, Ionic order building with a central section and two wings. Statues of Athena (left) and Apollo (right) stand on columns on either...
View of the Areopagus (also known as Rock of Ares, Areios Pagos, and Mars Hill) northwest of the Acropolis in Athens. The photograph shows steps leading up a steep rock face to the summit of the hill. The hill was the ancient meeting place of the...
Schick, Conrad, 1822-1901; Models (representations); Temple Mount (Jerusalem); Temple of Jerusalem; Jerusalem -- Antiquities; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East
Photograph of the beginning of a model by Conrad Schick* of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. *Conrad Schick (1822-1901) was a German-born architect, missionary, and archaeologist who spent most of his life in Jerusalem. Schick built a number of...
View from the west of the central hall of the Propylaea, the monumental gateway on the western slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The photograph shows the stairs leading up to the exterior of the central section of the building, a Doric façade with...
Interior view of the Ceremonial Hall (Muayede Salonu) of the Dolmabahçe Palace complex. The image shows a large crystal chandelier made in England in the mid-19th century, columns, and arches decorated with baroque motifs and gilt molding. The...
View of the Byzantine church of Panaghia Kapnikarea on Ermou Street in Athens. The church was built from the 11th to the 13th centuries at the site of an earlier temple to Athena or Demeter, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was probably named...
Close view of the statue Hermes Holding the Infant Dionysos (also known as Hermes of Praxiteles and Hermes of Olympia), attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles. The marble sculpture was discovered during archaeological excavations at Olympia in...
View of the Erechtheum (also Erechtheion) from the northwest. The temple, located at the northern edge of the Acropolis in Athens, was built between 421 and 407 BC. The photograph shows the projecting north portico with six tall Ionic columns...
Tombs; Mausoleums; Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839; Abdulaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876; Architecture, Ottoman; Istanbul (Turkey) -- antiquities, Roman; Buildings -- exteriors; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East
Exterior view of the tomb of Sultan Mahmud II and Sultan Abdülaziz, from the southeast looking down Divanyolu Street in central Istanbul. The octagonal tomb is on the left, attached to a wall of the complex on the right. The Çemberlitaş (in...
Fountains; Obelisks; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Hippodrome; Circuses (Roman arenas); Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East
A view from the north of the Kaiser Wilhelm II fountain (also known as the German Fountain or Alman Çeşmesi) and the Hippodrome (now Sultanahmet Square) in Constantinople (Istanbul). The fountain, an octagonal dome on eight columns, was built in...
Mount Lykabettos (Athens, Greece); Mount Likavittós (Athens, Greece); Hills; Mountains; Cityscapes; Natural landscapes; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece
View of Lycabettus Hill (also Mount Lycabettus, Lykavittos, Lycabettos or Lykabettos) and rooftops of buildings in Athens. The limestone hill, approximately 300 meters (900 feet) high, is the highest point in central Athens. In Classical...
View of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (also Lysikrates). The monument was erected by the choregos* Lysicrates between 335 and 334 BC. It is located on the Street of the Tripods, a road that lead from the sanctuary of Dionysus and around the...
Photograph from a newspaper of the exterior of the Hagia Sophia from the southwest, showing the large central dome and a minaret. A model of Byzantine architecture, the domed basilica was originally constructed as a Christian place of worship...
View from the north looking down into the interior of the Odeum (also odeon or odeion) built by Greek scholar Herodes Atticus between 160 and 174 BC in memory of his wife. The semicircular theatre, built into a hillside below the southern side of...
View of the interior of the Panathenaic stadium in Athens. Athenian statesman Lycurgus (c.390-c.325/4 BC) oversaw construction of the stadium for athletic competitions during the festival of Panathenaea, which honored the goddess Athena. It was...
