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1.	[Academy of Athens (Akademia Athenon)]	Learned institutions and societies; Academies; Architecture, Neoclassical; Architecture, Greek; Neoclassicism (architecture); Greek revival (architecture); Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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...

2.	Arc de l'Ecce Homo - Ecce Homo Arch	Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem); Arches -- Jerusalem; Streets -- Jerusalem; Stations of the Cross; Buildings -- exteriors; City & town life -- Jerusalem; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Shows the arch outside of the Ecce Homo church, with men, women and/or children standing in the foreground. The arch may have been part of a Roman gateway. The view is looking down the Via Dolorosa, the...	ca. 1867? - 1876?

3.	[Areopagus, Athens]	Areopagus (Athens, Greece); Areopagos (Athens, Greece); Greece -- antiquities; Hills; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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....

4.	[Beginning of a model of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem]	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...

5.	Bosphore Chateaux d' Europe - [European castles on the Bosphorus (Rumelihisari)]	Fortification; Towers; Walls; Architecture -- Ottoman; Bosphorus (Turkey); Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Exterior view of the Rumelihisari (Rumeli Hisari), a large, fortified citadel constructed in 1452 by Mehmet II on the western (European) side of the Bosphorus. The Ottomans built fortresses along the straits...	ca. 1890

6.	Bosphore, Chateaux d' Europe. Vue prise de la Mer - [View of the European Castles on the Bosphorus, from the sea]	Fortification; Towers; Walls; Waterfronts; Architecture -- Ottoman; Bosphorus (Turkey); Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Distant view across the Bosphorus of Rumelihisari (Rumeli Hisari), a large, fortified citadel constructed in 1452 by Mehmet II on the western (European) side of the Bosphorus. The Ottomans built fortresses...	ca. 1890

7.	[Central Hall of the Propylaea, Athens]	Propylaea (Acropolis, Athens, Greece); Acropolis (Athens, Greece); Gateways; Columns; Architecture, Greek; Architecture, Classical; Antiquities; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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...

8.	[Ceremonial Hall (Muayede Salonu) at Dolmabahçe Palace]	Dolmabahce Palace (Istanbul, Tukey); Chandeliers; Palaces; Buildings -- Interiors Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	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...	ca. 1890

9.	Chêne d' Abraham, près d' Hébron - Abraham's oak near Hebron	Abraham's Oak (Hebron); Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Oaks -- Hebron; Historic trees -- Hebron; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	View of an ancient tree traditionally known as Abraham's Oak (also known as Oak of Mamre) near Hebron. In the photograph, the tree is surrounded by a low wall and people in European and Jewish costume...	ca. 1870s?

10.	[Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea, Athens]	Churches; Church buildings; Architecture, Byzantine; Architecture, Medieval; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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...

11.	Cimetière turc à Scutari - [Turkish cemetery at Scutari (Üsküdar)]	Cemeteries; Headstones (tombstones); Uskudar (Istanbul, Turkey); (Istanbul, Turkey); City and town life -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	A view of the Turkish cemetery that is now called the Karacaahmet Cemetery (Karacaahmet Mezarlığı) in the Üsküdar district (formerly Scutari) in Istanbul. The photograph shows women sitting and standing...	ca. 1890

12.	Couvent de Mar-Saba, vue generale - Convent of Mar-Saba, general view	Mar Saba (Monastery); Sabas, Saint, 439-532; Monasticism and religious orders --Palestine; Christian antiquities; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Exterior view of Mar Saba, a Greek Orthodox monastery located in the West Bank overlooking the Kidron Valley east of Bethlehem. The image shows mountains, tiled roofs, masonry building, stairways, terraces,...	ca. 1867 - 1876

13.	[Detail of Hermes Holding the Infant Dionysos]	Hermes (Greek deity); Dionysus (Greek deity); Sculpture, Greek; marble sculpture; Gods; Sculpture, Classical; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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...

14.	Eaux douces d’Europe - [Sweet Waters of Europe]	Golden Horn (Turkey); Waterways; Streams; Boats; City and town life -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Natural landscapes; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	A view of the Sweet Waters of Europe, the name given to the two stream valleys located at the top of the inlet of the Golden Horn (Haliç) near what is now the suburb of Eyüp in Istanbul. The photo shows...	ca. 1880-1890

15.	Eglise de la Nativité, intérieur - Church of the Nativity, interior	Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem); Architecture -- Byzantine; Churches -- Bethlehem; Buildings -- interiors; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Interior view of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The photograph shows the East end of the basilica, with the apse on the right and the entry to the Grotto of the Nativity on the left--the site...	ca. 1876 - 1885

16.	Eglise du Pater, intérieur du couloir - Church of the Pater: interior of the passage	Church of the Pater Noster (Jerusalem); Churches--Jerusalem; Cloisters (Architecture); Passageways--Jerusalem; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Middle East	Interior view of a passageway in the cloister of the Church of the Pater Noster. Plaques of the Lord's Prayer in many languages can be seen on the walls. Originally a Byzantine church built at the time...

17.	[Erechtheum at the Acropolis, Athens]	Erechtheum (Athens, Greece); Erechtheion (Athens, Greece); Acropolis (Athens, Greece); Temples; Greece -- antiquities; Architecture, Greek; Architecture, Classical; Photography -- 19th Century; Photography -- Greece	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...

18.	[Exterior view of a building]	Buildings -- Exteriors; Photography -- 19th Century	Exterior view of an elegant building in a natural landscape. Men stand on the front porch and and below the front wall.

19.	[Exterior view of a church and buildings]	Churches; Church buildings; Buildings -- Exteriors; Photography -- 19th Century	Exterior view of a stone church and other buildings on a terraced hill.

20.	[Exterior view of a church]	Churches; Church buildings; Buildings -- Exteriors; Photography -- 19th Century	Exterior view of a stone church with men and boys posing on the front terrace.