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Pictures of Cappadocia, Turkey. Pictures, photos & images of Cappadocia ( Capadocia, Kapadokya, ) Anatolia, Turkey. Cappadocia is an area of spectacular rock formations that have been used as rock houses for thousands of years. The whole area has been covered with hundreds of meters of volcanic ash that has compressed into Tufa rock. [...]
Pictures of Perge Archaeological Site, Turkey. Pictures, images and photos of the archaeological site of Perge ( Perga ), Turkey. Perge dates back to the Bronze Age and during the Greek Hellenistic period was one of the richest and most beautiful cities of the ancient world. In the 1400′s B.C the Ancient World civilisations of [...]
Pictures of The Bridestones, North Yorkshire England. Pictures of the Bridestones nature reserve, Dalby forest in the North Yorks Moors National Park. The Bridestones are weathered Jurassic sandstone outcrops that stand on the edge of a valley of ancient woodland in Dalby forest. Some of the Bridestones are cylindrical towers whilst others have been [...]
Pictures of Perge Archaeological Site, Turkey. Pictures, images and photos of the archaeological site of Perge ( Perga ), Turkey. Perge dates back to the Bronze Age and during the Greek Hellenistic period was one of the richest and most beautiful cities of the ancient world. In the 1400′s B.C the Ancient World civilisations of [...]
Pictures of The Plitvice Lakes, Croatia. pictures, images & photos of Plitvice Lakes National Park ( Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera ), Croatia. Situated in the Dinaric mountain range of Croatia near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Plitvice lakes are a series of 16 lakes that descend from 2078 to 1650ft down a [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of the Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Pictures & Images of Robin Hood’s Bay. Robin Hood’s Bay is a small fishing village on the North Yorkshire Coast whose houses tumble down the cliffs linked by a maize of small alleys. This picturesque village is famous for its tales of smuggling and [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of the Spectacular Byzantine Mosaics of The Palatine Chapel, Palermo. Photos, pictures of the Palatine Chapel, Palermo. The chapel was commissioned buy Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and was dedicated to St. Peter. The new chapel was built over an older chapel, now the crypt, that was built in [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of The Roman Sculpture of Aphrodisias Museum, Turkey. Pictures of Roman Art relief sculpture freezes from the Temples of Aphrodisias. The images of Roman Sculptures show Goddesses & Roman Emperors. Aphrodisias was a small city in Caria, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, Turkey, about 230 km (140 miles) [...]
Pictures of Hot Air Balloons of Cappadocia, Turkey. Pictures, photos & images of Cappadocia ( Capadocia, Kapadokya, ) hot air balloons, Anatolia, Turkey. Cruising slowly over Cappadocia amongst its spectacular rock formations is one of the top ten things to do in Turkey. The whole of Capadocia has been covered with hundreds of meters [...]
Pictures of The Great Library of Celsus at Ephasus. Ephesus pictures, photos of the library of Celsus & Images of the Roman ruins. See & buy Ephesus stock photos or Ephesus photo art prints & cards. Ephesus ( Ephesos; Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Roman Mosaics of Italy, Greece & Turkey Pictures & images of Ancient Roman sculpture & relief sculptures from Italy, Greece & Turkey. Ancient Greek sculpture is a complicated area of archaeology as it is linked very closely to Greek sculpture. One area of Roman sculpture copies earlier known Greek sculptures. [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Ottoman Style Iznik Tiles. Pictures, images & photos of Iznik glazed ceramic Arabesque Ottoman tiles. Iznik was famous for its highly decorated ceramic pottery from the 15th century to the end of the 17th century. Suleyman the magnificent and his wife Hurrem (Roxelana) became big fans of Iznik ceramics and [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Byzantine Roman Mosaics & Frescoes. Pictures of Byzantine art with images of Byzantine mosaics & frescos from Greece, Turkey, Sicily & Italy. Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire from about the 5th century until the Fall of [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Historic Rome Pictures, images & photos of Rome, Italy. To many Rome is Italy but actually Rome is Rome and still feels different from the rest of Italy. 1600 years after its fall from grace the independence of what was the capital of the greatest Western Empire can still be [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of the Ottoman Architecture of Safronbolu, Turkey. Pictures & images of the Ottoman Turkish architecture of Safranbolu, Turkey. Safranbolu derives its name from the Saffron the city traded had 3 caravanserais, overnight stopping places for camel caravan trains. Conquered during the Turkish expansion into Anatolia in the 11th century, the town [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Lycian Archaeology. Pictures & images of ancient Lycian cities in western Anatolia, Turkey. Ancient Egyptian records describe the Lycians as allies of the Hittites but it is also thought that the Lycians were one of the ‘Sea Peoples’ who invaded the Hittite Empire around 1200 BC .By 1300 B.C, Lycia [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of San Gimignano, Tuscany. The Medieval Manhattan. Pictures, photo & images of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Scilly. Ever wondered what Manhattan would have looked like if it was built 800 years ago. Well a look at the curious towers of San Gimignano will give some idea of what a medieval Manhattan would [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Chios Island Greece. Pictures and images of the Aegean Island of Chios, Greece. Chios is a fascinating and unspoilt Island a few kilometres off the Turkish coast. In the south of the Island Mastic trees grow which produce a resin that is a delicacy used in Lokum or Turkish / [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of the Norman Monreale Cathedral, Sicily. Pictures, images & photos of the Great Norman Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily. The world Norman and Sicily do not sit naturally together for many people, yet The Normans did not only conquer England they help principalities all the way to and including Jerusalem. The Norman’s [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of the Romen Emperor Diocletian’s Palace at Split, Croatia. Pictures, Images & photos of Split and Roman Emperor Diocletian’s palace founded by Emperor Diocletian between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries AD. Diocletian became emperor after long periods of civil war in the Roman Empire. He started a reform [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of The Wooden Churches of Maramures, Romania. Pictures, images & photos of Maramures, Northern Transylvania, Romania. Maramureș is a region in north eastern Romania hemmed in by the Ukraine border to the north and mountains to the south, west & east that are inaccessible in the winter. Many of the valleys [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Romantic Volcanic Island of Santorini, Greece. Pictures, Images & Photos of Santorini Island and its dramatic volcanic crater & whitewashed villages & churches. High on any travel "must see" list of European destinations has to be the Greek Cyclades Island of Santorini and in particular the town of Oia. With [...]
Pictures of The Bridestones, North Yorkshire England. Pictures of the Bridestones nature reserve, Dalby forest in the North Yorks Moors National Park. The Bridestones are weathered Jurassic sandstone outcrops that stand on the edge of a valley of ancient woodland in Dalby forest. Some of the Bridestones are cylindrical towers whilst others have been weathered [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Hagia Sophia Istanbul. Pictures & images of Hagia Sophia ( Aya Sophia ) Basilica Istanbul. Completed in 537 under Emperor Justinian, Hagia Sophia is a major Roman Byzantine work of architecture with a massive dome that would not be surpassed in size for 1000 years. The present Hagia Sophia or [...]
