In ancient times, pilgrims purified themselves at this spring before entering the sacred precincts of Delphi.
Category: Balkans
The Culture of the Balkan Peninsula
The Acropolis of Mycenae on the Peloponnese. Ancient Greece.
Mycenae was one of the most important cities in Greece in pre-classical times, and the Mycenaean culture was named after it.
Ismail Bey and Mehmed Pasha. Portraits of Louis Dupré c. 1819.
Ismail Bey and Mehmed Pasha, sons of Veli Pasha of Thessaly and grandsons of Ali Pasha of Ioannina.
Port Bathy and Capital of Ithaca. The Neritos of Homer.
This is the port which is exhibited in the present view, and the lofty mountain beyond its entrance is the Neritos of Homer. Views in Greece by Edward Dodwell. London, 1821.
Wedding Garments. Hungary bridal couple.
Wedding Garments. Hungary bridal couple.
Bukovina. Embroidery and Carpets.
Peasant art. Examples of Embroidery. Portion of an Old Carpet.
The Basilians. Nun of the Order of St. Basil in her Choir dress.
The Basilians of Saint Josaphat are affiliated to the Ruthenian Greek-Catholic Church and are integrated into the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. They belong to the Basilians.
Macedonian embroidery with silk, felt appliqué and sequins.
Pattern, Kelim technique, embroidery with silk, felt appliqué and sequins from Kumanovo, Vodna, Romanovce near Kumanovo, Skopje, Macedonia. Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia.
Romanian embroideries from sleeve, shoulder and front of a shirt.
Museum for Ethnology, Vienna, Austria. Romanian embroidery pattern designs of 19th century originals. Traditional embroidery from sleeve, shoulder and front of a shirt. Sleeve embroideries.
Hungarian peasant costume 1873.
Hungarian peasant costume 1873. Hungarian peasant in the Expo Park. 1st May to 2nd November 1873 at Vienna.