To the south-east of the Roman Agora is the octagonal Tower of the Eight Winds; the Clepsydra of Andronikos Kyrrheste described by Vitruviu.
Entrance to the Tower of the Winds at Athens.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Charles I and The English Civil War 1642-1649.
The English Civil War was fought 1642-1649 between supporters of King Charles I of England (“Cavaliers”) and those of the English Parliament (“Roundheads”).
Open, low-cut little dress, 1780.
Open, low-cut little dress. Relaxation in the Bois de Boulogne.
The weekly market, bazar, or market-place of Athens.
Greeks, Turks, and Albanians are then seen mingled together; and while the variegated diversity of their costumes gratifies the eye of the beholder.
Edmund Spenser. The Fairy Queen. Florimel and the Witch.
The Faerie Queene is his most important contribution to English poetry which is linked here with the Arthurian legend.
Man in a chenille. Cabinet des modes, ou Les modes nouvelles.
Homme en chenille. Cabinet des Modes 1785.
Antonio Tebaldeo. Italian poet of the renaissance. 16th century.
Antonio Tebaldeo (1463–1537) was born in Ferrara, where he was an educator of Isabella d’Este and then secretary of Lucretia Borgia later. Successor of Francesco Petrarch.
Albanian folk characters in the 18th century.
Albanian folk characters in the 18th century. The Souliotes or Suliots; Albanian Suliotët were a warlike community, which inhabited the mountains around Souli in southern vilayets of Ioannina, the ancient Epirus.… Read More
Man costume of the Italian region Lazio in 1840. Costumes of Rome.
Eminente costume da uomo romano. Regione Lazio, Italia nel 1840.
The Dance of the Dervishes in the Tower of the Winds.
This tower has been converted into a Semà-Khanés or chapel for the religious dance called Semà, which is performed every Friday within its walls by an order of dancing dervishes.