Virgil’s tomb (Italian: Tomba di Virgilio) is a Roman-era crypt in Naples, believed to be the grave of the poet Virgil (15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC).
The Tomb of the poet Virgil. Roman-era crypt in Naples. Italian scenery.
Tag: Architecture
Yerebatan Serail – The Subterranean Palace. Basilica Cistern, Istanbul.
Constantinople and its environs. The “Subterranean Palace” still remains a cistern filled with water.
Florence and Fiesole, Italy. The beauty of the Val d’Arno.
Grand Tour. Florence and Fiesole, Italy. The Rhine, Italy, and Greece in a series of drawings from nature by George Newenham.
The ancient Greek city of Posidonia or Paestum in Magna Graecia.
Paestum is a greek ruined site recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Campania region in the province of Salerno in Italy.
The Vatican. St Damaso with the loggias of Bramante and Raphael.
The beautiful Loggias, or open corridors, rise in three stories one above the other, each exhibiting towards the East, towards the North, and towards the West.
The Rock temple of El Deir at Petra. The Holy Land by David Roberts.
The general view of Petra strikes every traveller with admiration. El Deir stands a thousand feet above the level of the City.
Ryggastuga. The Swedish farmhouse. Interior and household goods.
The Swedish farmhouse, the so-called Ryggastuga, is a small, simple dwelling house with a grass roof. Interior and household goods.
A small Buddhist temple in Badulla, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
Badulla, capital city of Uva Province at Sri Lanka. Temple Bouddhique à Badoula. Sketches of Ceylon.
The Costumes of Dervishes of the various Orders. Islamic mysticism.
The Costumes, Musical Instruments and Symbolic Objects of the Dervishes. The religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders.
Coffee planter in Laymastotte at the foot of bold crags. Sri Lanka 19th c..
The bungalow of Mr. Crüwell, a coffee planter in Laymastotte near Happootella-pass, which has been built in a very picturesque situation at the foot of bold crags.
