According to legend, Stymphalos was only settleable after Heracles killed the crane-sized Stymphalian birds with his bow and arrow
Lake of Stymphalos in Arcadia, Greece.
Tag: Landscape
The pass of Thermopylae in Central Greece.
The Thermopylae were a narrow point between the sea and the Kallidromos Mountains with high strategic value in antiquity.
The Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni on Salamis island.
The Monastery of Faneromeni (Phaineromene) in the island of Salamis, was built in the 17th century by Saint Laurentios (Lampros Kanelos).
General representation of the Site of Petra, Jordan.
This Engraving gives a general representation of the area which opens to the spectator on emerging from the “Chasm” by which he enters on the East.
The beauty of the submarine scenery. Rocks with green Corals.
The beauty of the submarine scenery is perhaps nowhere greater than in moderate depth.
Mount Hor, from the cliffs encircling the ancient city of Petra.
The view was magnificent, commanding El Ghor and the Wady Arabah, while above him towered the naked majesty of Mount Hor.
View of Petra from the top of the Nabataean Theatre.
One which most directly meets the eye on entering the City of Petra from the eastward, is the Theatre.
Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan.
This view is taken from the Theatre, and represents the Excavations in the opposite cliffs; and the continuation of the chief eastern entrance to the City.
The Perfection and beauty of the coconut palm at Sri Lanka.
In no part of the world does the coconut palm attain such perfection and beauty as in Ceylon
The Acropolis (Kusr Faron) Lower End of the Valley. Petra 1839.
It seems to have formed the approach to the Palace, or pile of building in the centre, called by the Arabs Kusr Faron (Pharaoh’s Castle).