Germany Romanticism. Cologne and the legend of the fight with the lion of the mayor Hermann Gryn.
The Town-Hall of Cologne on the Rhine, Germany 19th c..
Tag: Topography
The ancient Monument of Philopappus at Athens, Greece.
The Monument of Philopappus is an ancient Greek mausoleum dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus (65-116 AD), a prince of the kingdom of Commagene, Anatolia.
The Schönburg castle ruins on the Rhine, near Oberwesel.
The Schönburg castle ruins on the Rhine, near Oberwesel. The 12th century hilltop castle was destroyed by the French during the War of the Grand Alliance (The Nine Years’ War… Read More
Italy. View of Tivoli from the Temple of Vesta. Italian scenery 1817.
Tivoli, the ancient Tibur, is eighteen miles to the east from Rome, romantic in its waters, its hills, its herbage, or its ruins.
Tivoli. From bellow the Villa of Quinctilius Varus. Italian scenery 1817.
The sites of the numerous villas which once overhung every point of the romantic dells of Tivoli must be in great measure imaginary
Naples from the castle of St. Elmo. Italian scenery in 1817.
St. Elmo. From this spot the forked top of Vesuvius is perhaps more intelligible than upon a nearer inspection.
Hall of Boughton-Malherbe, County of Kent. Elizabethan England.
Reception hall of Boughton-Malherbe, County of Kent at the time of Elisabeth 1573. English Renaissance. Tudor period.
Wilton House. The manor house is home to the Earls of Pembroke.
Wilton House is a manor house, famous for its landscaped park and magnificent interiors.
Amoy Harbour. The Port of Xiamen in 19th century.
Amoy, today Xiamen, Fujian Province China, was one of the earliest ports to which foreigners resorted.
Old bridge in Chao-Chow-Fu, Guangdong, China.
Guangji Bridge (Chaozhou). Kwangtung province, China.