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Panoramic view of Istanbul, with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosques of Sultan Ahmed I and Süleyman I.

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the northwest.

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the entrance looking towards the altar.

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the central nave looking towards the entrance.

View of Istanbul. 1. Heptapyrgion or Yedikule castle 3. Fenerbahçe quarter. 4. Port of Kadiköy. 5-6. Scutari palace. 7. Tower of Leander. 8. Port of Scutari. 9.10 Tophane quarter and street market. 11. Galata and Pera district. 12. Shipyards of Kasımpaşa. 13. New Mosque (Mosque of Valide Sultan) 14. Palace of Porphyrogenitus.

View of ancient Corinth and Acrocorinth.

View of Mystras, erroneously identified with Sparta.

Map of the Laconian gulf.

View of Patras with the castle.

Map of Corfu island.

The Monastery of Mega Spilaion at Achaia.

The Monastery of Hagios Nicolaos Anapafsas at Meteora, near the village of Kastraki.

View of Corfu with the Old Fortress.

The church of Panagia Drosiani at the valley of Drymalia, Naxos.

Interior of the church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Paros.

The old baptristry of the church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Paros.

Bell tower of the church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Paros.

Church of Panagia or Xylopanagia at the vilage of Xylopanagia, Serifos.

View of the church of Episkopi, Sikinos.

View of Acrocorinth. In the foreground, the temple of Apollo.

Monastery of Daphni.

Details of Byzantine church ornamentation.

The church of Hagioi Theodoroi in Klauthmonos Square, Athens.

Ruins of a Byzantine church, near Elis.

General view of the principal monasteries of Meteora.

Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Trikala (Meteora).

Plan of the Byzantine church of Agioi Saranta at Saranda, Albania. The plan was drawn by the author, based on the remains of the church.

Inscription from the Byzantine church of Panagia Parigoritissa, Arta.

Byzantine relief discovered at the area of the Acropolis.

A, B, C, D: Details from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius at the Byzantine Hippodrome, Istanbul. E, F, Column capital from Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. G, H, I. Part of ark and column capitals from the church of Saint Benedict, Istanbul. J. Column and column capital from Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul.

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