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Greek officer from Nafplio, 1825.

The Lion Gate at Mycenae.

View of Sparta.

Map of the Ionian Islands, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia and southern Greece.

Antiquities from Amyclae, brought to Britan by the Earl of Aberdeen.

Plans of the tholos tombs of Orchomenus and Mycenae.

The Lion Gate, Mycenae.

Ancient Corinth with Acrocorinth from the north.

Acrocorinth. The lowest and middle gate viewed from the interior (NW). Part of the walls of the medieval castle.

Acrocorinth. The middle gate of the walls of the medieval castle from the exterior (from the south).

Ancient Corinth. The western side of the Temple of Apollo, from the northwest.

The Acropolis of Mycenae from the summit of Chonia.

The Lion Gate of Mycenae.

The Tholos Tomb at Mycenae, known as the Treasury of Atreus (2nd millenium BCE).

Grave circle A in the Acropolis of Mycenae. In the distance, the posterior part of Lion's Gate, seen from the southeast.

The Acropolis of Tiryns with the remains of the cyclopean walls of the late Helladic era, from the southeast.

The eastern stoa of the Palace of Tiryns, from the south.

Nafplion with the acropolis of Acronauplia and the fortress of Palamidi, from the northern side of the bay.

The lion of Nafplio, sculpted by Siegel on behalf of Ludwig I, in memory of the Bavarians who died in Greece in 1833-34.

The castle of Methana.

The Arcadian Gate and part of the city wall of Ancient Messene, from the southwest.

The monastery of Voulcano in Messenia. The peak of Mount Ithome on the right.

The Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae from the northwest (5th century BCE).

Lake Stymphalia in Corinthia.

The peak of Taygetus from the ancient theatre of Sparta.

The village of Trypi near Sparta.

Bridge of the Ottoman era over Eurotas river.

Mystras, where Goethe placed the second part of Faust. The monastery of Pantanassa in the background.

The interior of the metropolis of Agios Dimitrios in Mystras. Arch with early 14th century fresco.

The church of the monastery of Pantanassa in Mystras. Part of the niche with columns and the bell tower, from the south.