Gates - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

1. Chameleon. 2. Musical instrument. 3-4. The Arch of Septimus Severus at Latakia, Syria.

1. Monumental building. 2. View of part of the wall of the temple of Saint Peter in Antakya, Turkey. 3. Funerary stele showing a gladiator in Samandağ (anc. Seleucia Pieria). 4. View of entrance leading to catacomb at Shaykh Barakat, near Aleppo. 5. View of funerary stele at the entrance of Shaykh Barakat. 6. View of gate at Shaykh Barakat.

Map of the port of Barcelona.

Map of the port of Genova in Italy.

The gate of Saint Catherine at the hospice of Saint Catherine in the medieval town of Rhodes.

View of the interior of D'Amboise Gate in the medieval city of Rhodes.

Gate of Saint John in Rhodes.

The Postern gate of Mycenae Acropolis.

View of the northeastern (postern) gate of Mycenae.

Title page of the first part of the book. The Postern Gate of the Mycenae Acropolis.

The Gate of Mesogeia or Gate of Boubounistra, which was situated at the present-day junction of Amalias avenue with Othonos street. In the background, the fountain of Boubounistra.

View of the Golden Gate at the walls of Istanbul.

A Roman gate at Ephesus. In the distance the castle of Selçuk, the city adjacent to ancient Ephesus.

Ancient structure on the outskirts of Tarsus, built by giants according to local tradition.

City gate of Izmir.

The gate of Constantinople, or Northern Gate of Iznik, from outside the walls.

Lefke Gate or Eastern Gate of Iznik.

On of the gates of Iznik, possibly Lake Gate, from the interior of the walls.

Fragments of reliefs, column bases, plan of a column and other architectural features from Hierapolis, possibly from Frontinus Gate.

The Gate of Frontinus and the ruins of an early Christian church in Hierapolis.

The western gate of Aphrodisias in Caria, seen from the interior of the walls.

The western gate of Aphrodisias in Caria, seen from the exterior of the walls.

Ancient arch at Xanthus, Asia Minor.

The entrance to Moscow by the route of Saint Petersburg.

1. The Laconic Gate of the walls of ancient Messene. 2. Part of the walls of ancient Messene

View and plan of the Arcadian Gate at the walls of ancient Messene (reconstruction).

The Arcadian Gate at the walls of ancient Messene. 1. View of the exterior. 2. View of the interior.

The Arcadian Gate at the walls of ancient Messene: Reconstruction of the exterior.

The Arcadian Gate at the walls of ancient Messene: Reconstruction of the interior.

1. The interior, circular space of the Arcadian Gate at the walls of ancient Messene, with the niche in which one of the herms stood.2. Reconstruction of the above space.

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