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View of the Parthenon. In the foreground, reliefs of the Byzantine age, as classified by Kyriakos Pittakis.

View of Hagia Sophia from the east (from the apsis).

View of the first court, also known as court of the Janissaries, at Topkapi palace. On the left, the church of Saint Irene. In the background, the Gate of the Salutation or Middle Gate, leading to the Second Court of the palace.

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: central and northern naves.

Plan of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

The church of Hagioi Theodoroi at Klauthmonos Square, Athens.

Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymno province.

1. Plan of early Byzantine basilica at Loutsa, close to Foinikounta, Messenia. 2, 3. Roman ruins at Loutra, close to Foinikounta, Messenia.

Section and plan of the Byzantine monastery of Panagia Samarina at Androusa.

View of the Byzantine monastery of Panagia Samarina at Androusa.

1. View of Carytaina. 2. The bridge of Carytaina, Byzantine monument of the 15th century.

View of ancient Corinth with the Temple of Apollo and Acrocorinth.

The Library of Hadrian, Athens, with the now-lost small church of Hagios Asomatos “sta Skalia”.

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.