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Fortifications of Nicaea [today Iznik].

Fortifications of Dara.

Castle of Edessa.

Plan of the Castle of Edessa.

Corinthian Columns.

Plan of Hexapylon fortress which protected the west end of Syracuse.

Acrocorinth.

View of Kos.

Imaginary representation of city, perhaps of Edremit in Asia Minor.

View of the medieval city of Rhodes from the sea.

Saint John d'Acre.

The Yedikule fortress (Heptapyrgion) in Istanbul.

Coins of Athens. The sarcophagus of Boutos, priest of Athena and Poseidon, discovered in Erechtheion. Altar of Demeter and Persephone dedicated by Phavios, torch-bearer at the Eleusinian mysteries.

Northeast view of the Erechtheion.

View of the Castle of Belgrade from Zemun.

The Petrovaradin Castle, Serbia.

Panoramic view of the Bosporus. On the left Yoros Castle.

Fortress at Belgrade Forest on the European shores of the Bosporus, Istanbul.

The Babacai Rock. According to the legend, the Ottoman governor of Moldavia abandoned his wife on this rock, with the excuse that she committed adultery with some certain noble Hungarian.

Entrance to the Black Sea (from the Giants Grave).

The Birecik Castle, upon the river Euphrates.

1. South east facade of Agios Largos or St. Hilarion. 2. South view of Bufavento castle at Kyreneia.

1. West view of Kantara castle. 2. View of the Church of Panagia Kanakaria at Lythrangomi, Cyprus.

Map of the bay of Alicante, Spain.

Map of the port and bay of Palma de Mallorca and of the port and bay of Porto Pi (Mallorca).

Map of the port of Barcelona.

Map of the bay of Toulon near Marseilles.

Map of the bay of Giens near Marseilles.

Map of the bay between Cannes and Antibes in France.

Map of the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer near Nice, France.