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View of the Roman ruins of Ephesus from Selçuk. On the hil, the city castle (Ayasulluk castle).

The old port of Alexandria.

Entrance to the castle of Cairo (Saladin's Citadel).

View of the citadel of Damascus.

The port of Lindos on Rhodes island, seen from the sea. On the left, part of the city's medieval castle.

Roman aqueduct of Kızılçullu at Buca, Izmir. In the background, the castle of Kadifekale (ancient acropolis of Pagos).

The town of Corfu with the Old and New Fortresses.

The anchorage of Alexandria. Top: On the left, Qaitbay fortress. In the middle, the triumphal column of Diocletian (Column of Pompey). Bottom: The Pasha's Palace.

The British fleet at Pylos, October 1827 (Battle of Navarino).

View of Nafplion with Palamidi fortress.

View of the castle of Ioannina.

View of Paramythia, Thesprotia. In the background, the castle of Agios Donatos.

The castle of Arta.

View of Parga with the Venetian fortress.

Landscape at Buthrotum, Albania. The building in the background is probably the castle of Ali Pasha.

Citadel of Corfu (the Old and New Fortresses).

View of Sarantari bastion, with the triple gun battery (tre pozzi), Corfu (1839).

View of the town of Corfu from the south (from Mon Repos). In the background, the Old and New Fortresses.

View of the mountains of Albania from village near the town of Corfu. In the background, the Old and New Fortresses (1839).

The castle (right), palace and tomb of Ali Pasha as seen from the island of Ioannina lake.

View of the town of Corfu from Kynopiastes.

View of Corfu from Garitsa, outside the northern wall of the city. According to a tradition this was the garden of the mythical king Alcinous.

The town of Corfu seen from the chestnut wood on the road to Kombitsi.

The town of Corfu seen from the chestnut wood on the road to Kato Garouna.

Top: View of the town of Corfu with the Old and New Fortresses. Bottom: The palace of Saint Michael and Saint George or Old Palace (today Museum of Asian Art).