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Pamukkale Panorama

World Heritage Site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey), with the natural terraces of sedimentary carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. World Heritage Site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey), with the natural terraces of sedimentary carbonate minerals left by the flowing water.

Ancient Greco-Roman pottery isolated.

Ancient Greco-Roman decorated clay pottery pitcher. Isolated on white. Ancient Greco-Roman decorated clay pottery pitcher. Isolated on white.

Funerary temple in Palmyra, Syria

Scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period.

Aspendos Theatre, Antalya.

The Roman Theatre in Aspendos, Antalya. The Roman Theatre in Aspendos, Antalya.

Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period.

Beauty in stone

Garden statue of girl waits with a cup in her hand against an out-of-focus background of orange fllowers. Garden statue of girl waits with a cup in her hand against an out-of-focus background of orange fllowers

Ruins of Greco-Roman city Gerasa.

Columms in the Artemis Temple. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan. Columms in the Artemis Temple. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan.

Ruins of Greco-Roman city of Gerasa

Nymphaeum. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan. Nymphaeum. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan.

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

Competitions in Greco-Roman wrestling in Orenburg, Russia

Competitions in Greco-Roman wrestling in Orenburg, Russia

Site of Palmyra Syria

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Temple of Bel. Details. Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Temple of Bel. Details.

Statue of Emperor Augustus

Close-up on the head of a very large statue of Roman emperor Augustus. Close-up on the head of a very large statue of Roman emperor Augustus

Site of Palmyra

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Temple of Bel. Detail

Site of Palmyra Syria

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Details. Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Details.

Ancient columns

Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period

Columns in Jerash

Columns in Jerash, roman ruins in jordan

Ruins of Greco-Roman city Gerasa.

Columms in the Artemis Temple. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan. Columms in the Artemis Temple. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan.

Site of Palmyra

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Details.

Roman colomn. Roman colomn

The boys compete in Greco-Roman wrestling, Orenburg, Russia

The boys compete in Greco-Roman wrestling, Orenburg, Russia

The Greco-Roman amphitheater Kourion

The Greco-Roman amphitheater Kourion. Cyprus.

Roman columns in Jerash

Columns in Temple of Artemis, Jerash Jordan. Columns in Temple of Artemis, Jerash Jordan

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Ancient amphiteater

Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture. Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Royal architecture and lamp post

Greco roman architecture and lamp post. Greco roman architecture and lamp post

Ancient amphiteater

Ancient greek amphiteater in Pamukkale, Turkey. Ancient greek amphiteater in Pamukkale, Turkey

Ancient Greco-Roman pottery isolated.

Ancient worn and broken Greco-Roman clay pottery jug, with arms and hands on the front. Isolated on white. Ancient worn and broken Greco-Roman clay pottery jug, with arms and hands on the front. Isolated on white.

Competitions on Greco-Roman wrestling

Competitions on Greco-Roman wrestling

Ancient amphiteater

Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture. Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture

Ancient architecture in Jerash

View of ancient roman architecture in Jerash, Jordan. View of ancient roman architecture in Jerash, Jordan.

Roman architecture in Jerash

Jerash is considered one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside Italy. Jerash is considered one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside Italy.

Greco-Roman Goddess

Greco-Roman Goddess

Jerash ruins, roman ruins in Jordan

Theater in Jerash

Theater in Jerash roman ruins

City of Palmyra during night

Night scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Night scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period.

Ruins of Greco-Roman city Gerasa. Jordan

Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan.

Greco Roman wrestling

Pamukkale terraces

World Heritage Site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey), with the natural terraces of sedimentary carbonate minerals left by the flowing water, as seen from the base the hill. World Heritage Site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey), with the natural terraces of sedimentary carbonate minerals left by the flowing water, as seen from the base the hill.

Colossi medieval castle

Ruins of Colossi Medieval Castle - famous historical place of Cyprus

Ancient amphiteater

Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture. Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling. Black contour, isolated colors.

Greco-Roman wrestling. Black contour, isolated colors.

Site of Palmyra Syria

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Details. Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Details.

The Jerash Temple of Artemis

This roman temple are still one of the most remarkable monuments left of the ancient city of Jerash. This roman temple are still one of the most remarkable monuments left of the ancient city of Jerash.

Jerash - columns

Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Jerash is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East. It was a city of the Decapolis. After the Roman conquest in 63 BC, Jerash and the land surrounding it were annexed by the Roman province of Syria, and later joined the Decapolis cities. Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Jerash is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East. It was a city of the Decapolis. After the Roman conquest in 63 BC, Jerash and the land surrounding it were annexed by the Roman province of Syria, and later joined the Decapolis cities.

Site of Palmyra

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Temple of Bel. Detail

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Greco-Roman Wrestling. An full sized hand drawn il

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

Ancient amphiteater

Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture. Ancient greek amphitheater in Turkey, abstract architecture

Exterior architecture and graden walkway

Greco roman architectural construction and tiled walkway. Greco roman architectural construction and tiled walkway

Site of Palmyra Syria

Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Columns. Scenery of the famous site of Palmyra in Syria.Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Columns.

Theatre Greco-Roman city of Jerash, Jordan

Theatre Greco-Roman city of Jerash, Jordan

The original sacred island of Philae is now beneath Lake Nasser. Between 1972 and 1980 the temples on this island were dismantled and rebuilt on a higher nearby island, which has been renamed Philae. This temple complex was an important cult center in Greco-Roman times and a popular tourist spot for 18th and 19th century travelers. However, these visitors saw brightly painted capitals--before the temple complex was submerged in the waters of the Aswan Dam. The complex was dismantled and relocated to a nearby island in connection to the UNESCO project started because of the construction of the High Dam, after being partly flooded by the first Aswan Dam for half a century. The original sacred island of Philae is now beneath Lake Nasser. Between 1972 and 1980 the temples on this island were dismantled and rebuilt on a higher nearby island, which has been renamed Philae. This temple complex was an important cult center in Greco-Roman times and a popular tourist spot for 18th and 19th century travelers. However, these visitors saw brightly painted capitals--before the temple complex was submerged in the waters of the Aswan Dam. The complex was dismantled and relocated to a nearby island in connection to the UNESCO project started because of the construction of the High Dam, after being partly flooded by the first Aswan Dam for half a century.

Ancient columns in Jerash

View of ancient roman architecture in Jerash, Jordan. View of ancient roman architecture in Jerash, Jordan

Greco Roman wrestling

Greco Roman wrestling

Palmyra during night

Night scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Night scenery of the ancient Roman time town Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period.

Ancient temple in Jerash ruins

Landscape with a Greek temple. Landscape with a Greek temple

Chess game against a greco-roman background.

Piazza Chiesa San Giusseppe-Taormina-Sicilia-Italy - Creative Commons by gnuckx

www.meimanrensheng.com/ www.livingalifeincolour.com/ www.travelagenda.nl/ www.travelagenda.nl/nieuws/koffietijdkiekjes/koffietijd-k... To see more ... www.flickr.com/photos/gnuckx Taormina Taormina (Sicilian: Taurmina, Greek: Ταυρομένιον - Tauromenion, Latin Tauromenium) is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways (autostrade) from Messina from the north and Catania from the south. Contemporary age In the late 19th century Taormina gained further prominence as the place where Wilhelm von Gloeden worked most of his life as a photographer of predominantly male nudes. Also credited for making Taormina popular was Otto Geleng, best known in his hometown of Berlin for his fine paintings, which he composed and painted in Italy but exhibited in Germany. What distinguishes Geleng, however, is his choice to depict the more southern regions where he captured the spectacular views and light of Sicily. He often painted the area's Greek colonial ruins, including Taormina. Taormina's first important tourist was Johann Wolfgang Goethe who dedicated exalting pages to the city in his book entitled "Journey to Italy," but perhaps it was Geleng’s views that made its beauty talked about throughout Europe and turned the site into a famous tourist center. The artist arrived in Sicily at the age of 20 in search of new subjects for his paintings. On his way through Taormina he was so enamoured by the landscape that he decided to stop for part of the winter. Geleng began to paint everything that Taormina offered: ruins, sea, mountains, none of which were familiar to the rest of Europe. When his paintings were later exhibited in Berlin and Paris, many critics accused Geleng of having an ‘unbridled imagination’. At that, Geleng challenged them all to go to Taormina with him, promising that he would pay everyone's expenses if he were not telling the truth. During the early 20th century the town became a colony of expatriate artists, writers, and intellectuals. D. H. Lawrence stayed here at the Fontana Vecchia from 1920 to 1922, and wrote a number of his poems, novels, short stories, and essays, and a travel book, Sea and Sardinia. Charles Webster Leadbeater, the theosophical author, found out that Taormina had the right magnetics fields for Jiddu Krishnamurti to develop his talents, so the young Krishnamurti dwelt here from time to time. Halldór Laxness, the Icelandic author, worked here on the first modern Icelandic novel, Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír. By this time Taormina had become "a polite synonym for Sodom" as Harold Acton described it. Later, however, after the Second World War Acton was visiting Taormina with Evelyn Waugh and, coming upon a board advertising “Ye Olde English Teas” he sighed and commented that Taormina 'was now quite as boring as Bournemouth'. Archaeology The present town of Taormina occupies the ancient site, on a lofty hill which forms the last projecting point of the mountain ridge that extends along the coast from Cape Pelorus to this point. The site of the old town is about 300 m above the sea, while a very steep and almost isolated rock, crowned by a Saracen castle, rises about 150 m higher: this is undoubtedly the site of the ancient Arx or citadel, the inaccessible position of which is repeatedly alluded to by ancient writers. Portions of the ancient walls may be traced at intervals all round the brow of the hill, the whole of the summit of which was evidently occupied by the ancient city. Numerous fragments of ancient buildings are scattered over its whole surface, including extensive reservoirs of water, sepulchres, tesselated pavements, etc., and the remains of a spacious edifice, commonly called a Naumachia, but the real destination of which it is difficult to determine. The Teatro Greco ("Greek theatre"). But by far the most remarkable monument remaining at Taormina is the ancient theatre (the teatro greco, or "Greek theatre"), which is one of the most celebrated ruins in Sicily, on account both of its remarkable preservation and of the surpassing beauty of its situation. It is built for the most part of brick, and is therefore probably of Roman date, though the plan and arrangement are in accordance with those of Greek, rather than Roman, theatres; whence it is supposed that the present structure was rebuilt upon the foundations of an older theatre of the Greek period. With a diameter of 109 metres (after an expansion in the 2nd century), this theatre is the second largest of its kind in Sicily (after that of Syracuse); it is frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances and for concerts. The greater part of the original seats have disappeared, but the wall which surrounded the whole cavea is preserved, and the proscenium with the back wall of the scena and its appendages, of which only traces remain in most ancient theatres, are here preserved in singular integrity, and contribute much to the picturesque effect, as well as to the interest, of the ruin. From the fragments of architectural decorations still extant we learn that it was of the Corinthian order, and richly ornamented. Some portions of a temple are also visible, converted into the church of San Pancrazio, but the edifice is of small size. taormina rainbow messina bougainvillea basil basilico hotel san domenico giardini naxos etna volcano vulcano island isola sicilia sicily italia italy sea sun landscape free europe wallpaper michael micky castielli resolution vacation holiday travel flight creativecommons creative commons zero CC0 cc0 CC cc panoramio flickr googleearth maps geotagged gnu gimp wikimedia. www.meimanrensheng.com/ www.livingalifeincolour.com/ www.travelagenda.nl/ www.travelagenda.nl/nieuws/koffietijdkiekjes/koffietijd-k... To see more ... www.flickr.com/photos/gnuckx Taormina Taormina (Sicilian: Taurmina, Greek: Ταυρομένιον - Tauromenion, Latin Tauromenium) is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways (autostrade) from Messina from the north and Catania from the south. Contemporary age In the late 19th century Taormina gained further prominence as the place where Wilhelm von Gloeden worked most of his life as a photographer of predominantly male nudes. Also credited for making Taormina popular was Otto Geleng, best known in his hometown of Berlin for his fine paintings, which he composed and painted in Italy but exhibited in Germany. What distinguishes Geleng, however, is his choice to depict the more southern regions where he captured the spectacular views and light of Sicily. He often painted the area's Greek colonial ruins, including Taormina. Taormina's first important tourist was Johann Wolfgang Goethe who dedicated exalting pages to the city in his book entitled "Journey to Italy," but perhaps it was Geleng’s views that made its beauty talked about throughout Europe and turned the site into a famous tourist center. The artist arrived in Sicily at the age of 20 in search of new subjects for his paintings. On his way through Taormina he was so enamoured by the landscape that he decided to stop for part of the winter. Geleng began to paint everything that Taormina offered: ruins, sea, mountains, none of which were familiar to the rest of Europe. When his paintings were later exhibited in Berlin and Paris, many critics accused Geleng of having an ‘unbridled imagination’. At that, Geleng challenged them all to go to Taormina with him, promising that he would pay everyone's expenses if he were not telling the truth. During the early 20th century the town became a colony of expatriate artists, writers, and intellectuals. D. H. Lawrence stayed here at the Fontana Vecchia from 1920 to 1922, and wrote a number of his poems, novels, short stories, and essays, and a travel book, Sea and Sardinia. Charles Webster Leadbeater, the theosophical author, found out that Taormina had the right magnetics fields for Jiddu Krishnamurti to develop his talents, so the young Krishnamurti dwelt here from time to time. Halldór Laxness, the Icelandic author, worked here on the first modern Icelandic novel, Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír. By this time Taormina had become "a polite synonym for Sodom" as Harold Acton described it. Later, however, after the Second World War Acton was visiting Taormina with Evelyn Waugh and, coming upon a board advertising “Ye Olde English Teas” he sighed and commented that Taormina 'was now quite as boring as Bournemouth'. Archaeology The present town of Taormina occupies the ancient site, on a lofty hill which forms the last projecting point of the mountain ridge that extends along the coast from Cape Pelorus to this point. The site of the old town is about 300 m above the sea, while a very steep and almost isolated rock, crowned by a Saracen castle, rises about 150 m higher: this is undoubtedly the site of the ancient Arx or citadel, the inaccessible position of which is repeatedly alluded to by ancient writers. Portions of the ancient walls may be traced at intervals all round the brow of the hill, the whole of the summit of which was evidently occupied by the ancient city. Numerous fragments of ancient buildings are scattered over its whole surface, including extensive reservoirs of water, sepulchres, tesselated pavements, etc., and the remains of a spacious edifice, commonly called a Naumachia, but the real destination of which it is difficult to determine. The Teatro Greco ("Greek theatre"). But by far the most remarkable monument remaining at Taormina is the ancient theatre (the teatro greco, or "Greek theatre"), which is one of the most celebrated ruins in Sicily, on account both of its remarkable preservation and of the surpassing beauty of its situation. It is built for the most part of brick, and is therefore probably of Roman date, though the plan and arrangement are in accordance with those of Greek, rather than Roman, theatres; whence it is supposed that the present structure was rebuilt upon the foundations of an older theatre of the Greek period. With a diameter of 109 metres (after an expansion in the 2nd century), this theatre is the second largest of its kind in Sicily (after that of Syracuse); it is frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances and for concerts. The greater part of the original seats have disappeared, but the wall which surrounded the whole cavea is preserved, and the proscenium with the back wall of the scena and its appendages, of which only traces remain in most ancient theatres, are here preserved in singular integrity, and contribute much to the picturesque effect, as well as to the interest, of the ruin. From the fragments of architectural decorations still extant we learn that it was of the Corinthian order, and richly ornamented. Some portions of a temple are also visible, converted into the church of San Pancrazio, but the edifice is of small size. taormina rainbow messina bougainvillea basil basilico hotel san domenico giardini naxos etna volcano vulcano island isola sicilia sicily italia italy sea sun landscape free europe wallpaper michael micky castielli resolution vacation holiday travel flight creativecommons creative commons zero CC0 cc0 CC cc panoramio flickr googleearth maps geotagged gnu gimp wikimedia

Ruins of Greco-Roman city Gerasa. Jordan

Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. Ancient Jerash, in Jordan.

Greco Roman wrestling

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