Travel Photography Photos tagged as aegean
The island group of Santorini (Thera) is the most well-known and active volcanic centre of the Hellenic (Greek) Volcanic Arc in the south Aegean Sea.
Patmos Island – Greece. The first thing you notice when you approach Patmos, is the monastery of Saint John the Divine. Its presence is overwhelming. It looks like a Byzantine castle and was built like a fortress. http://kevrekidis.deviantart.com/gallery/
An ancient Greek inscription and the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city in the region known as Ionia during the Classical period. It lies beside Selcuk and Kusadasi in Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. The Library of Celsus was built in the 2nd century AD to serve as a burial monument dedicated to Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the Roman senator and proconsul of Asia. The style of the library, with its ornate, balanced, well-planned facade, reflects the Greek influence on Roman architecture.
The Tower of the Winds (Aerides) or Horologion (timepiece) of Andronicos at Athens, Greece.
Aegean Sea – Greece
Eretria - Euboea - Greece
Greetings from Greece! Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Beautiful Santorini
A beautiful shot of a Chapel on the Greek Island of Santorini.
South Evian Gulf – Greece.
Linea nautica
Eretria - Greece
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"Trechantiri" Greek traditional fishing boat. Eretria, Evia – Greece.
Hadrian’s Library – Athens, Greece.
Eretria - Evia, Greece.
Ferryboat on the Oropos - Eretria line, Greece.
South Evian Gulf – Greece.
Elysion - Greece
Port of Eretria, Evia – Greece. Copyright 2008 Jordan Kevrekidis
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece.
South Evian Gulf - Greece
Industrial Affection
Fascinating household which was built in 370 b.C. and was inhabited for about a century. The Mosaic floors represent Niriida as Ippokampos and battles between Arimaspous and Grypes, Sfigon and Lefiton. It's a characteristic sample of classic and hellenistic architecture. The 1st century b.C. a burial yard was built and it got radically renovated in 1990 by the Swiss Archeological school.
Chalcidice or Halkidiki is located in the southeastern Macedonia in Northern Greece. It consists of a large peninsula resembling a hand with three "fingers" – Cassandra (Kassandra), Sithonia and Agion Oros (Mount Athos).