Τhe Landscape of Attica of foreign Travellers

MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORT
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ANTIQUITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
DIRECTORATE OF MUSEUMS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND COMMUNICATION
Τhe
Landscape of Attica
through the eyes
of foreign
THE LANDSCAPE&
ENVIROMENT
of Attika
Travellers
... Hadrian’s Aqueduct (Dexameni)
on Mount Lycabettus,
with a view over Athens.
Copper Engraving. Stuart, J. / Revett, N., The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart
F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. I, London, John Haberkorn, 1762.
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...at the coast
of Phaleron.
Copper Engraving. Le Roy, J., Les Ruins des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce, considérées
du côté de l’ histoire et du côté de l’ architecture, Vol. Ι, Paris, Louis François Delatour, 1770.
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…long the course of the Ilissus River,
near the Roman bridge that led to
the PANATHENAIC Stadium.
Copper Engraving. Stuart, J. / Revett, N., The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart
F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. III, London, John Haberkorn, 1794.
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…long the course of the Ilissus River,
near the Roman bridge that led to
the PANATHENAIC Stadium.
Copper Engraving. Le Roy, J., Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce, considérées
du côté de l’ histoire et du côté de l’ architecture, Vol. IΙ, Paris, Louis François Delatour, 1770.
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…at HADRIAN’s Arch and
the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Copper Engraving. Stuart, J. / Revett, N., The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart
F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. III, London, John Haberkorn, 1794.
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…on a street in old ΑTHENS,
near the Market gate.
(the gate of Athena Archegetis to the Roman Agora).
Copper Engraving. Stuart, J. / Revett, N., The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart
F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. I, London, John Haberkorn, 1762.
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Athens, 2015
Project coordinators
Maria Lagogianni, Ph.D. (Archaeology)
Souzana Choulia – Kapeloni, Archaeologist
General editors
Tonia Koutsouraki, Archaeologist
Alexandra Seleli, Archaeologist / Museologist
Graphic design editor
Spilios Pistas, Graphic artist
Research
Korina Gavala, Archaeologist / Museologist
Translation into English
Katerina Apostolaki, Translator - Interpreter
Graphic design
Sophia Deligianni, Graphic designer
Irene Charalampidi, Graphic designer
Illustrated by
Elias Karras, Painter
Copyright © 2015 Ministry of Culture and Sport.
ISBN 978-960-386-215-4
The leaflet “The Landscape of Attica
through the eyes of foreign travellers” of
the theme “Landscape and Environment
of Attica” was created in 2015 for the Action code no. MIS 339815 “Updating and
digitizing cultural educational material to
support the educational process” which is
implemented within the framework of the
Operational Programme “Education and
Lifelong Learning” and is jointly funded
by the European Union (European Social
Fund) and by national resources.