1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200 | 126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) From a Sketch taken from the south-west. The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester. The Modern Antiquarian has some photographs of the area. Keywords: amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views, greyscale Places shown: Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1439x858, 2877x1716, 335x200, 750x447 | 128.—Amphitheatre at Pompeii.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) This engraving shows, in poor perspective, a large circular amphitheatre. In the background we see Mount Ætna gently smoking, and in the foreground various people in Victorian costume disporting thems [...] Keywords: roman remains, antiquities, amphitheatres, architecture, buildings, people, sports, greyscale Places shown: Pompeii; Campania; Italy Added: 2020-08-04 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | II. The Theatre, SegestaIn the Land of the Temples (1915) “Nothing, not even Taormina, is more magnificent than the set scene of the Theatre; how poor and mean must have been the forgotten mummers! The scene will exist till the end of time—even though scarc [...] Keywords: temples, mountains, amphitheatres, sketches, ruins, ancient greek remains, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Segesta; Trapani; Sicily; Italy Added: 2003-12-14 + S K L R N |
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