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Marble sculpture of Zeus and Cupid, culture of Europe
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Chapel's interiors
The statues of Xenophon and Herodotus adorn the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Austria
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Parma - The fresco Twelve old Jesus in the Temple in Duomo by Lattanzio Gambara (1567 - 1573).
Florence, İtaly - 08/29/2023.\nFlorence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany in Central Italy. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 360,930 inhabitants in 2023, and 984,991 in its metropolitan area.\nFlorence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini.\nThe city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes ranked it as the most beautiful city in the world in 2010.\nFlorence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.
Neptune sculpture in Trevi Fountain. Rome, Italy
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The ancient statue of the Tevere features the river gods of the Tiber in the fountain at Piazza del Campidoglio Rome Italy XVI century
touring the historic capital city of rome, italy - sept 2021.
A detail of the majestic fountain of Neptune in Piazza del Popolo in the historic center of Rome near Via del Corso. In neoclassical style, Piazza del Popolo it was the work of the Roman architect Giuseppe Valadier, who in the early 19th century redesigned the entire square and fountains. image in High Definition format.
Sebechleby, Slovakia - July 27, 2015: The Jesus Sends Out His Disciples lithography by artist Scheuchl 1907 in the book \
Inside the church of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
El Greco, Greek (active in Italy and Spain), 1541 - 1614, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570-1575, Oil on Canvas
statues of the monument of Victor Emanuel II seen from Piazza Venezia in Rome; Rome, Italy
Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux statues at the Fontana dei Dioscuri, fountain set opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy, the official residence of the Italian President
The former Brussels Stock Exchange building, usually called the Palais de la Bourse
Sculptures of Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi Piazza Navona in Rome Italy . Sculptures of mythological gods . Marble craft figures
Io with bovine horns is kept under surveillance by Argos to prevent Zeus from seducing her, as requested by Hera.\nPompeii - House of Meleagro.\nIo was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus.\nIo was tied to an olive tree in Heraion, the holy temple of Hera outside Argos, and the fierce hundred-eyed dog, Argus Panoptes, was guarding her and keeping Zeus away. However, Zeus found the way to set Io free and disregard his wife without doing it in person.
Hercules and Cacus stand tall before Uffizi Gallery of Florence reflecting strength and power of Italy in the past
Views of the famous Baroque Vrtbovska Garden in Prague, Czech Republic. The composition effect of the garden is based on a terrace floor graduation. The floors are all connected with stairs and supported by walls shaped in baroque curves. The garden is popular with tourists and residents alike.
The Trevi Fountain is the largest of the famous fountains in Rome. Begun in 1732, it was finally entrusted in 1759 to Pietro Bracci helped by his son Virginio.
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
Piazza della Signoria - Hercules and Cacus - Close View
Statues adorning the Fontana della Dea di Roma, Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
Tovia and Angel in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
From The Austrian Parliament Building Of The Late 1800's, Xenophon Was An Ancient Greek Political Philosopher And Historian
Life of Jesus. By Albert Welles. NY 1874 Completely redrawn (in a new style) ancient illustration.
Fountain of Neptune in Florence, Italy
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