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Saint Peter sending Saint Martianus to Syracuse. Engraving.

Saint Simeon Stylites the younger. Tempera painting.

Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.

Antioch, Turkey: remains of the old walls of the city, following the slope of a mountain. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after L.F. Cassas.

Antioch, Turkey: remains of an ancient gate on a road leading through a mountain pass to Aleppo. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.

An advertisement for World AIDS Day and the AIDS Association in Antioch, Turkey. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Antioch, Turkey: towers of a ruined castle, with a fortified wall. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.

Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.

Antioch, Turkey: a market place with a fountain. Steel engraving by S. Lacey, 1838, after W.H. Bartlett.

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Antioquía

Images from the collections

Images referencing Antioquía

Works from the collections

Saint Simeon Stylites the younger. Tempera painting.

Antioch, Turkey: towers of a ruined castle, with a fortified wall. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.

An advertisement for World AIDS Day and the AIDS Association in Antioch, Turkey. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.

Antioch, Turkey: a market place with a fountain. Steel engraving by S. Lacey, 1838, after W.H. Bartlett.

Antioquía

Images from the collections

Images referencing Antioquía

Works from the collections

Saint Simeon Stylites the younger. Tempera painting.

Antioch, Turkey: towers of a ruined castle, with a fortified wall. Engraving by M. Picquenot after L.F. Cassas.

An advertisement for World AIDS Day and the AIDS Association in Antioch, Turkey. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.

Antioch, Turkey: a market place with a fountain. Steel engraving by S. Lacey, 1838, after W.H. Bartlett.

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