History


History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
Fresco of the Anastasis from the paracclesion:         
Christ, descended into limbo, pulls Adam and Eve       
from their graves. John Baptist stands next to Christ, 
behind Adam. Under Jesus' feet the gates of hell and   
the guard of Hades handcuffed and bound.
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Fresco of the Anastasis from the paracclesion: Christ, descended into l...

Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac (left),
Moses carrying the tablets of the law (right).
Relief from the facade of the Holy Cross church on
Achthamar Island, Van Lake, Turkey. The church was
for Armenian King Gagik, by his master builder Manuel.
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Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac (left), Moses carrying the tablets...

Moses carrying the tablets of law, relief from the     
Holy Cross church on Achthamar Island,Van Lake,Turkey. 
The church was built 915-921 for Armenian King Gagik   
by his master builder Manuel.
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Moses carrying the tablets of law, relief from the Holy Cross church on Ach...

Jonah and the whale. From the facade of the Holy Cross 
church on Achthamar Island,Van Lake,Turkey.The church  
was built 915-921 for Armenian King Gigak by his       
master builder Manuel.
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Jonah and the whale. From the facade of the Holy Cross church on Achthamar Isla...

Eve asleep in Paradise. Sculpture from the facade      
of Holy Cross church on Achthamar Island in Van Lake,  
Turkey. The church was built 915-921 for Armenian King 
Gagik by his master builder Manuel.
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Eve asleep in Paradise. Sculpture from the facade of Holy Cross church on...

Yerebatan Saray cistern, begun under Constantine       
the Great, enlarged under Justinian in 532. The water  
for the cistern came from near-by mountains and was    
destined for the Imperial and other palaces.           
140 x 70 m, 336 columns, each 8 m high.
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Yerebatan Saray cistern, begun under Constantine the Great, enlarged unde...

Tomb of Heinrich I, King of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Tomb of Heinrich I, King of the Holy Roman Empire.

"Noah's drunkenness"                                   
Panel from the choir stalls                            
Carved wood (early 14th)
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"Noah's drunkenness" Panel from the choir sta...

Noah's head. Detail from                               
"Noah's drunkenness".                                  
Panel from the choir stalls                            
Carved wood (early 14th)
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Noah's head. Detail from "Noah's drunkenness"....

Noah's son covering his father.                        
Detail from "Noah's drunkenness".                      
Panel from the choir stalls                            
Carved wood (early 14th)
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Noah's son covering his father. Detail from "Noah's drun...

Faces and bodies of two of Noah's sons.                
Detail from "Noah's drunkenness".                      
Panel from the choir stalls                            
Carved wood (early 14th)
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Faces and bodies of two of Noah's sons. Detail from "Noah's drun...

Tomb of John the Blind,King of Bohemia,Count of        
Luxembourg, died during the battle of Crecy on         
August 26,1346. The monument,an entombment of Christ,  
dated 1688,was a gift of French King Louis XIV.        
Marble
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Tomb of John the Blind,King of Bohemia,Count of Luxembourg, died during...