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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica.Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453.Painted-over mosaics were restored under Sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian...

The siege of Constantinopole, 1453, from the outer wall of Moldovita Church, Romania. The fall of Constantinople was still an interesting and moving topic almost 80 years after the event, when the murals were painted. Above:Christ's descent to limbo.
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The siege of Constantinopole, 1453, from the outer wall of Moldovita Church...

Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica.Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453.Painted-over mosaics were restored under sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Jus...

Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes damaged the central cupola in the 14th century.
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Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes...

Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The green columns come from the harbour gymnasium in Ephesos,the red porphiry columns from the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek.Columns have byzantine capitals,some bear the initials of Justinian.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The gr...

"Spinnerin am Kreuz" (the spinner at the crossroads), gothic wayside shrine on one of Vienna's busiest autoroutes. Said to have been the place where wives waited for their husbands to return from the Crusades.
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"Spinnerin am Kreuz" (the spinner at the crossroads), gothic wayside shrine on...

The cloisters of Notre Dame du Puy. The two-coloured arches show a certain oriental influence due to the crusaders.
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The cloisters of Notre Dame du Puy. The two-coloured arches...

Departure of crusaders for battle in Syria.
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Departure of crusaders for battle in Syria.

Round shield with battlescene, knight on horseback, walled city under siege. Part of the Farnese Armour, a present to Alessandro Farnese, famous general and governor of the Netherlands. See 17-01-02/1-28. 1578. Milan workshop, bluesteel, gold and silver, Inv. A 1132
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Round shield with battlescene, knight on horseback, walled city under siege....

Center of round shield 17-01-02/21, with battlescene, knight on horseback, walled city under siege. Part of Farnese Armour, a present to Alessandro Farnese, famous general and governor of the Netherlands (1545-1592). Milan workshop, bluesteel, gold and silver, Inv. A 1132
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Center of round shield 17-01-02/21, with battlescene, knight on horseback, wal...

Austrian grenadier's cap, Napoleonic wars, 1804-1805. Visored cap shows Imperial, double-headed eagle, Imperial crown, cannons and flags.
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Austrian grenadier's cap, Napoleonic wars, 1804-1805. Visored cap shows Imperi...

An Austrian submarine commanded by Lt. Lerch destroys a French flotilla in the Adriatic. 1915
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An Austrian submarine commanded by Lt. Lerch destroys a French flotilla in the...