“The first part of the project, which began perhaps as early as Augustus, was a grandiose temple to Jupiter; an inscription suggests it was completed by 60 CE. The Jupiter temple is a typical example of the compromise between Greek and Roman...
"The crepis of the Philippeion, the circular building erected by the kings of Macedonia, ready for the restoration of three of its columns and part of the epistyle. Two blocks of the crepis were returned from the Museums in Berlin to which...
"The most representative surviving part of the Forum is a stretch of the south wall containing what are known as the 'Colonnacce': two surviving columns from the Corinthian colonnade erected around the outer wall of the square, an imitation...
"The son and successor of Artaxerxes, Shapur I (r. 241-272), succeeded in further extending Sasanian territory. He also erected a great palace at Ctesiphon, the capital his father had established near modern Baghdad in Iraq. The central...
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Victories; War; Campaigns & battles; Facades; Architectural elements; Structural elements;...
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149)
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149)
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149); "One of four [Antonine] reliefs from a monument erected by the emperor...
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149); "One of four reliefs from a monument erected by the emperor Commodus...
A gravel or dirt road goes over a stone or concrete bridge approximately one half mile from Middletown, Kentucky. A plaque on the bridge support reads, "Erected by Jefferson County Fiscal Court / 1922." On the opposite support beam is a...
A group of men in suits and hats, evidently members of the Hopkinsville Bankers Association, stand in front of the Hotel Latham. This Italian Renaissance style hotel was erected in 1894, and named for Hopkinsville native and philanthropist, John C....
Monuments & memorials; Daughters of the American Revolution
A memorial stone, erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in Boonesboro, Kentucky, listing its first settlers. Names listed include, from top left: James McMillan; Margaret White McMillan; Colonel Daniel Boone; Rebecca Boone;...
A parkway lined with young trees divides a street flanked by large homes. Taken at the corner of Cherokee Parkway and Cherokee Road, looking east down Cherokee Parkway. The landscaped circle is now the home of the John Castleman Statue, which was...
A small podium has been erected on the Municipal Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. One man stands at a microphone with other men on the podium and people are seated and standing around the stage to watch. This is the opening ceremony of the Municipal...
Big Four railroad bridge across the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Buildings are visible on both sides of the river. The caption on the verso reads, "The 'Big Four' R.R. Bridge was erected in 1894, and...
Brick building with white pillars and ornate white embellished edges, erected on Model Street at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. "1904 Kansas City Casino" is carved at the top under a row of flags on the roof. Handwritten at the...
Carnahan Hall, a three-story brick building, erected as a girls' dormitory in 1905. It was converted to a boys' dormitory in 1926 and razed in 1967. See ULPA 1982.01.300.p for another image of this building.
