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An 1874 painting by Ricardo Balaca showing the arrival back in Spain of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506 CE) in 1493 after his voyage to the New World.

A 1532 portrait by Jakob Seisenegger of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519-56) with his dog. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

Portrait of John Locke (1632-1704), oil on canvas by Godfrey Kneller, 1697. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

The Thracian landscape in Rhodope in the early spring. The name of the region emerged from Rhodope, a Thracian naiad and daughter of the river Strymon. The naiads, daughters of the river gods Potamoi, were water nymphs who lived in lakes...

The seaside of Golden Beach at Thasos, Greece. Ancient myth describes the well-known Thasian wine. It was said that Staphylus, the son of Dionysus and Ariadne, lived in Thasos, hence the Thasian wine was so distinguished.

A springlike coastal landscape in Chalcidice, Greece. Chalcidice was the birthplace of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. He was widely credited with founding the field of philosophy. His work has had a pervasive impact on human knowledge over...

The coastal landscape of Chalcidice, a few kilometers before Kassandra, Greece.

On the slopes of Mt. Paiko the grove of Lake Skra in Kilkis, Greece, adds mythical elements to the flora of the Greek landscape. Kilkis is part of the ancient Macedonian region. If one could believe Herodotus, the origin of the Argead Dynasty...

The statue of Alexander the Great was erected in 1973 in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was symbolically built to look toward the east, while Mt. Olympus emerges in the background.

The western side of the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.