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The landscape of Boeotia, Greece during the spring from the monastery of Hosios Loukas near the town of Distomo.

Artemis was worshiped in Brauronia as the goddess of greenery and hunting, as well as the protectress of women during childbirth and of babies. The sanctuary, located in Attica, Greece, dates to the first half of the 5th century BCE.

The temple, known as the Theseion, is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece. The temple's construction began in 449 BCE. It was built in honor of two gods, Hephaestus and Athena.

Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga Presiding at the Council of Trent, painting by Elia Naurizio (1589-1657). Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua.

Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, marble statue by Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1652. Cornaro chapel, Santa Maria Della Vittoria church, Rome.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta, oil on canvas by Domenichino, c. 1622. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

A modern statue of Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460-1521) in St. Augustine, Florida. Ponce de León was a conquistador who became the first governor of Puerto Rico and, landing in Florida on an expedition of exploration, gave the region that name...

The tomb of Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460-1521) in Saint John the Baptist Cathedral in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ponce de León was a conquistador who became the first governor of Puerto Rico and, landing in Florida on an expedition of exploration...

A 17th-century coloured engraving of Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460-1521), the conquistador who became governor of Puerto Rico and, landing in Florida, gave the region that name in 1513.

This ancient Greek relief was engraved in a stone in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi during antiquity.