• D. Constantin (photographer)
• Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (role unspecified)
• Theophilus Hansen (role unspecified)
• Friedrich von Gärtner (role unspecified)

Panoramic view of the area around Palace Square (now Syntagma [Constitution] Square) showing Lykavittos (also known as Lycabettus) Hill, the Royal Palace (also known as the Old Palace; now the Parliament), the Demetriou House, and the Plaka, Athens, Greece

between 1859 and ca. 1870

- This photograph was taken from the Acropolis, looking northeast. Palace Square is the heavily treed area at centre; the Royal Palace is the large building at centre right; the Demetriou House is at centre left, facing the Square; the Plaka comprises the smaller houses and buildings in the foreground.

Albumen silver print

comp.: 27.4 x 37.4 cm secondary support: 36.7 x 52.0 cm

PH1986:0901:045

• exterior view

signed and inscribed - by the photographer, scratched in the negative, l.l.: "D. Costantin á [sic] Athênes [sic]" inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the secondary support, b.: with title

Athens; Greece;

• architecture
• topographique

• gardens
• houses
• palace
• city
• buildings
• mountain