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Black Sea Collection (page 6)

"The Enigmatic Black Sea: A Tapestry of History, Beauty, and Adventure" Journey back in time to the year 1154 with Al-Idrisi's world map

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Ukraine, Crimea, Foros, Foros church sitting on top of a cliff overlooking the Black Sea

Ukraine, Crimea, Foros, Foros church sitting on top of a cliff overlooking the Black Sea

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, The Sail rock, near Swallows Nest

Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, The Sail rock, near Swallows Nest

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, Lighthouse

Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, Lighthouse

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Ukraine, Crimea, Sudak View of city and Black Sea coast

Ukraine, Crimea, Sudak View of city and Black Sea coast

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, Ferry passing The Sail rock, on its approach

Ukraine, Crimea, Yalta, Ferry passing The Sail rock, on its approach to Swallows Nest

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Turkey, Trabzon, View of city towards port and Black sea

Turkey, Trabzon, View of city towards port and Black sea

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Turkey, Trabzon, View of port and Black sea from Bostepe Picnic place

Turkey, Trabzon, View of port and Black sea from Bostepe Picnic place

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated view of central Sochi, dusk

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated view of central Sochi, dusk

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, train station

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, train station

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi-area, Dagomys, traditional Russian tea house, tea

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi-area, Dagomys, traditional Russian tea house, tea and bread

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Gazprom Ski Resort, Grand

Russia, Caucasus Mountains, Sochi Area, Krasnaya Polyana, Gazprom Ski Resort, Grand Hotel Polyana

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated city view from the Arboretum Park cable car

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated city view from the Arboretum Park cable car

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Church of Archangel Michael

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Church of Archangel Michael

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, detail of new residential building

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, detail of new residential building

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Lighthouse Beach, Platform nightclub

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Lighthouse Beach, Platform nightclub

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Tower and Neptune Fountain

Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Tower and Neptune Fountain

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Astronomical Clock Building

Georgia, Batumi, Astronomical Clock Building

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Tower

Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Tower

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Boulevard seaside promenade, Soviet-era apartment buildings

Georgia, Batumi, Batumi Boulevard seaside promenade, Soviet-era apartment buildings

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Alphabetic Tower

Georgia, Batumi, Alphabetic Tower

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, city skyline from the Black Sea

Georgia, Batumi, city skyline from the Black Sea

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Golden Sands, Zlatni Pyasatsi, elevated view, dusk

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Golden Sands, Zlatni Pyasatsi, elevated view, dusk

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Nesebar, waterfront restaurants, dusk

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Nesebar, waterfront restaurants, dusk

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Burgas, Soviet-era Monument to the Resistance

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Burgas, Soviet-era Monument to the Resistance

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Sozopol, fishing harbor

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Sozopol, fishing harbor

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Varna, Soviet-era, Russian-Bulgarian Friendship Monument

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Varna, Soviet-era, Russian-Bulgarian Friendship Monument

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Romania, Black Sea Coast, Constanta, Piata Ovidiu, Ovid Square, National History

Romania, Black Sea Coast, Constanta, Piata Ovidiu, Ovid Square, National History and Archeological Museum, daytime

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Romania, Black Sea Coast, Mamaia, Vega Hotel, pool

Romania, Black Sea Coast, Mamaia, Vega Hotel, pool

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Romania, Black Sea Coast, Navodari, Midia-Navodari Locks on the Black Sea Canal

Romania, Black Sea Coast, Navodari, Midia-Navodari Locks on the Black Sea Canal

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Georgia, Batumi, Nurigeli Lake

Georgia, Batumi, Nurigeli Lake

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: The martyrdom of St Clement, altarpiece, 1725 (oil on canvas)

The martyrdom of St Clement, altarpiece, 1725 (oil on canvas)
3362281 The martyrdom of St Clement, altarpiece, 1725 (oil on canvas) by Ghezzi, Pier Leone (1674-1755); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Port marin, la nuit (Un grand voilier amarre sur la mer Noire)

Port marin, la nuit (Un grand voilier amarre sur la mer Noire) - Seaport at Night - Peinture de Alexander Vasilyevich
FIA5329468 Port marin, la nuit (Un grand voilier amarre sur la mer Noire) - Seaport at Night - Peinture de Alexander Vasilyevich Shevchenko (Alexandre Chevtchenko) (1883-1948), huile sur toile

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Coast of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons

Coast of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
Coast of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. [Scene near the Black Sea]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: La mutinerie du cuirasse Potemkine - The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin in 1905 par Maximov

La mutinerie du cuirasse Potemkine - The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin in 1905 par Maximov
FIA5403497 La mutinerie du cuirasse Potemkine - The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin in 1905 par Maximov, Konstantin Ivanovich (1893- after 1938), - Chromolithography, 42x56

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: July motion

July motion
Raceala Elena

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Raid of Shamshi-Adad III to the Shore of The Great Sea, illustration from Hutchinsons History of

Raid of Shamshi-Adad III to the Shore of The Great Sea, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations (litho)
IL340194 Raid of Shamshi-Adad III to the Shore of The Great Sea, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations (litho) by Dudley

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (coloured engraving)

Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (coloured engraving)
2905839 Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (coloured engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons. Commander of the British Fleet in the Black Sea)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Vue de Tauride (Chersonese taurique, actuelle presqu ile de Crimee) View of Taurida par Petrov

Vue de Tauride (Chersonese taurique, actuelle presqu ile de Crimee) View of Taurida par Petrov
FIA5404129 Vue de Tauride (Chersonese taurique, actuelle presqu ile de Crimee) View of Taurida par Petrov, Vasily Petrovich (1770-1810), 1791 - Oil on canvas - State A

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: View of the Black Sea Detail of the world map (mappamundi) of brother Maurus (Mauro)

View of the Black Sea Detail of the world map (mappamundi) of brother Maurus (Mauro)
LRI4648476 View of the Black Sea Detail of the world map (mappamundi) of brother Maurus (Mauro) camaldolese 1459 Biblioteca Marciana, Venice by Fra Mauro (1385-1460); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Fortresses, Sevastopol, 1855 (print)

Fortresses, Sevastopol, 1855 (print)
7212210 Fortresses, Sevastopol, 1855 (print) by Le Marchant Tupper, Gaspard (1826-1906); (add.info.: The Saint Nicholas, Constantine)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : 'La ville de Theodosie (ou Feodossia)

Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : "La ville de Theodosie (ou Feodossia)
FIA5371556 Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : " La ville de Theodosie (ou Feodossia) en Crimee bombardee par la flotte turque en 1878"

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Docks and port of Sevastopol, 1855 during Crimean War, 19th century (print)

Docks and port of Sevastopol, 1855 during Crimean War, 19th century (print)
7212211 Docks and port of Sevastopol, 1855 during Crimean War, 19th century (print) by Le Marchant Tupper, Gaspard (1826-1906); (add.info)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Surf in Yalta par Vasilyev, Fyodor Alexandrovich (1850-1873). Oil on canvas, 1871-1872, State A

Surf in Yalta par Vasilyev, Fyodor Alexandrovich (1850-1873). Oil on canvas, 1871-1872, State A
FIA5404175 Surf in Yalta par Vasilyev, Fyodor Alexandrovich (1850-1873). Oil on canvas, 1871-1872, State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov by Vasilyev

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: La bataille navale de Tendra (en Mer Noire) les 8 et 9 septembre 1790

La bataille navale de Tendra (en Mer Noire) les 8 et 9 septembre 1790. (The Naval Battle of Tendra on 8)
FIA5374927 La bataille navale de Tendra (en Mer Noire) les 8 et 9 septembre 1790. (The Naval Battle of Tendra on 8 and 9 September 1790). Episode de la guerre russo turque (1787-1792)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (engraving)

Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (engraving)
818892 Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: Tours sur les rochers pres du Bosphore (vue de la forteresse Rumeli Hisari a istanbul)

Tours sur les rochers pres du Bosphore (vue de la forteresse Rumeli Hisari a istanbul)
FIA5327139 Tours sur les rochers pres du Bosphore (vue de la forteresse Rumeli Hisari a istanbul) (Towers on the rocks near Bosphorus)

Background imageBlack Sea Collection: North Sea Storm par Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900), 1865 - Oil on canvas, 267x196 - I

North Sea Storm par Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900), 1865 - Oil on canvas, 267x196 - I
FIA5404064 North Sea Storm par Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900), 1865 - Oil on canvas, 267x196 - I. Ayvasovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosiya by Aivazovsky




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"The Enigmatic Black Sea: A Tapestry of History, Beauty, and Adventure" Journey back in time to the year 1154 with Al-Idrisi's world map, where the vast expanse of the Black Sea first graced cartographic records. Fast forward to a sunny beach scene along Bulgaria's picturesque Black Sea coast – an idyllic paradise known as Sunny Beach. Here, golden sands meet azure waters under a radiant sun. As you explore Slanchev Bryag (Sunny Beach), nestled between Varna and Burgas, you'll discover a vibrant tapestry of European charm. The old town and fishing harbor of Nesebur (Nessebar) beckon with their timeless allure along this captivating coastline. Delve deeper into history as dynasties rise and fall during the era of Buwayids around 932 A. D. , depicted by Emery Walker Ltd. 's evocative creation. Witness courage amidst chaos through Hayes' artistic rendition capturing "The Charge of the Light Brigade" during the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. A topographic map from 1897 unveils Europe's intricate landscape, showcasing how the Balkan Peninsula stood at that momentous time in 1878 through a lithograph. Byzantine empires clash with Crusaders against Seljuks circa 1130 A. D. , immortalized once again by Emery Walker Ltd. 's artistry. Marvel at an Ottoman Empire brought to life through another lithograph published in 1878 – its grandeur stretching across lands surrounding the enigmatic Black Sea. And finally, lose yourself within an antique map depicting not only this sea but also its neighboring territories throughout centuries past. The Black Sea is more than just shimmering waters; it is a testament to humanity's enduring spirit and resilience throughout ages marked by conquests, trade routes, cultural exchanges, and breathtaking landscapes that continue to captivate explorers to this day.