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Antiochien.
| Article ID | ASP0995 |
Title | Antiochien. |
Description | View of the city Ntiochia at the antique Syria nowAntakya in Turkey. |
| Year | ca. 1880 |
Artist | Anonymus |
Historical Description | Near Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes or Antioch) was the Bronze Age city of Alalach (now Tell Açana), an important regional trading center whose beginnings date to about 3400 BC. Here the trade routes from Aleppo, Mesopotamia and from Palestine to Anatolia and the Mediterranean crossed. The city was connected to the sea by the Orontes (river). Trade with Cyprus is attested in writing and archaeologically. In Roman and Byzantine times it was the largest and most important city in the Eastern Mediterranean, along with Alexandria in Egypt and (later) Constantinople, and at times the third largest city in the world. Along with Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, Antioch was the seat of one of the five equal-ranking patriarchs of Christianity. |
| Dimensions (cm) | 12,5 x 17,5 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Wood engraving |
Reproduction:
13.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )