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Taranto Collection

Background imageTaranto Collection: Taranto, Italy

Taranto, Italy - A series of Italian naval vessels pass through the famous Swing Bridge. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTaranto Collection: Greetings postcard from Taranto, Italy

Greetings postcard from Taranto, Italy - with Corso Umberto with R.N. Regina Elena and an Italian sailor. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTaranto Collection: Terracota antefix tarantini. Gorgon

Terracota antefix tarantini. Gorgon
Terracota antefix tarantini that represents the head of a Gorgon. Late VI century early V century B.C. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageTaranto Collection: Golden earrings with shaped like a dolphin

Golden earrings with shaped like a dolphin
Earrings with shaped like a dolphin. Gold. From Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Background imageTaranto Collection: Gladiators. Roman art

Gladiators. Roman art. Terra-cotta. ITALY. PUGLIA. Taranto. Taranto Archaelogical National Museum

Background imageTaranto Collection: Pyrrhus fighting the Romans at Battle of Asculum

Pyrrhus fighting the Romans at Battle of Asculum
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and Macedon, fighting the Romans at the Battle of Asculum (or Ausculum), in his bid to defend the Greek city of Taranto (Tarentum) in southern Italy

Background imageTaranto Collection: Izmir, Turkey - Opium Cultivation

Izmir, Turkey - Opium Cultivation
Opium poppies and their exporter, J Taranto (from J Taranto & Sons - Exporters of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey) (left) at a field likely to be close to Afyon

Background imageTaranto Collection: Magna Graecia. Red figure pottery. Amphora. Decoration. Eph

Magna Graecia. Red figure pottery. Amphora. Decoration. Eph
Art Greek. Magna Graecia. Greek vase painting. Red figure pottery. Amphora. Decoration. Ephebe with mirror. Comes from Taranto. Italy. Museum of Perfume. Barcelona. Spain

Background imageTaranto Collection: Head of a horse. 4st century BC. Greek art

Head of a horse. 4st century BC. Greek art
Head of a horse. Marble. 350-300 BC. From Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Background imageTaranto Collection: Golden necklace with lion-head terminals. C. 300 BC

Golden necklace with lion-head terminals. C. 300 BC
Necklace with lion-head terminals. Gold. C. 300 BC. Probably made in Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Background imageTaranto Collection: Magna Graecia. Bust of a goddess. Fourth century BC. Metropo

Magna Graecia. Bust of a goddess. Fourth century BC. Metropo
Greek art. Magna Graecia. Bust of a goddess. Fourth century BC. Marble. It comes from Taranto, Italy. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageTaranto Collection: Torpedoes from the air at Taranto by G. H. Davis

Torpedoes from the air at Taranto by G. H. Davis
Torpedoes from the air: the technique of torpedo-plane attack, which caused havoc to Italys fleet at Taranto during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Background imageTaranto Collection: Giov. Antonio Orsino

Giov. Antonio Orsino
GIOVANNI ANTONIO ORSINO Italian ruler, principe di Taranto Date: ? - 1463

Background imageTaranto Collection: Seated Woman wirh Child. Clay figure. Greek art

Seated Woman wirh Child. Clay figure. Greek art. Sculpture. ITALY. Taranto. Taranto Archaelogical National Museum

Background imageTaranto Collection: Philosopher. ITALY. Taranto. Taranto Archaelogical

Philosopher. ITALY. Taranto. Taranto Archaelogical National Museum. Clay figure. Greek art. Sculpture

Background imageTaranto Collection: Taranto, Italy - Torpedo Boat

Taranto, Italy - Torpedo Boat
A Torpedo boat at Taranto, Italy passes through the canal connecting the Little Sea with the Great Sea. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTaranto Collection: Taranto, Italy - Sailors march up the Corso Umberto

Taranto, Italy - Sailors march up the Corso Umberto Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTaranto Collection: Greetings from Taranto, Italy

Greetings from Taranto, Italy
A Greetings postcard from Taranto, Italy, featuring the Girevole Bridge (a famous swing bridge built in 1887) and the Via Margherita. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTaranto Collection: Italian dreadnought battleship entering Taranto harbour

Italian dreadnought battleship entering Taranto harbour
An Italian dreadnought battleship entering Taranto inner harbour. Date: 20th century

Background imageTaranto Collection: British drifters in harbour, Taranto, Italy, WW1

British drifters in harbour, Taranto, Italy, WW1
British drifters which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War, seen here at anchor in the harbour at Taranto, Italy

Background imageTaranto Collection: Admiral Dzara inspecting Royal Marines, Malta, Second World

Admiral Dzara inspecting Royal Marines, Malta, Second World
Photograph showing the Italian Naval Chief, Admiral Dzara, saluting a line of British Royal Marines on Valetta Quay, Malta, 1943

Background imageTaranto Collection: Italy Taranto

Italy Taranto
in southern Italy : the harbour seen from the sea

Background imageTaranto Collection: Hms Queen at Taranto

Hms Queen at Taranto
HMS Queen, trawlers and drifters at Taranto, Italy

Background imageTaranto Collection: Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, landing at Taranto

Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, landing at Taranto
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and Macedon, landing at the Greek city of Taranto (Tarentum) in southern Italy to help defend it against the Romans


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