Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 167
The garden sweeps up to the south frontof the palace ; an avenue of palms precedes agreen grass lawn, terminated by bright parterresof brilliant flowers lying at the foot of the wideniarble steps of the southern terrace, where thepicturesque Evzone Lifeguards pace to and fro. From the lawn looking… … The Acropolis, from theRoyal Palace, Athens THE BIG PALACE, ATHENS white walls of the fortress church at its apex might stand for some magic castle in a mediaeval or Eastern legend ; and here in the foreground is the wavy palm tree of the unchanging East, while a sage-green flowing border to the…
Palaces · Gardens
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