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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The wall in the distance has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Powys House, an 18th century mansion built in 1746 by William Mayne, now run as a luxury B&B by the Kilgour family, in the Ochil Hills near Stirling, Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist architect Puig i Cadafalch accepting first prize in the City Council's awards for best industrial building, from the mayor of Barcelona, in 1913, photograph, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warehouse on the ground floor of the Casaramona factory, photograph, date unknown, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casaramona factory in 1913, drawing, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist architect Puig i Cadalfach, president of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya (Commonwealth of Catalonia) 1917-25, photograph, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Departure of SS Stavangerfjord, Norwegian-America Line, from Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, with immigrants headed for America, photograph by Anders B Wilse, Norse Folkemuseum, Oslo, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aurelianus gives Clovis' ring to Clotilde, with an acceptance of marriage, and below, Aurelianus receives alms from Clotilde, lancet B, from the stained glass window of the Life of St Clotilde, c. 1540, in the Collegiale Notre Dame des Andelys, built 1225 - 17th century, in Les Andelys, Eure, Normandy, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Andelys was built around a college of canons at the Chapter, on the ruins of a women's abbey founded in 511 AD by Clotilde, wife of Clovis I. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Henri IV, king of France and Navarre 1589-1610, with stone bust after marble sculpture by B Tremblay, and virtues in resin, 1992, after tomb of Christophe de Tou, 1840, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alamo Coffin, believed to be the tomb of Davy Crockett, William B Travis, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo heroes, in San Fernando Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe, originally built 1738-50 and enlarged in the Gothic style by Francois P Giraud in 1868, on the Main Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, USA. During the Battle of the Alamo Mexican General Santa Anna raised a flag of 'no quarter' from the church tower, marking the beginning of the siege. The bodies of the defenders of the Alamo were burned by Santa Anna, but their ashes were collected and buried, and later enshrined in this marble sarcophagus. The cathedral is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis and Davy Crockett along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis and Davy Crockett along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, detail, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, seen from between the columns of Federal Hall National Memorial. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. The facade of the building features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflections in a glass window on Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, including the New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, and the bronze statue of George Washington, 1882, by John Quincy Adams Ward, outside Federal Hall National Monument. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble bust of Montesquieu, 1689-1755, lawyer and philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, by Edmond Prevot, after J B Lemoyne, 1878, marbre, from the collection of the Town Hall of Bordeaux, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The Baron de Montesquieu became a counselor of the Bordeaux Parliament in 1714 and became a president a mortier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alamo Coffin, believed to be the tomb of Davy Crockett, William B Travis, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo heroes, in San Fernando Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria and Guadalupe, originally built 1738-50 and enlarged in the Gothic style by Francois P Giraud in 1868, on the Main Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, USA. During the Battle of the Alamo Mexican General Santa Anna raised a flag of 'no quarter' from the church tower, marking the beginning of the siege. The bodies of the defenders of the Alamo were burned by Santa Anna, but their ashes were collected and buried, and later enshrined in this marble sarcophagus. The cathedral is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Jean Rene Lacoste, 1904-96, in the French Davis Cup Team of 1924, in the Lacoste Archives, in the Private Lacoste Museum, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Credit : Lacoste Museum, photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Rene Lacoste and his wife Simone in 1936 in Chantaco, photograph, in the Lacoste Archives, in the Private Lacoste Museum, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Credit : Lacoste Museum, photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Napoleon the Great, c. 1812, engraving after a painting by Jacques-Louis David, 1748-1825, Neoclassical artist, in the Musee Napoleon at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum is in the former Royal Military School where Napoleon trained. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Wagram, 5th - 6th July 1809, with Napoleon defeating the Austrian army, print, by unknown artist, in the Musee Napoleon at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum is in the former Royal Military School where Napoleon trained. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, drypoint etching, 1954, by Valentine Hugo, 1887-1968, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, drawing, 1960, by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, drypoint etching, 1954, by Valentine Hugo, 1887-1968, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bathers on the beach outside the Restaurant Casa Carmela in 1908, in Valencia, Spain, photograph on a postcard. This family business, serving traditional paella cooked over a wood fire, was started by Jose and Carmen Carmela in 1922. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the city and port of Marseilles, France, 17th century, engraving, by unknown artist, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts in Rivesaltes camp, photograph by Wilhelm Schiefer, German prisoner of war here until July 1947 and spokesman for the prisoners, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Photograph property of Archives privees Wilhelm Schiefer. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts in Rivesaltes camp, photograph by Wilhelm Schiefer, German prisoner of war here until July 1947 and spokesman for the prisoners, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Photograph property of Archives privees Wilhelm Schiefer. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Paule Lazerme in catalan dress, black pencil drawing on paper, 19th August 1954, by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shopfront of the jeweller Jacques Velzy in Perpignan, photograph, early 20th century, in the exhibition Le Grenat Catalan, on the history of garnet in the region, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Etienne Terrus, photograph, in the Musee Terrus Elne, opened 2014, in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terrus Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Etienne Terrus, 1857-1922, a painter in oils and watercolour from Elne, and other Roussillonnais contemporaries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the city an university of Angers, 1576, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Maintenon, entrance side (top) and garden side (bottom), engraving, by Nicolas Langlois, 1640–1703, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elevation of the royal aqueduct at Maintenon in full length and height, drawing, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Aqueduc de Maintenon is an unfinished aqueduct built 1686-89 by Vauban, part of a project to supply water in the Canal de l'Eure or Canal de Louis XIV, across the Eure valley to the Chateau de Versailles. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including threshing and grinding of the pods and drying the leaves, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King of Monomotapa, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Monomotapa is on the coast of present-day Mozambique, trading since the 10th century with the Middle East and India, and in the 16th century with the Portuguese. French slave traders came here after 1693 when the West coast kingdoms no longer supplied so many slaves. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alkemy, king of Adrat in Guinea, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In 1670 Alkemy sent an ambassador, Mateo Lopes, to France to agree a trade agreement with king Louis XIV. French ships were protected in Adrat (along the current coast of Benin and Togo) and Nantes slave ships profited hugely until 1724, when the kingdom of Adrat became part of Dahomey. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Port of Nantes seen from the shipbuilding docks, 1776, engraving, by Nicolas Ozanne, 1728-1811, part of a series of French ports for King Louis XVI, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts on the beach, photograph from the Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, showing the church, cloister and hospitium, albumen silver print, 1850s, by Joseph Cundall, British, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrants arriving in America, photograph, 1908, by Lewis Hine, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island on a ship, photograph, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main building, in French Renaissance style, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century, containing registry rooms, detention rooms and offices, photograph, c. 1903, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of black and white photographs of immigrants and their families, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interpreters sitting next to the immigrants while immigration officers examine their documents, in the Registry Room, photograph, c. 1912, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medical and surgical instruments used in the examination of immigrants, and behind, photograph of a woman during a medical examination, c. 1910-15, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigration officer carrying out a psychological assessment on a young immigrant to establish his socio-psychological profile, needed for his admission file, in the Legal Inspection room, photograph, c. 1914, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anti immigration march by the Ku Klux Klan in Long Branch, New Jersey, 4th July 1924, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castle Garden Immigration Station, New York City, where more than 8 million immigrants were processed 1855-90, (copyright New York City Public Library), photograph, c. 1890, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrant children waving American flags, photograph, c. 1910, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of black and white photographs of immigrants and their families, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the site in the 19th century, with huts over the tombs, at the Monterozzi Etruscan necropolis near Tarquinia, Vitero, Lazio, Italy. The necropolis was founded in the 7th century BC and contains around 6000 graves, many of which are covered in frescos. Monterozzi is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic, c. 1980, with Francesca Serio, mother of the socialist trade unionist Salvatore Carnevale who was murdered by the mafia, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weapons belonging to the mafia sequestered by the carabinieri, or Italian police, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bandit under arrest steps from jail into the courthouse for trial, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral street scene in Sicily c. 1950, after a murder committed by the mafia, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral of doctor Orestano, killed by members of Banda Giuliano Salvatore, a group of bandits on the run and wanted by the police, black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police who worked with a gang of men attacking the police and running the black market. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the Banda Giuliano Salvatore, arrested and chained, undated black and white photograph from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Salvatore Giuliano was a bandit wanted by the police, who was also involved in the Movement for the Independence of Sicily. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of a La Tene Iron Age culture bridge being excavated in Marin-Epagnier, Neuchatel, Switzerland, in the early 20th century, exposing wooden piles in parallel rows of planted posts, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gabriele d’Annunzio as a boy, photograph, in the auditorium at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The Auditorium seats 200 and is used for conventions, events and performances. A video shows the rooms in the Priory and the museum, and photographic exhibitions explore the life of d’Annunzio and Il Vittoriale. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gabriele d'Annunzio, painting, in the auditorium at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The Auditorium seats 200 and is used for conventions, events and performances. A video shows the rooms in the Priory and the museum, and photographic exhibitions explore the life of d’Annunzio and Il Vittoriale. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of the abbey and its cloister, built 1644-66, and cloister gardens, 17th century, at the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec or Bec Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded 1034 by Saint Herluin, in Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France. The cloister is in Tuscan style, with semicircular arcades with folded archivolts and square pillars. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, emir of Bahrain 1961-99, speaking in 1976 with Monique Kervran, French archaeologist and founder of the French mission of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and Dr Al-Takriti, director of Antiquities, photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, emir of Bahrain 1961-99, speaking in 1976 with Monique Kervran, French archaeologist and founder of the French mission of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), detail, photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Early and Middle Dilmun ramparts at the North of the site, aerial photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pearl divers opening the oysters on a pearl fishing boat, photograph in a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple II, photograph, constructed with cut limestone blocks, containing a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring, seen here, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Double circular altar at Barbar Temple II, photograph, constructed with cut limestone blocks, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. This temple contains a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oval sacrificial courtyard with ramp and staircase leading to central temple platform, and floor covered with sacrificial animal bones and ashes, to the East of Barbar Temple II, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. This temple contains a sacrificial courtyard, altars, shrines and an underground shrine built around a fresh water spring. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Temples of Dilmun, drawing, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple I, photograph, with central terrace, trapezoidal shrine and adjoining rooms, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Temples of Dilmun, drawing, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbar Temple III, photograph, a double temple and the largest of the 3, with a huge central platform and an annex, with the well and shrine being preserved, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This large temple was discovered near the village of Barbar and the site consists of 3 successive temples, with the 2 oldest temples terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, in Sumerian style. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temples of Dilmun, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar with traces of burnt offerings in the inner hall of a temple at Sar, Temples of Dilmun, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavation of one of the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, aerial photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women taking an aperitif on the ice skating rink at the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1960s, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Ski piste and ice skating rink at the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1959, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • The Mont-Carmel wing of the Chateau Frontenac and the Dufferin Terrace, photograph, 1910, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. This photograph was taken before it was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Women's convalescence ward, photograph, early 20th century, in the Musee du Monastere des Augustines, or Augustine Monastery Museum, in Vieux-Quebec or the old town of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The monastery was housed in the wings of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a hospital built in 1639. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Fiducie du Patrimoine Culturel des Augustines / Manuel Cohen
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  • Nurse treating a patient in the Salle Saint-Michel in the Precieux-Sang pavilion, photograph, 1943, in the Musee du Monastere des Augustines, or Augustine Monastery Museum, in Vieux-Quebec or the old town of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The monastery was housed in the wings of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a hospital built in 1639. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Fiducie du Patrimoine Culturel des Augustines / Manuel Cohen
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  • Dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1960s, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Stereogramme depicting the Salle Sainte-Anne during a mealtime, 1877, in the Musee du Monastere des Augustines, or Augustine Monastery Museum, in Vieux-Quebec or the old town of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The monastery was housed in the wings of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a hospital built in 1639. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Fiducie du Patrimoine Culturel des Augustines / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the main central tower of the Chateau Frontenac designed by William Sutherland Maxwell, photograph, 1922, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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