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  • Plaza de Espana or Plaza de la Hispanidad, surrounded by colonial buildings and at the centre of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In the square is a statue of Nicolas de Ovando, governor of the island 1502-09, who transferred and reconstructed the city of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on December 25, 2006, in the late afternoon. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of tiled niches, Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on January 4, 2007, in the morning. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of tiled niches, Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on January 4, 2007, in the morning. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Fountain, Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on January 4, 2007, in the morning. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of tower, Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on January 4, 2007, in the morning. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on January 4, 2007, in the morning. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, pictured on December 25, 2006, in the late afternoon. Built in the Maria Luisa Park for the  Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this huge semi-circular building, designed by Anibal Gonzalez, is a good example of Sevillian Regionalism, a combination of  Neo-Mudejar and Art Deco styles. There is a tower at each end, and a fountain in the centre of the semi-circle. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First edition of Tizon De La Nobleza de Espana, or The Blight of the Genealogy of the Aristocracy, by Antonio Luque y Vicens, 1849, used to find any Moorish or Jewish descent in Spanish families, from the collection of the Crespo Lopez family exhibited in the 16th century Palacio de los Olvidados or Palace of the Forgotten, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Palace is one of the few remaining old aristocratic houses in good condition, thought to belong to a Jew and now housing artefacts of Jewish culture and history. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The building contains a main hall, a master hall, an auditorium and the Martin y Soler theatre, and holds operas, theatre performances and music concerts. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000, and the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. On the right is L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000, and the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Southern section of the Montolivet Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened 2007, between the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia and L'Hemisferic, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998 (left), and (right), the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Pavilion, a Modernist building inaugurated 1929 and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969, and Lilly Reich, 1885-1947, as the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Although destroyed in 1930 after the exhibition, the pavilion was rebuilt 1983-86. The sculpture is Alba or Dawn by Georg Kolbe, the walls are lined with red onyx and green travertine and the furniture, including the Barcelona chair, was designed for the building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gran Teatre del Liceu illuminated in the evening, an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original theatre was opened in 1837 but it moved here in 1847 in a former convent building, converted by Joaquim de Gispert d'Angli. The building was rebuilt in 1862 after it was damaged in a fire, although the facade was saved, and then again in 1994 after another fire, reopened 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Castellar de n'Hug, on the snowy southern slopes of the Creueta mountains in Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figura Femenina, or Marina, statue of a naked woman wrapped in a fishing net, in noucentisme style, 1929, by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, in the Parc de Pedralbes at the Palau Reial de Pedralbes, in Les Corts, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace was a royal residence from 1919-31 and now houses the Museu de la Ceramica. The large gardens were designed by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri and Antoni Gaudi and contain many sculptures, fountains, a pergola, benches and a pond. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clouds at sunset in the Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Ebro Delta Natural Park is a protected area of wetland habitat with ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, covering c. 15000 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Playa de Oyambre or Oyambre beach on a misty day, a 2km long white sandy beach, part of the Parque Natural de Oyambre, a 196 hectare protected reserve with important ecosystems of cliffs, sea and inland beaches, estuaries and dunes, in Cantabria on the north coast of Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Playa de Oyambre or Oyambre beach on a misty day, a 2km long white sandy beach, part of the Parque Natural de Oyambre, a 196 hectare protected reserve with important ecosystems of cliffs, sea and inland beaches, estuaries and dunes, in Cantabria on the north coast of Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on a windy day on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on a windy day on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bahia del Fangar, in the Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The protected bay is large and shallow, with fertile algae fields creating the perfect conditions for breeding shellfish. The Ebro Delta Natural Park is a protected area of wetland habitat with ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, covering c. 15000 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flocks of sea birds at the Bahia del Fangar, in the Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The protected bay is large and shallow, with fertile algae fields creating the perfect conditions for breeding shellfish. The Ebro Delta Natural Park is a protected area of wetland habitat with ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, covering c. 15000 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on a windy day on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on a windy day on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olive trees on the lower slopes of Mont Caro, in the Parc Naturel des Ports, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury - Corax, Roman marble sculpture of the god seated on a rock with a clam and lyre, 2nd century AD, from Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miles, wearing a paludamentum or cloak, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue was associated with the cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian mystic religion. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isis - Perses, a goddess of Egyptian origin, Roman marble statue, 2nd century AD, from Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aion - Chronos, god of infinite time, bound by a snake and with a lion's head on his chest and goat's head next to his leg, Roman marble statue, 2nd century AD, from the Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue was associated with the cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian mystic religion. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gladiators posing for combat, marble Roman relief fragment, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galloping horse, bronze Roman sculpture, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tigress attacking a wild boar, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, built 1st century BC, on the Decumanus maximus at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The bridge is in a defensive site, marking the entrance to the city from the south west, has 62 spans and is 790m long in total, and is the oldest ancient bridge in the world. On the left is the Alcazaba of Merida, a Moorish fortification built by emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Cordoba in 835. Both form part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sphinx sculpture in the Museo del Teatro Romano, or Roman Theatre Museum, in the Iglesia de Santiago in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The museum displays artefacts excavated in the Roman theatre on the Cerro del Castillo in Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. There are 2 sphinxes in the theatre which are copies of the originals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arch leading to the stage of the Roman amphitheatre, founded 8 BC, with a capacity of 15,000, used for gladiator contests and sports, in Merida, the former Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, Extremadura, Spain. The amphitheatre forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chariot, detail from wall paintings of Bacchus and Dionysus, from the Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus and Dionysus, wall painting fragment from the Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadriga, detail, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with man on horseback and dog catching a hare, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadriga, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, detail of a fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man driving a chariot pulled by horses, fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Genius of the Colony of Emerita Augusta, marble androgynous head, early 2nd century AD, found near the Temple of Diana, possibly imported, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lintel of the Rivers, Roman marble relief of an elderly bearded personification of Ana, the Guadiana river, 3rd century AD, from a funerary monument near the Casa del Anfiteatro in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tombstone of Quintus Articuleius, a child, depicted next to Attis, god of the afterlife, Roman, marble, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Summer, allegory of the seasons from the border of a Roman mosaic of a wild boar hunt, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Autumn, allegory of the seasons from the border of a Roman mosaic of a wild boar hunt, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tombstone of Valeria Allage and Caius Sulpicius Superstes, with inscription by Duumviro from Metellinum (Medellin), Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, from Calle Octavio Augusto, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columbarium, reconstruction of a Roman building with niches housing funerary urns, in Room VII of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orpheus, prince of Thrace, with his lyre, surrounded by animals and winged victories, Roman mosaic, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This is the central medallion of a 10x5m floor mosaic, which also includes Nilotic, acetic and hunting scenes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Well head, decorated with figures from the myth of Bacchus and Ariadne, Roman, 4th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rape of Europa, with Zeus as a bull, detail, Roman mosaic, mid 2nd century, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rape of Europa, with Zeus as a bull, Roman mosaic, mid 2nd century, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, detail, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arae decorated with sacrifical depictions, Roman sculpture 1st century AD, originally from excavations of Calle Holguin and later reused in the 17th century in the Obelisk of Santa Eulalia, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corbel in the form of a bull's head, 1st - 2nd century AD, from the arch of a monumental building in the Merida Roman Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus or Dionysus with Ampelos, a young satyr, wall painting fragment from the triclinium at Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scenes from the river Nile, detail of a Roman mosaic with pygmy, palm tree and crocodile from Egypt, 2nd century AD, from the Villa de las Siete Sillas, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman sculptures on a second floor corridor in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor on horseback fighting a barbarian, with a military trophy and Victoria, Roman relief, 4th century AD, from the theatre of Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic detail with fish and drinking cup or cratera, and inscription Felix, a form of greeting, Roman, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic features dolphins, sea bream and crateras decorated with swastikas, with the inscription Baritto, possibly the name of the mosaicist. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with portrait of married couple, Caesia and her husband Pomponianus, with the left hand of the woman resting on her husband's hand as a symbol of the marriage, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunter on horseback, possibly the owner of the estate, with a panther, detail, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nereid or sea nymph astride a sea monster with the head of a mammal and the tail of a fish, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the baths of the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus with high relief of hunter chasing deer, driving them towards nets, Roman, late 3rd - early 4th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco imitating marble, 4th century AD, from a Roman house in El Pomar, in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground cistern of filtered fresh water from the Guadiana river, in the Alcazaba of Merida, a Moorish fortification built by emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Cordoba in 835, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The stone cistern was built reusing stone fragments of Roman and Visigothic buildings from the area, including columns with sculpted decoration. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Juno sancutuary, dedicated to the goddess Juno by Licinio Sereniano and Varina Flacinia in honour of their daughter Varinia Serena, at the Balneario de Alange, Roman hot springs and thermal baths in Alange near Merida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The Romans developed the spa in 3rd century AD, with 2 circular chambers for men and women. The baths were well used during the Islamic period but then fell into decay. The current building dates from the 19th century. The baths form part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, scale 1:1000, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Sentia Amarantis, commissioned by her husband Sentio Victor, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, Roman, marble, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The relief depicts the deceased in a tavern or thermopolium, filling a jug with wine from a barrel. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountain landscape, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, detail, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceres, goddess of agriculture, crops and fertility, Roman marble seated statue, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue is from the stage of the Merida Roman Theatre and depicts Ceres wearing a veil, crown and sleeved tunic. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Genius of the Colony de Emerita Augusta, marble androgynous head, early 2nd century AD, found near the Temple of Diana, possibly imported, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Labours of Hercules, Roman relief on a marble plaque, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Serapis, a god of Egyptian origin, Roman, 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchic figure with animal, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the wind, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus and Ariadne, Roman mosaic by Anniboni, late 4th - early 5th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arco del Cristo or Puerto del Rio, a Roman arched gate built 1st century AD in the city walls at Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Above the gate is the Torre del Rio, one of the defensive towers of the town. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Islamic berber cistern, built 9th - 11th century, in the basement of the Palacio de las Veletas, which houses the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. The cistern acts as a reservoir for fresh water, in a waterproof underground room with roof supported by horseshoe arches on columns. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman woman, detail from the Mosaic of the Three Women, from the town of El Olivar del Centeno (Millanes de la Mata), with 3 female portraits with decorative elements, representing protection against evil spirits, 3rd century AD, in the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lead weight, Roman, in the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dog, detail from Roman mosaic of hunters on horseback with dogs catching a wild boar, 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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