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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Cosmological mosaic, detail of Natura or Nature, wearing necklace and bracelets, with arm raised to clutch a mantle, in a room off the atrium used for business, in Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic represents the myth of the origin of the Roman universe, depicting earth, heaven and sea and the forces which govern them. 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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  • Black servant, detail of painted ceramic tiles, in the cloister of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, detail, carved polychrome gilded oak, by unknown Castilian artist, late 16th century, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, carved polychrome gilded oak, by unknown Castilian artist, late 16th century, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental alabaster fireplace from the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, from the collection of the Museum of Artistic Reproductions, in the Golden Hall, a banqueting hall inaugurated 1915, with Neo-Baroque decor by Joan Marsal and reproductions of furniture and sculptures, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Charco Azul de Chulilla, a natural blue pool in the Turia river, aerial view, at Chulilla, in Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain. Under Moorish rule in the 12th century, a weir was built to irrigate the orchards of the town, and the pool remains, with a jetty and dilapidated walkway around the cliff. The pool is on a circular walking route around the town. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Suspended bridge on the Ruta de los Puentes Colgantes, or Hanging Bridges Trail, through the Hoces del Rio Turia, a deep canyon formed by the river Turia, in the Los Calderones Municipal Natural Area, at Chulilla, Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain. Bridges were originally built here by workers on the Loriguilla Reservoir, but the current ones are more recent, built in 2013. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columbret Gran, or Illa Grossa group at sunset, with (right-left) Illa Grossa, El Mascarat, La Senyoreta and El Mancolibre, in the archipelago of the Columbretes Islands, a group of small uninhabited volcanic islets in the Mediterranean Sea, 49km off Orpesa, Valencia, Spain. There are 4 groups of islands in the archipelago, Columbret Gran, La Ferrera, La Foradada and El Carallot, and in 1988 the archipelago was declared a wildlife reserve. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of St Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of S Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Lucy, detail of Lucy stabbed in the neck with a sword, c. 1300, painted panel by unknown artist, Gothic, tempera on wood, from church of Santa Llucia de Mur, Guardia de Noguera, Pallars Jussa, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child with angels, detail, 1375-85, central panel of an altarpiece, by Jaime Serra, Gothic, tempera and gilt on board, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House of the amphitheatre, excavated in the 1960s, on the San Albin hill, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house contains a peristyle surrounding an internal garden (seen here) and a cosmological mosaic with allegorical representations of the elements of nature with Eon. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Above is the pipe organ, by Aquilino Amezua, 1888, and below, the double doors leading to the closet-chapel. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. It is crowned by a parabolic dome, lighting the hall through small openings and a central oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presa de Castillejos, or Conquest of Los Castillejos in the Hispano-Moroccan War, bronze relief on the plinth of the Monument to General Prim, detail, in the Parc de La Ciutadella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Joan Prim i Prats, 1814-70, was a Spanish soldier, politician and Prime Minister, and is depicted in a bronze equestrian statue on a plinth surrounded by reliefs of his military campaigns. The original sculpture was by Lluis Puiggener and was inaugurated in 1889, but it was destroyed to make ammunitions during the Spanish Civil War and remade by Frederic Mares after the war. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doors of the closet-chapel, in the Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. It is crowned by a parabolic dome, lighting the hall through small openings and a central oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Window in the mezzanine area, overlooking the central hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mezzanine floor houses Eusebi Guell's business office, administration and archiving rooms and the library. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Antoni Barcelo, 1717-97, Spanish mariner and admiral of the Royal Armada, by Vicente Urrabieta, 1854-56, 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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  • Organ, by Aquilino Amezua, 1888, used for concerts in the Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. It is crowned by a parabolic dome, lighting the hall through small openings and a central oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Convent, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of reclining woman with tambourine and decorative plant details in the dining room, with original wooden furniture designed by Gaudi and 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, 1845-1918, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattice screen around the covered porch alongside the dining room, detail, at the Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail and gargoyles from the facade of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The facade sculptures are in Gothic style featuring men and women with pinnacles and foliage. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney stacks covered in a mosaic of coloured ceramic tiles, on the roof of the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chimney stacks are crooked to prevent backdraughts. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand central hall on the Noble Floor, with huge windows facing the Passeig de Gracia, with stained glass panels and organic carved oak frames, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The windows all open using hidden counterweights. The walls and ceiling are all in organic wavy forms resembling the sea. A glass roof is glimpsed through an oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling in relief resembling a giant plaster spiral, water vortex or galaxy, with central crystal chandelier, in the grand central hall on the Noble Floor of Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic planters on the end wall of the internal terrace, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Barcelona seen from the North, 1855, lithograph, by Alfred Guesdon, 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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  • Peace - Burial of Wilkie, engraving by John Cousen after a painting by JMW Turner, chalk print in black and white on paper, c. 1880, commemorating the burial at sea of Turner's friend, the Scottish painter David Wilkie, who died on a boat in Gibraltar in 1841, 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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  • Woman with red scarf, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattice screen of the enclosed open air porch alongside the dining room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roof, covered in a mosaic of coloured ceramic tiles and designed to resemble a dragon's back, and tower topped with a bulbous 4 armed cross, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre of town is the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century. Many famous artists spent time in Cadaques during the 20th century, including Dali and Picasso. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre of town is the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century. Many famous artists spent time in Cadaques during the 20th century, including Dali and Picasso. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, with the Retaule de Santa Maria, main altarpiece by Pau Costa and Joan Torras, in baroque style, built 1723-29 and gilded 1770-88, in the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The 23m high altarpiece is dedicated to the Virgin of Hope, and features scenes of the apocalypse, the life of the Virgin and saints. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali's Cadillac, used as a hearse at Gala's funeral, stored on the ground floor of the Castle of Pubol, now the Gala Dali Castle House-Museum, in Pubol, Baix Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Dali bought the castle in 1969 for his wife Gala, and restored and renovated it. Gala was buried in the crypt in 1982 and Dali lived and worked here 1982-84. The castle was originally built in the 11th century and the Church of Sant Pere de Pubol was built 1327-41 in Gothic style. The site opened as a museum in 1996, managed by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Myth of the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Aulis, floor mosaic, 1st century BC, from an unexcavated house in the Roman city, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Far de Cala Nans, lighthouse built 1864 by J M Faquinetto, at Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Meditation, or Girl, marble statue, 1925, by Josep Llimona, 1864-1934, on the Rahola family tomb in the Cadaques Cemetery in Portlligat, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Former officers' building, 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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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Behind are the bell tower and Gothic spire of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, consecrated 1339. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome wooden coffered ceiling of the Capella de Santa Agueda or Chapel of Santa Agata, a catalan Gothic chapel in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The chapel was built in catalan Gothic style in 1302, with a rectangular nave, polygonal apse and coffered ceiling. The chapel was built by Bertran Riquer, Jaume del Rei and Pere d'Olivera for King James II of Aragon and his wife Blanca of Naples. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell built 1359–62, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman portrait bust of a woman, 1st century AD, marble, thought to be Empress Agrippina the Younger, 15-51 AD, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the left is the upper section of a stall at the Mercat de Sant Antoni market, designed by Eduard Maria Barcells Buijas, lock smithery by Rocasalbas i Andorra and glazing by Boxers i Cordon, 1909, in catalan Modernista style. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, 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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  • 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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