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  • Red London buses, London, England. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crowd of people listening to Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969, president of the Viet Minh or League for the Independence of Vietnam, speaking at the Place de Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19th August 1945, at the launch of the August Revolution or Cach mang thang Tam. The revolution against French colonial rule led to the declaration of the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 2nd September 1945.
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  • London traffic atmosphere, a cab pulls away and opens the way to the vehicules behind, on the adjacent line a red London bus is stopped, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red telephone boxes, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 - 1960), preserved as a tourist attraction near Covent Garden, London, UK, beneath a rainy day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patriotic demonstration and parade of troops during the Russian Revolution, in Red Square, Moscow, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square chamber, decorated with scenes of battles of the Marshall de Villars, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is decorated in French Renaissance style, with a ceiling a la francaise and a frieze of Roman warriors in a victory parade beneath. The room contains 2 oval oak tables, a portrait of Nicolas Fouquet by Claude Lefebvre, 1632-75, and tapestries of the Story of Diana, c. 1630, made at La Planche and designed by Toussaint Dubreuil. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lions surrounding the Nelson's Column, 1858, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802 - 1873), National Gallery in the background, cut by a red London Bus passing on the street, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red telephone boxes at the entrance of Smithfield or London Central Markets, 19th century, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fancy cooking aprons displayed at Covent Garden Market, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Austin Mini parked in front of a "Spice" coffee shop and a colorful spray paint graffiti building showing a figure of the Front Populaire (Popular Front) in Miro's style and "Aidez Espana" written, Notting Hill, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brightly coloured chairs hanging on railings in Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Ardisia Latipes berries, the red berries clustered amongst the green leaves in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Ardisia Latipes berries, the red berries clustered amongst the green leaves in the afternoon light.
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  • L'Araignee Rouge or Le Grand Stabile Rouge (The Red Spider), monumental sculpture, steel, 1976, by Alexander Calder, and, in the background, Tour Total Coupole, 1985, by WZMH Architects and Cabinet Saubot-Jullien, La Defense, Courbevoie, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A woman wearing a long green dress and red cloak holds 2 red flowers in an attitude of prayer, perhaps giving thanks for the harvest, section of Virgo from the Zodiac and the labours of the months stained glass window, 1217, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This calendar window contains scenes showing the zodiacal symbol with its corresponding monthly activity. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A room in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction with an antique chair and red floral wallpaper, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman in Red Sitting and reading on her mobile phone, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France. In the background the balustrade catches the low light of the sunset. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco pictured on December 18, 2009. An atmospheric view a man in traditional red Djellaba walking past the walls, doors and windows at haphazard angles in a corner of the old town.Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Above, Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, crossing his arms over so as to give the birthright to Ephraim the youngest son, on the right. In the middle, Samson carrying the gates of Gaza, the anointing and entombment of Christ and David fighting with a lion. Below, donor windows of the blacksmiths and farriers; men throwing fuel into a forge, a farrier fitting a horseshoe while 2 men hold the horse and 2 blacksmiths beating a red hot piece of iron on an anvil, quatrefoil from the Typological Passion stained glass window, 1210-25, in the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually, reads from top to bottom. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ holds a globe and raises his right hand in blessing, adored by 2 angels, with Cherubim and Seraphim below. In the bottom centre, the Thrones in red mandorlas, from the hierarchy of the angels from the Life of St Apollinaire stained glass window, 13th century, on the Southern transept wall of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window depicts the life of St Apollinaire, first bishop of Ravenna, and the hierarchy of the angels. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Banks of Thames with pedestrians, Millenium bridge in red in the distance, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • James IV’s Great Hall, 1503-13, the chief assembly hall in the castle, with displays of armour and weaponry and a grand fireplace, on Crown Square, in Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Great Hall was used as a military barracks in the 17th and 18th centuries and as a military hospital in the 19th century, then restored by Hippolyte Blanc, 1844-1917, to medieval style. The first royal castle built here was under David I in the 12th century, and the site has been built on, attacked and defended ever since. The castle now houses military museums and the National War Museum of Scotland and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection fresco, Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century and its walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. Here we see Christ's resurrection into Heaven. He is clothed in red and holds the red standard with white cross which has been the flag of the French army since the 14th century. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the side at sunrise of the Art Deco Fauverie (the big cats building), built by Rene Berger from 1934 to 1937 in the Menagerie of Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Made of red brick, the building is decorated by low relief depicting wild animals. Founded in 1794 by Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, the Menagerie of Jardin des Plantes became the largest exotic animal collection in Europe in the 19th century and is the second oldest public zoo in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St George's Basilica (red facade) and the Benedictine St George's Abbey to its left, within Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. The basilica was founded by Vratislaus I of Bohemia in 920, enlarged in 973 with the addition of the Abbey ad then rebuilt after a major fire in 1142. The basilica now houses the 19th century Bohemian Art Collection of the National Gallery in Prague. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of red stuccoed wall with small window of the old city, Portuguese Fortified city of Mazagan, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag„o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Once his body arrives in Constantinople, the soul of St Stephen rises to heaven in the form of a small naked body in a mandorla, accompanied by 2 angels. Section of the elevation of the soul, 1220-25, from the Life of St Stephen and transferral of his relics window in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually dominantly red in colour, tells the story of the life of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, who died c. 36 AD and whose relics are held at Chartres. It is situated in the chapel dedicated to martyrs. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High Speed London cab, colored with royal banner Union Jack (United Kingdom flag), against a red London bus with adverts, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail showing corner of the raw skins, Chouara Tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 25, 2009 in the evening. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Crossing of the Red Sea, detail from the Guimera altarpiece, 1402-12, by Ramon de Mur, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Santa Maria de Guimera, Urgell, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece measures 7x5m and is in International Gothic style, with highly contrasting colours. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, known as John the Magnanimous or Joao o Magnanimo and the Portuguese Sun King or Rei-Sol Portugues, in the Great Room of Acts, or Sala dos Capelos, or Red Room, decorated in the 17th century by master builder Antonio Tavares and reworked in the 18th century, at the University of Coimbra in the royal palace or Paco Real, Coimbra, Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The buildings are listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King Peter I of Portugal, 1320-67, known as Peter the Just or Pedro o Justiceiro, 8th King of Portugal, 1357-67, in the Great Room of Acts, or Sala dos Capelos, or Red Room, decorated in the 17th century by master builder Antonio Tavares and reworked in the 18th century, at the University of Coimbra in the royal palace or Paco Real, Coimbra, Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The buildings are listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, choir and high altar of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Rococo altar of 1758 is Rococo in style and consists of a base and 6 columns in red marble and a gilded oak canopy. The cathedral houses stained glass windows by Andre Robin from 1451, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by  Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ceiling fresco is Day Chasing Night, by Paul Baudry. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple du Souvenir Indochinois, with red walls and columns and overhanging eaves, destroyed by fire in 1984 and rebuilt on a smaller model in 1992, on the Dinh Esplanade in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple du Souvenir Indochinois, with red walls and columns and overhanging eaves, destroyed by fire in 1984 and rebuilt on a smaller model in 1992, on the Dinh Esplanade in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Great Room of Acts, or Sala dos Capelos, or Red Room, decorated in the 17th century by master builder Antonio Tavares and reworked in the 18th century, with ceiling panels by Jacinto Pereira da Costa, part of the University of Coimbra in the royal palace or Paco Real, Coimbra, Portugal. Originally the throne room of the palace, and now used for University ceremonies, the room houses many large paintings of successive Kings of Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The buildings are listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork in blue and red with Arabic script, in the Salon del Techo de Felipe II, or Philip II Ceiling Room, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The ceiling is made of square coffers carved and painted with geometric designs. The room is accessed from both the Garden of The Prince and the Salon de Embajadores, or Hall of Ambassadors, by way of the Arch of the Peacock (symbol of permanence, immortality and monarchy). The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork in blue and red with Arabic script, in the Salon del Techo de Felipe II, or Philip II Ceiling Room, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The ceiling is made of square coffers carved and painted with geometric designs. The room is accessed from both the Garden of The Prince and the Salon de Embajadores, or Hall of Ambassadors, by way of the Arch of the Peacock (symbol of permanence, immortality and monarchy). The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork in blue and red, in the Salon del Techo de Felipe II, or Philip II Ceiling Room, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The ceiling is made of square coffers carved and painted with geometric designs. The room is accessed from both the Garden of The Prince and the Salon de Embajadores, or Hall of Ambassadors, by way of the Arch of the Peacock (symbol of permanence, immortality and monarchy). The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diwan-e-Khas, or the Hall of Private Audience, at the Sarvato Bhadra, a single storey square open hall with enclosed rooms at the corners, in the City Palace, built 1727-32 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, founder of Jaipur, as the seat of the maharaja of Jaipur, designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya and Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, mixing European, Mughal and Rajput architectural styles, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The building now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and is the home of the Jaipur royal family. The city of Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II, the Raja of Amer, and planned and designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and the 10th most populous city in India. Jaipur is listed as the Pink City of India UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neoclassical altarpiece by Sebastian and Francisco Solis, in the Capilla del Rostro Santo, built by Juan de Aranda in the 17th century, the main chapel in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The relic of the Santo Rostro or Holy Face (La Veronica) is enclosed in a reliquary made by Jose Francisco de Valderrama in 1731. In front is the Altar mayor or main altar, made in 1657 by Pedro Portillo from red marble, with tabernacle by Juan Pedro Arnal with a jasper crystal cross framed in bronze and 6 white marble angels. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Combats, sculpture with Romans in red and Gauls in blue, at the entrance to the permanent exhibition space in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. On the left is a red Folie the architect Bernard Tschumi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. In the centre is a red Folie the architect Bernard Tschumi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maesta, detail of Virgin and child enthroned, 1315, Gothic fresco by Simone Martini, 1284-1344, covering the North wall of the Sala del Mappamondo, or Sala del Consiglio, in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The fresco was commissioned to represent good and just government, and depicts the Virgin and child surrounded by saints, angels and apostles, covered with a canopy of red silk. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Jewish man leaving Jerusalem for Jericho, with 2 doors, the terrestrial Jerusalem red door is closed, whereas the two blue door panels of the heavenly Jesusalem are wide open to welcome the saved man, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An angel with flaming sword closes the door of the Garden of Eden, which is red, however the wings of the angel and the door panel are green, the colour of hope, as God does not forsake man, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted angel and portrait of King John V or Joao V of Portugal, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rectangular chapel, 15th century, with wooden barrel vaulted ceiling and walls painted with black, red and gold stripes and trompe l'oeil paintings of Christ blessing and the 12 apostles, attributed to Pierre Bourguignon Coustain, a Gothic window with 3 lancets and a copy of the tomb of Philippe Pot, 1428-93, the original being in the Musee du Louvre, in the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of an effigy laid on a bed in knightly attire, with a lion at his feet, and 6 pallbearers clad in hooded black habits. It was originally in the chapel of St John the Baptist in the Abbey of Citeaux. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Windows covered with grilles with geometric patterns in the hypostyle prayer hall, built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman I, 731-788, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of 856 reused Roman columns of jasper, onyx, marble, and granite, topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted arch with red and white painted stripes, in the area built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman II, begun 832, adjacent to the 16th century cathedral, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, with a cathedral altar and behind, the area built under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches of a horseshoe arch topped by a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castell dels tres dragons, (Castle of three dragons), 1887, by Lluis Domenech i Montaner (1850-1923), became Museum of Zoology, 1920, Parc de la Ciutadella,  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Red brick example of Modernist Architecture by leading Catalan Art Nouveau architect, served as Exhibition Hall during Universal Exhibiton, 1888.
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  • St Samson and 2 monks crossing the English Channel, sailing to Armorica, Brittany, with a red devil breaking the mast, detail from the main stained glass window or maitresse-vitre of the chevet, made 1280-90 and restored in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The window consists of 8 lancets depicting the lives of saints who have relics in the cathedral, and a tympanum of glass depicting the Last Judgement. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of putti with drapery, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of putto with drapery, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King John V or Joao V of Portugal, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Temple of the Wind, on a natural prominence at the edge of the cliff, standing on a circular platform provided for temples dedicated to Ehécatl, the god of Wind, one of the aspects of Quetzalcoatl, one single room with the entrance on the north side and a vaulted roof, beside the temple and down right the picture, a shrine, small temple of one small square room with one entrance, Tulum (Zamá, Zamal), arise and grew between 12th and 16th centuries AD, Postclassic period, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pillars Square, Caliph?s Palace of Madinat az-Zahra erected by Abd ar-Rahman III who imitated the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad in building a royal city just outside the city of Cordoba itself, 936-945 AD, Madinat az-Zahra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pillars Square, Caliph?s Palace of Madinat az-Zahra erected by Abd ar-Rahman III who imitated the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad in building a royal city just outside the city of Cordoba itself, 936-945 AD, Madinat az-Zahra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lombardy-Venetia Throne Room, decorated in 1838 by Giuseppe Borsato, for Ferdinand I of Austria, king of Lombardy-Venetia, and restored 2012, with trompe l'oeil painted frieze, red and gold wall hanging, imperial furniture and 18th century Murano glass chandelier, in the Royal Rooms of the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Antechamber of the apartments, linking the Sissi apartment with the Maximilian apartment, with Neoclassical painted ceiling 1810-11 by Giuseppe Borsato (whose portrait is on the left), red wall covering 1854 and Neoclassical gilded bronze chandelier, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings on Alexanderplatz reflected in the glass windows of a building, with the Rotes Rathaus or Red City Hall in the distance, seat of the mayor and senate of the state of Berlin, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The Rathaus was built 1861-69 by Hermann Friedrich Waesemann in Italian Renaissance style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Antechamber of the apartments, linking the Sissi apartment with the Maximilian apartment, with Neoclassical painted ceiling 1810-11 by Giuseppe Borsato (whose portrait is displayed), red wall covering 1854 and Neoclassical gilded bronze chandelier, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Behind is the facade of the Aux Dames de France department store, built early 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Behind is the facade of the Aux Dames de France department store, built early 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dali en Levitation, sculpture, 2000 by Sabine and Eric, known as Les Pritchards, on the Place de Catalogne in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The sculpture features a statue of Salvador Dali, arms outstretched, seated on a high red chair, and was inspired by Dali’s 1965 painting Le Mystique de la Gare de Perpignan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the devil stealing Job's flocks in order to test his devotion to God, stained glass window, 13th century, originally from the Sainte Chapelle, now in the Musee de Cluny or the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, France. The devil has a red face with horns and his tongue sticking out. The Sainte Chapelle is a 13th century royal medieval Gothic chapel on the Ile de la Cite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Audience Room, used by empress Sissi to receive guests in 1856-57 and 1861-62, with red and cream wall coverings 1854-56, 18th century gilded armchairs with velvet brocade and Murano glass chandelier 19th century, in the Sissi apartments, used by empress Elisabeth of Austria, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, and University Tower, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, and University Tower, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Audience Room, used by empress Sissi to receive guests in 1856-57 and 1861-62, with red and cream wall coverings 1854-56, 18th century gilded armchairs with velvet brocade and murano glass chandelier 19th century, in the Sissi apartments, used by empress Elisabeth of Austria, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dinh Esplanade, with Vietnamese-inspired stone portico and overhanging eaves and red columns of the Temple du Souvenir Indochinois, built for the 1907 Colonial Exhibition, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mausoleum of Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt (1601-66), completed 1711, red and white marble, by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), Royaumont Abbey, Val-d'Oise, France. The tomb shows Henri de Lorrain, a General in the army of Louis XIII, expiring in the arms of Victory. It was commissioned by his son Louis de Lorraine comte d'Armagnac, Abbot of Royaumont. The Cistercian Abbey was founded 1228 by St Louis, and dissolved 1789 after the French Revolution. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Piccadilly Circus at dusk beneath a rainy day, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anteros figure silhouetted against floodlit adverts panels, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK. The statue of the nude winged archer, at the top of The Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain, is known as Eros Column, 1892-1893, aluminium cast, by Alfred Gilbert. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • A young girl hurries to a Life Guards on duty for a souvenir shot, Horse Guards building, 1751 - 1753, by John Vardy and William Kent, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pedestrians passing through brick walls with horseshoe arch and window and with colorful spray paint graffitis, Shoreditch, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A staircase in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, with broken balustrade on the floor, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coppery titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus), in the Great Glasshouse of the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal of York, 1473-1530, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1520-89, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Renato Birago, cardinal, 1506-83, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claire Muchir, Museum Director, with Le Reve du Navigateur, or the Navigator's Dream, sculpture, 2011, by Josep Riera i Arago, b. 1954, in the staircase of the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of St Mary Magdalene, by Master of Fonollosa, detail, panel, early 15th century Gothic, tempera painting on wood, from the chapel of the monastery of Santa Maria Magdalena de Conangle, Les Masies de Roda, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Mary is depicted holding a canister of ointments and rosary beads, with delicate folds in the drapery of her gown. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chair with winged lion armrest support, detail, in the furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pile of coloured laminate samples in the studio of Emily Kidson, a jewellery designer who works with wood, laminate and silver to create colourful pieces, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Emily is inspired by urban architectural forms and cuts and finishes each piece by hand. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pink and blue houses in the medieval town of Albarracin, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. Albarracin was founded as a Moorish town in the 11th century and became an independent lordship until the 13th century. The town is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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