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  • Low angle view of the church of the Santissima Trinita dei Monti, Rome, Italy, pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. Trinita dei Monti, 16th century, a late Renaissance church, is located at the top of the Spanish Steps which lead into the Piazza di Spagna. In front of the church stands the Sallustiano obelisk, a Roman obelisk built during the reign of Emperor Aurelian, reigned 270-75. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of the church of the Santissima Trinita dei Monti, Rome, Italy, pictured between the houses of the approaching street, on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. Trinita dei Monti, 16th century, a late Renaissance church, is located at the top of the Spanish Steps which lead into the Piazza di Spagna. In front of the church stands the Sallustiano obelisk, a Roman obelisk built during the reign of Emperor Aurelian, reigned 270-75. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of Lost Steps, with the Central Hall seen through the doorway, 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. This hall features a coffered ceiling and an arcade of triple columns overlooking the street. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered ceiling of the Hall of Lost Steps, seen through a parabolic archway from 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. This hall features a coffered ceiling and an arcade of triple columns overlooking the street. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue painted steps in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid sculpture by Maria Llimona i Benet, 1894-1985, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid sculpture by Maria Llimona i Benet, 1894-1985, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Santa Clotilde Gardens, aerial view, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple, detail, oil painting, by Juan de Borgona, 1470-1534, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple, oil painting, by Juan de Borgona, 1470-1534, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Twisted, organic chimney on the undulating roof of La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, and its Torre del Rellotge or clock tower, 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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  • The Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, and its Torre del Rellotge or clock tower, 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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  • The Operations Pavilion, built 1902-12, (left), and the St Leopold Pavilion, built 1903-18 (right), 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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  • Main facade of Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The facade is a framed structure with a triumphal arch of 3 portals with pillars crowned by semicircular arches supported on pilasters. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main facade of Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The facade is a framed structure with a triumphal arch of 3 portals with pillars crowned by semicircular arches supported on pilasters. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance gate of the first enclosure of the Alcazaba, a 10th century fortified enclosure and royal residence in Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain, with horseshoe arch opening surrounded by brickwork. The Alcazaba was begun in 955 by Rahman III and completed by Hayran, Taifa king of Almeria, in the 11th century. It was later added to by the Catholic monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow stepped street painted blue with a house with decorative tilework on the steps and door recess, in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of Lost Steps, leading to the Central Hall and the Visitors’ 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. This hall features a coffered ceiling and an arcade of triple columns overlooking the street. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden door frame in the Ladies' Powder Room, used by women attending evening concerts and entertainment, with the Hall of Lost Steps behind, 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional pink houses and steps in the narrow street, 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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  • 'El drac' (the dragon), a mosaic salamander fountain, restored in 2007, on the steps leading to the Lower Court on the central terrace, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'El drac' (the dragon), a mosaic salamander fountain, restored in 2007, on the steps leading to the Lower Court on the central terrace, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Steps leading to the Biblioteca Viva de Al-Andalus or Living Library of al-Andalus (left), and Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Esperanza or Church of Our Lady of Peace and Hope (right), a capuchin convent, on Calle Cuesta del Bailio, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The yellow late Gothic portal of the library is by Hernan Ruiz II, 1514-69. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets and steps at night 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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  • Carved wooden pillars in the Ladies' Powder Room, used by women attending evening concerts and entertainment, with the Hall of Lost Steps behind, 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 building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Steps leading to the Lower Court on the central terrace, with Doric columns supporting a hypostyle hall and stone roof, and 'el drac' (the dragon), a mosaic salamander fountain, restored in 2007, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boy walking in a narrow street painted blue with steps leading up to the door of a house, in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boys climbing the steps of a narrow street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 flights of steps painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man wearing a djellaba climbing the steps of a narrow street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man and boy climbing the steps of a narrow street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque facade of the Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in Girona, situated at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. Here we see the Baroque facade, begun in 1606 and completed in 1961, with its sculptures decorating the 3 orders of the facade made by local sculptors in the 1960s, and the new octagonal bell tower, begun in 1590 and completed in the 18th century, which houses 6 bells. A staircase of 90 steps dating to 1607 leads up to this entrance. The cathedral was begun in the 11th century in Romanesque style, and later continued in the 14th century in Catalan Gothic style, redesigned by Pere Sacoma in 1312 and built by the school of Mallorcan architect Jaume Fabre. Of the original Romanesque building only the 12th century cloister and a bell tower remain. The cathedral was completed in the 18th century. 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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  • St Sernin of Toulouse dragged on the steps of the Capitol of Toulouse, detail of altar frontal of Sant Sadurni de Rotgers, by artist of Vic workshops, early 13th century, Romanesque tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Sant Sadurni de Rotgers, Borreda, Bergueda, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Sernin, bishop and martyr of Toulouse is tied to a bull and dragged on the steps of the Capitole of Toulouse, from an altarpiece front, Romanesque, made in Vic in the early 13th century, tempera paint on wood, from the church of Sant Sadurní de Rotgers, Borreda, Bergueda, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman sweeping the steps in a street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • 2 women, one sweeping the steps, in a street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; wide steps and back stage in the distance; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Bear Hall, with a stuffed polar bear, in the entrance hall of the Salvador Dali House Museum in Portlligat, Cap de Creus, Cadaques, Catalonia, Spain. The bear is decorated with jewellery, walking sticks, rifles and it holds a lamp. Salvador Dali, 1904-89, Spanish Surrealist painter, lived and worked here from 1930 to 1982, when his partner and muse Gala died. The building was originally several fisherman's cottages which the couple bought and developed, with windows overlooking the bay, a swimming pool and garden studio. The house became a museum in 1997, run by the Dali Foundation. 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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  • 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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  • Staircase leading to the second floor of the Concert Hall, seating 2015 people and illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, with Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow stepped streets with new concrete staircases, metal handrails and modern lights 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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  • Houses and a stepped narrow street of the old town or Casc Antic and the octagonal stained glass skylight and iron belfry of the Church of Reparacion, built 1899 by Joan Abril i Guanyabens, 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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  • Stepped facade of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its facade has a ridged cornice and neo-Gothic and Flemish decoration. On the right is 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stepped facade of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its facade has a ridged cornice and neo-Gothic and Flemish decoration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stepped facade of the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its facade has a ridged cornice and neo-Gothic and Flemish decoration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, near the village of Bocairent, Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. The rooms are on around 3 or 4 different levels and are interlinked, although designed to be separated by doors. The purpose of these chambers is unknown, possibly sepulchres, granaries, Visigothic monasteries or more likely, Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period, after a design imported from North Africa. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading up to the patio in the garden, with exposed brick and Neo-Mudejar niches repeated in the villa interiors, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral staircase inside the tower, leading up to the lookout, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral staircase inside the tower, leading up to the lookout, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass door in the entrance hall, and tiled wainscot by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading up to the patio in the garden, with exposed brick and Neo-Mudejar niches repeated in the villa interiors, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral staircase inside the tower, leading up to the lookout, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral staircase inside the tower, leading up to the lookout, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont d'Arc Coix over the Llobregat river and stone sculpture of the Eagle of St John, in the Jardins Artigas, gardens built 1905-6 in Modernist style and designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in La Pobla de Lillet, Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. The gardens are on a plot of land owned by Joan Artigas i Alart, who owned a nearby textile factory. There are many similarities to Parc Guell, and the site includes bridges, a watchtower, fountains, a waterfall and sculptures. The park was restored in 1992 and the sculptures were replaced with those by Ramon Millet i Domenech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass door in the entrance hall, and tiled wainscot by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The tiled wainscot is by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main staircase leading from the ground floor vestibules to the main living areas on the first floor, 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 ground floor houses the entrance and coachhouse where the doormen and coachmen worked. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mezzanine area housing offices, 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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  • Mezzanine area housing offices, 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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  • Mezzanine area housing offices, 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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  • Main staircase leading from the ground floor vestibule to the main living areas on the first floor, 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 ground floor houses the entrance and coachhouse where the doormen and coachmen worked. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Secret garden, in white marble with a shallow reflecting pool, by Arata Isozaki, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patio designed by Arata Isozaki in white marble, with glass and iron pergola behind, at the entrance to CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall and lift shaft, in the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light to reach all rooms and floors, 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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  • Spiral staircase leading to the roof terrace, from the loft space, formed within 60 white catenary arches supporting the roof structure, resembling the ribcage a huge creature, formerly used as a service area for laundry and storage, in 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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  • Staircase with curved hardwood handrail, between the first and second floors, in the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light to reach all rooms and floors, 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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  • Esglesia de Sant Pere, Romanesque church originally built in the 10th century, and rebuilt in the 15th century, in the village of Pals, in Catalonia, Spain. Pals is a medieval town on the Bay of Emporda on the Costa Brava. In the centre of the town is the Torre de les Hores, or Tower of the Hours, a Romanesque 15m high clock tower built 11th - 13th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the exhibition at Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, at MUHBA Fabra i Coats, in a former factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional pink houses with wooden balconies, and narrow streets, 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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  • Traditional pink houses and narrow streets 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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  • Iron balustrade on the staircase leading to the Catedral del Salvador de Albarracin, 16th century, 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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  • Monument inside the Faro a Colon, or Columbus Lighthouse, a monument to Christopher Columbus designed by JL Gleave in 1931, and built 1986-92, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. The concrete building is constructed in a cross shape, symbolising the christianisation of the region, and serves both as a museum and a mausoleum holding the remains of Columbus. 157 beams of light are emitted into the sky from the building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase and lift in the main entrance hall, with ceramic tiles and mosaics with floral and vegetal patterns by Lluis Bru, 1868-1952, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase and brick columns resembling trees, reflecting the wooded setting of the church, inside the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lower Court on the central terrace, with Doric columns supporting a hypostyle hall and stone roof lined with mosaics, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the staircase is 'el drac' (the dragon), a mosaic salamander fountain, restored in 2007. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with large mosaic covered staircase opening and chimneys with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Undulating roof, with skylights, staircase openings and chimneys, some with mosaic work, and with twisted, organic forms, at La Pedrera, or Casa Mila, built 1906-10 by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, on Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Some of the chimneys resemble soldiers guarding the house, and the roof is sometimes known as the Garden of Warriors. The house was commissioned by businessman Pere Mila i Camps, and has an undulating facade and 2 inner courtyards. Josep Maria Jujol, 1879-1949, designed the windows and fluid wrought iron balconies and the plaster work is by Joan Beltran. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is currently the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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