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  • Replica of the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny, the coronation stone of the kings of Scotland for centuries (38 kings were crowned here), on Moot Hill, the crowning hill of the kings of Scotland, in front of a 17th century chapel, in the grounds of Scone Palace, rebuilt 1802-12 by William Atkinson in late Georgian Gothic style, Perthshire, Scotland. The original stone was moved in 1296 and is now at Edinburgh castle. There was originally a church, then priory, then abbey on this site before it became a home. The palace is now open to the public. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ironing Stone, a triangular wishing stone shrouded in myth and legend, in the grounds of Kylemore Castle, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The stone is said to have been thrown here by mythological heroes Cu Chulainn and Fionn McCool. If a child stands with his back to the stone and throws 3 pebbles over it, its wish is said to come true. Kylemore Castle was built in the 19th century by Mitchell Henry and his wife Margaret. It became a Benedictine Abbey in 1920. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tourist kissing the Blarney Stone or Stone of Eloquence, on the parapets of Blarney Castle, built in 1210 over an earlier structure, and rebuilt in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, near Cork in County Cork, Ireland. The stone is thought to be the coronation stone of Irish kings, and it is believed that anyone kissing the stone will be granted the gift of eloquence. To do so, the pilgrim must lie down, lean backwards and hold iron railings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tourist kissing the Blarney Stone or Stone of Eloquence, on the parapets of Blarney Castle, built in 1210 over an earlier structure, and rebuilt in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, near Cork in County Cork, Ireland. The stone is thought to be the coronation stone of Irish kings, and it is believed that anyone kissing the stone will be granted the gift of eloquence. To do so, the pilgrim must lie down, lean backwards and hold iron railings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone from one of the Avebury stone circles, constructed in the 3rd millennium BC, in the Neolithic era, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England.  The stone circles and henge are thought to have a religious or ritual purpose. The site is managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some people say the monument was built in mediaeval times to commemorate the last battle of the legendary King Arthur, and that his warriors are buried there. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone cutting tools and a cut block of stone in the stone masons' yard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved with an Ogham inscription, the earliest form of writing known in Ireland, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. Ogham script is a system of linear symbols cut on either side, or across, a baseline. It is modeled on the Roman alphabet and consists of 20 letters. The key to translating the script is found in the Book of Ballymote, and over 300 inscriptions survive on stone, dating to 4th - 6th centuries, probably intended as commemorative stones or boundary markers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone cutting tools, including chisel, hammer, brush and measuring stick, in the stone masons' yard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone cutter at work carving stone with a hammer and chisel in a workshop at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone mason's mark on a column, identifying the mason who carved the stone, and indicating that the column is now finished and he can be paid, in the nave of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone mason's mark on a column, identifying the mason who carved the stone, and indicating that the column is now finished and he can be paid, in the nave of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone from Invereen, May, Inverness-shire, carved with Pictish symbols typical of the 7th and the 8th centuries, in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. The meaning of the symbols is unknown. The red sandstone stone was discovered in 1932 and features a crescent and v-rod symbol, a double disc and z-rod, and a circle and line which may be later in date. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone mason's mark in the form of a cross in a square, carved into the stone on a column in the nave, marking how far he had worked to determine his wages, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone mason's mark in the form of a hand, carved into the stone on a column in the nave, marking how far he had worked to determine his wages, at the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Leaning columns of local stone resembling tree trunks, supporting the terrace, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. To the right is a statue of a woman carrying a basket on her head, made from the same stone. 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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  • Traditional stone roofs of Ottoman houses in Gjirokastra, Southern Albania, in the historical region of Epirus, with most Ottoman houses dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Typical houses consist of a tall stone block structure up to 5 storeys, with external and internal staircases surrounding the house. Gjirokastra was settled by the Greek Chaonians, the Romans and Byzantines before becoming an Ottoman city in 1417. Its old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone in the Cathedral, Jerash, Jordan. The stone is carved with geometrical shapes and patterns. The Cathedral was originally the 2nd century AD Roman Temple of Dionysos which was rebuilt as a Byzantine church 350-375 AD. The Greco-Roman town of Gerasa is thought to have been founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It was conquered by Pompey in 63 BC and became a prosperous Roman town. Jerash was destroyed by an earthquake in 749 AD and its ruins were discovered in 1806 and the town excavated and reconstructed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone in the Cathedral, Jerash, Jordan. The stone is carved with hexagons inscribed inside circles. The Cathedral was originally the 2nd century AD Roman Temple of Dionysos which was rebuilt as a Byzantine church 350-375 AD. The Greco-Roman town of Gerasa is thought to have been founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It was conquered by Pompey in 63 BC and became a prosperous Roman town. Jerash was destroyed by an earthquake in 749 AD and its ruins were discovered in 1806 and the town excavated and reconstructed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone trees, 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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  • Stone trees, 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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  • Stone sculpture of woman carrying fruit basket, 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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  • Dry stone huts at El Pla de Santa Maria, in Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. During the 18th and 19th centuries, vines were cultivated in this region and small buildings were built as corrals and shelters for the farmers and their animals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dry stone huts at El Pla de Santa Maria, in Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. During the 18th and 19th centuries, vines were cultivated in this region and small buildings were built as corrals and shelters for the farmers and their animals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dry stone huts at El Pla de Santa Maria, in Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. During the 18th and 19th centuries, vines were cultivated in this region and small buildings were built as corrals and shelters for the farmers and their animals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arabic inscription on a foundation stone of a mosque, with koranic quotation, 1421 AD, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Workers cutting blocks of stone at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black volcanic stone, possibly polished for use as a mirror or used for spiritual or religious purposes, from the atrium of the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dry stone huts at El Pla de Santa Maria, in Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. During the 18th and 19th centuries, vines were cultivated in this region and small buildings were built as corrals and shelters for the farmers and their animals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone trees, 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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  • Stone sculpture of woman carrying fruit basket, 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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  • Stone trees, 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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  • Sculpted capital from the Romanesque cloister representing seated stone masons at work and a seated man on the left, possibly a bishop, 11th century, Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The colonnade of the cloister is made of Romanesque arches supported by double columns with over 70 capitals carved with fantastic creatures and vegetal motifs. Master craftsmen were brought in from the Roussillon and Italy to carve the capitals, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts. The surrounding galleries are home to tombs of rich members of the monastery, dating to the 14th - 18th centuries. 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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  • Sculpted capital from the Romanesque cloister representing seated stone masons at work, 11th century, Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The colonnade of the cloister is made of Romanesque arches supported by double columns with over 70 capitals carved with fantastic creatures and vegetal motifs. Master craftsmen were brought in from the Roussillon and Italy to carve the capitals, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts. The surrounding galleries are home to tombs of rich members of the monastery, dating to the 14th - 18th centuries. 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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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man drinking from a gourd and his companion, on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of a stone vessel with cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language, steatite and chlorite, State of Dilmun, c. 1700 BC, part of a burial offering found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a woman carrying a basket on her head, part of the leaning columns of local stone supporting the 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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  • Stone Bridge, also known as Dusan Bridge, built 1451-69, across the river Vardar, connecting Macedonia Square to the Old Bazaar, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. The bridge was built in Ottoman times under sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, on the site of an older Roman bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone door surround of a chapel with angel holding a phylactery and acanthus leaves, in the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, at the Llotja de la Seda or Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, a Gothic building designed by Pere Compte and built 1482-1548 in Valencia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a winged female figure with a dragon suckling her from outside the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration of 2 figures, on the intrados or lower curve of the arch of the main door separating the terrace from the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, at the Llotja de la Seda or Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, a Gothic building designed by Pere Compte and built 1482-1548 in Valencia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man clutching the foliage on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a crouching man, on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man climbing amongst foliage on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone detail with scrolls and inscription, on the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone head, the only figurative sculpture from Bibracte, simplistic in its approach, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Truncated cone-shaped soft stone vessel, c. 1800 BC, with geometric decoration in the Wadi Sur cultural tradition (Oman Peninsula) grey-green chlorite, excavated in the Al-Hajjar necropolis, displayed in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of a stone vessel with cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language, steatite and chlorite, State of Dilmun, c. 1700 BC, part of a burial offering found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone panel with the coat of arms of the Archibald family, late 17th century, found in Young Street, Edinburgh and given by Thomas Stevenson, in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a man hit and killed by a flying stone door jamb during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, discovered in 2018 in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a man hit and killed by a flying stone door jamb during the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, discovered in 2018 in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved by the Priory of the Knights of Malta, 1647, originally from the Chateau St Louis, but since 1920 has been set into the facade next to the entrance of the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foundation stone of a Benedictine Abbey founded in Dublin in 1688, in the Community Room, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone head with 3 faces, 1st - 2nd century AD, Iron Age, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aline Meunier, stone cutter on the Guedelon project since 01/08/2014, wearing medieval costume and holding a tooth axe, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aline Meunier, stone cutter on the Guedelon project since 01/08/2014, wearing medieval costume, holding a set square and chisel, and standing on a keystone, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aline Meunier, stone cutter on the Guedelon project since 01/08/2014, wearing medieval costume and holding a set square and chisel, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aline Meunier, stone cutter on the Guedelon project since 01/08/2014, wearing medieval costume, holding a set square and chisel, and standing on a keystone, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aline Meunier, stone cutter on the Guedelon project since 01/08/2014, wearing medieval costume, holding a set square and chisel, and standing on a keystone, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Replica, 2006, of the Sun Stone, the Aztec calendar 3.6m in diameter discovered in Mexico City in 1790, at the Maison du Mexique, or Mexico House, inaugurated 1953, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was designed by architect Jorge L Medellin, born in 1916, and built by his brother, engineer Roberto E Medellin. The furnishings are designed by Jean Prouve, 1901-1984, and Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat, 1868-1950, and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe, 1847-1924, to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Roman stone altar with dedication to Jupiter, the main state deity and embodiment of Imperial Rome, with carved images of a patera (small pan) and jug used to pour libations into the hollow scoops on the altar top, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. An inscription reads, 'to Jupiter best and greatest, and the spirit of the Emperors, the 1st regiment of Hungarians, under the command of Quintus Julius Maximus'. Such dedications of new altars enabled individuals and regiments to record their achievements and document their allegiance. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Don't Forget '93, a commemoration stone for the 1993 Siege of Mostar in the Yugoslav Wars, at dawn on the Stari Most or Old Bridge, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved stele, possibly funerary, with inscription and figure, possibly an athlete, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone depicting 2 birds of prey, one with 4 legs, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone depicting 2 birds of prey, one with 4 legs, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with a bird preening itself and a tree, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with a bird preening itself and a tree, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with trees, animals and fantastic creatures, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with trees, animals and fantastic creatures, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone plinth found at the Baptistery, early 6th century, Byzantine, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. The baptistery has a large mosaic pavement and is the second largest baptistery in the Byzantine empire, after Haghia Sofia. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with inscriptions found in the fountain area of a Roman house, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of text from an inscription stone on the Decumanus, a colonnaded road running east-west, Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions in both Greek and the ancient Lycian language were found at this site. Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscription stone on the Decumanus, a colonnaded road running east-west, Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions in both Greek and the ancient Lycian language were found at this site. Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone decorations with floral designs in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone for washing the dead, late 12th century, in the North transept of the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone for washing the dead with figure holding a scroll sculpted in the corner, late 12th century, in the North transept of the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone for washing the dead with figure holding a scroll sculpted in the corner, late 12th century, in the North transept of the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone for washing the dead with figures sculpted in the corners, late 12th century, in the North transept of the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a winged female figure with a dragon suckling her from outside the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man climbing foliage and a bird pecking him on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration of a man amongst foliage on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man holding goods amongst foliage on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man climbing amongst foliage on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man drinking from a gourd on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone relief from Elne Cloister, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 12th century, displayed at the Abbey of St Mary of Lagrasse. The relief appears to depict a kneeling monk receiving a blessing, with others inside a building, possibly a monastery, one holding a spear and one blowing a horn. The Romanesque cloister at Elne was built 12th - 14th centuries at the Cathedral of Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie which was consecrated in 1069. Its capitals are carved by craftsmen from the Roussillon area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tools and piles of stones in the quarry at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Replica of the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny, the coronation stone of the kings of Scotland for centuries (38 kings were crowned here) and Moot Hill, the crowning hill of the kings of Scotland, and chapel, built 17th century, in the grounds of Scone Palace, rebuilt 1802-12 by William Atkinson in late Georgian Gothic style, Perthshire, Scotland. There was originally a church, then priory, then abbey on this site before it became a home. The palace is now open to the public. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wall of Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, with large stone courtyard, ahu or altar and investiture stone, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae holds the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. In the distance is the Marae Oputeina, a temple platform where visitors would say their farewells. Departing chiefs would take a stone from this marae to use elsewhere in a marae which would be called Marae Taputapuatea. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone or ofa 'i turui, representing the position of a god during ceremonies, by the ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of Tamatoa, with the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wall of Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, with large stone courtyard, ahu or altar and investiture stone, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae holds the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. In the distance is the Marae Oputeina, a temple platform where visitors would say their farewells. Departing chiefs would take a stone from this marae to use elsewhere in a marae which would be called Marae Taputapuatea. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, with large stone courtyard, ahu or altar and investiture stone, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae holds the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blarney Castle, built in 1210 over an earlier structure, and rebuilt in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, near Cork in County Cork, Ireland. In the castle is the Blarney Stone or Stone of Eloquence. It is believed that anyone kissing the stone will be granted the gift of eloquence. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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