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  • Western ramparts of Ambrussum, aerial view, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The ramparts surrounding the town, excavated in 1835, were built in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC and restored in the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medes Islands or Illes Medes, a group of 7 small rocky islands in the Mediterranean Sea, aerial view, near L'Estartit in Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The uninhabited islands are el Medellot, la Meda Petita, la Meda Gran, les Ferrenelles, el Tasco Gros, el Tasco petit and el Carall Bernat. They are situated just off the Costa Brava, and are a protected marine environment as the Parque Natural del Montgri, las Islas Medas y el Bajo Ter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Far de Cala Nans, lighthouse built 1864 by J M Faquinetto, aerial view, at Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The town of Cadaques is in the distance. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Pals, aerial view, 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. To the left is the Romanesque church of Sant Per. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, aerial view, a Benedictine monastery in Alt Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 945 AD and thrived through to the 12th century. The Romanesque church was consecrated in 1022 and the cloister and bell tower were added in the 12th century. The monastery is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fort de Sabarda, rebuilt in the 13th century and abandoned in the 16th century, and village of La Vilasse, aerial view, on a rocky outcrop near Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In the distance is the Chateau Vicomtal Saint Pierre de Fenouillet, built in the 11th century as a seat for the local viscounts. The Romanesque castle was used as a military barracks during the Cathar period and controlled access to mountain passes. Both castles are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, aerial view, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, aerial view, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, a Cathar Castle built 13th - 16th centuries, considered the last Cathar stronghold, aerial view, in Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. The castle sits on a high peak at 728m, atop a steep rocky cliff. It is one of the Five Sons of Carcassonne or Cinq Fils de Carcassonne. It is listed as a historic monument and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Train Rouge or TPCF (Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouilledes), aerial view, a red train linking Axat in Aude to Rivesaltes in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France, travelling through vineyards, with the Chateau de Queribus in the far distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hermitage of St Anthony of Galamus in the Gorges de Galamus, aerial view, between Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, and Cubieres sur Cinoble, Aude, Occitanie, France. The hermitage was built in the 14th century as a place of solitude for Franciscan monks, who had originally secluded themselves in caves in the gorge walls. It was then developed further in the 19th century by Pere Marie. The gorge is about 2 miles long and 500m deep, carved by the Agly river through the limestone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Maintenon, aerial view, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. This view is of the south elevation, with the Cour d'Honneur flanked by the east and west wings, with the parterre, designed by Andre Le Notre, and moat. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse, choir with altar and ambulatory, seen from the nave, aerial view, in the Romanesque abbey church of Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontevraud Abbey, aerial view, at Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. On the left is the infirmary, with the Romanesque abbey church and its chevet and tower, to the right. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The order was dissolved during the French Revolution and the building subsequently used as a prison. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plantagenet tombs, aerial view, with 12th century effigies of King Richard I the Lionheart  and Isabelle d'Angouleme, in the nave of the Romanesque abbey church of Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. Isabella, 1188-1246, was Queen consort of King John of England, brother of Richard I. Her effigy is carved in wood and painted, she wears a crown and nun's wimple (she was a nun at Fontevraud) and her robes are blue. The effigy of Richard I of England 1189-1199 is carved in stone and painted, Richard wears his crown and his robes are blue and red. The Plantagenet rulers were benefactors of the monastery. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small boat in a cove, aerial view, Parco Regionale della Maremma, or Maremma Regional Park, in Grosseto on the coast of Tuscany, Italy. The 9,000 hectare protected park includes the river Ombrone, the Uccellina mountains, the marsh area of the Trappola, and the coast with its sandy beaches and steep cliffs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parc Naturel des Ports with the Roques de Benet mountains, aerial view, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parc Naturel des Ports with the Roques de Benet mountains, aerial view, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, ite of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, aerial view, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman amphitheatre, built 2nd century AD, in the Roman site of Tarraco, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The amphitheatre is oval in shape and held 15000 spectators for gladiator contests, fights and public executions. Within the arena, a 6th century visigothic basilica was replaced by the 12th century Romanesque Gothic church of Santa Maria del Miracle. The amphitheatre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pillars of the aqueduct at Los Banales Roman site, founded 1st century BC, aerial view, at Uncastillo, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. 32 of the 70 pillars remain standing, which have curved recesses to hold the water channel. The aqueduct fed the town with water for the inhabitants and the baths. This was a large urban area with thermal baths built 1st century AD, a forum, a necropolis and an aqueduct bringing water from a reservoir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a cabezo or fairy chimney, aerial view, in the Parque Natural de Bardenas Reales, an arid region of semi-desert eroded landscape, in the Ebro valley depression, in Navarre, Northern Spain. The area covers 42,000 hectares between Tudela and Carcastillo, featuring badlands created by the erosion of the clay, chalk and sandstone soils by occasional heavy rains and a strong wind called cierzo. The area is listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parque Natural de Bardenas Reales, aerial view, an arid region of semi-desert eroded landscape, in the Ebro valley depression, in Navarre, Northern Spain. The area covers 42,000 hectares between Tudela and Carcastillo, featuring badlands created by the erosion of the clay, chalk and sandstone soils by occasional heavy rains and a strong wind called cierzo. The area is listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South or garden facade of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France, seen from the formal gardens. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the South facade. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the South facade, and the chateau is surrounded by a rectangular moat and formal gardens. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the South facade, and the chateau is surrounded by a rectangular moat and formal gardens. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South or garden facade of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France, seen from a pond in the formal gardens. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the facade, fronted with a 2 storey portico. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, aerial view, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Regia Nave Puglia, a warship, set into the Mastio hill, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The ship was a gift from Admiral Thaon di Revel in 1923, in memory of captain Tomasso Gulli who died in the waters of Split in 1920. Inside the ship is the Onboard Museum, opened 2002, with models of warships belonging to Duke Amedeo d'Aosta. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, aerial view, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, aerial view, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sant Quirc de Durro chapel, an isolated Romanesque chapel built 12th century, in Durro, in La Vall de Boi, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is dedicated to St Cyr of Tarse, son of St Julietta, martyred in 304 AD. The simple chapel, with single nave and semicircular apse, served as a mountain hermitage. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of the Nativity, or Iglesia de la Nativitat de Durro, a Romanesque catholic church built 12th century, in the village of Durro, in La Vall de Boi, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The church has a square bell tower and a large medieval porch. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Loch Leven Castle, built c. 1300, on Castle Island in Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle consists of a tower house or keep and a curtain wall. Battles took place here during the Wars of Scottish Independence, and Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned here 1567-68. The castle was restored in the 19th century and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Loch Leven Castle, built c. 1300, on Castle Island in Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle consists of a tower house or keep and a curtain wall. Battles took place here during the Wars of Scottish Independence, and Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned here 1567-68. The castle was restored in the 19th century and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Stirling Castle, site of a medieval castle but with current buildings dating to 15th and 16th centuries, on Castle Hill, in Stirling, Scotland. The castle was an important royal palace for centuries and has seen many coronations and sieges. The castle is listed as a scheduled ancient monument and is run by Historic Environment Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Stirling Castle, site of a medieval castle but with current buildings dating to 15th and 16th centuries, on Castle Hill, in Stirling, Scotland. The castle was an important royal palace for centuries and has seen many coronations and sieges. The castle is listed as a scheduled ancient monument and is run by Historic Environment Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bannockburn battlefield, with the bronze equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce, or king Robert I, 1274-1329, by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, inaugurated 1964, Stirling, Scotland. In 1314 Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated the English under Edward II at Bannockburn during the First War of Scottish Independence. The site has been developed with a heritage centre, circular rotunda, flagpole, memorial cairn and the Bruce memorial, and is run by the National Trust for Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Murray star shaped maze, designed by Adrian Fisher, in the grounds of Scone Palace, rebuilt 1802-12 by William Atkinson in late Georgian Gothic style, Perthshire, Scotland. The maze is planted with copper and green beech, after the Earl of Mansfield’s family tartan, Ancient Murray of Tullibardine, and is in the shape of a 5 pointed star from the Murray emblem. 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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  • 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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  • Montebello castle, built early 14th century for the Rusconi family, with a keep of 1313, and expanded 1462-90, in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. The castle is linked to the town by crenellated defensive walls. The castle is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and now houses the Archaeological and Civic Museum, opened 1974. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floor mosaic by Bourdet and Gentil, detail, seen from above, in the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the left is 1 of 12 heating vents in bronze openwork. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floor mosaic by Bourdet and Gentil, detail, seen from above, in the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the centre is 1 of 12 heating vents in bronze openwork. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large circular counter known as 'the cheese', in the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, and behind, the mezzanine office level created in 1919, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall, with bronze allegorical medallions, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Below is the mezzanine office level created in 1919. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcature with armorial bearing of Marseille, with emblems of Dijon, Toulouse and Nantes, in the hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper section with armorial bearings of Marseille and Paris, of the hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acueducto de los Milagros, or Aqueduct of Miracles, built in the 1st century AD to transport water from the Proserpine Reservoir 5km away, to Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. Pillars built in stone are connected by 3 brick arches, and the structure is 25m high at its highest point. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transport hub, aerial view, with 3 inns, forge, temple and publicus cursus administration building, Gallo-Roman, 1st century BC, in the lower town of Ambrussum, on the Domitian Way Roman road, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transport hub, aerial view, with 3 inns, forge, temple and publicus cursus administration building, Gallo-Roman, 1st century BC, in the lower town of Ambrussum, on the Domitian Way Roman road, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western ramparts of Ambrussum, aerial view, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The ramparts surrounding the town, excavated in 1835, were built in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC and restored in the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western ramparts of Ambrussum, aerial view, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The ramparts surrounding the town, excavated in 1835, were built in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC and restored in the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western ramparts of Ambrussum, aerial view, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The ramparts surrounding the town, excavated in 1835, were built in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC and restored in the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celler del Roure, a vineyard in the area known as the Valencian Tuscany, at Mogente, Valencia, Spain. In the foreground are the huge Almansa jars, 200-300 years old, which each store 300-400 litres of wine. This family run vineyard was founded in 1995 and produces 5 different wines from 178 acres of vines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lattara, aerial view, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, now the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The visible ruins date to the Iron Age (4th - 2nd century BC). The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acueducto de la Pena Cortada, a Roman aqueduct built 1st century AD to carry water from the source of the river Tuejar to Valencia, irrigating land along its course, in La Serrania, Valencia, Spain. This section in the Cueva del Gato ravine is 33m high and 36m long and is built in the opus quadratum technique, with 3 arches on tiered stone pillars, although the original water pipes covered a length of 99km in total. A hiking trail called the Ruta del Agua follows this section of the water course, including over the aqueduct itself. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acueducto de la Pena Cortada, aerial view, a Roman aqueduct built 1st century AD to carry water from the source of the river Tuejar to Valencia, irrigating land along its course, in La Serrania, Valencia, Spain. This section in the Cueva del Gato ravine is 33m high and 36m long and is built in the opus quadratum technique, with 3 arches on tiered stone pillars, although the original water pipes covered a length of 99km in total. A hiking trail called the Ruta del Agua follows this section of the water course, including over the aqueduct itself. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Poggio Imperiale, aerial view, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garden of the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The English style gardens and pond were designed in 1811 by Giuseppe Manetti. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castra Cecilia, also known as Caceres el Viejo, a Roman military camp founded c. 78 BC by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius during his wars with Sertorio, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. The camp is a large rectangular walled and moated enclosure which housed 1 or 2 legions. Caceres was founded by the Romans in 25 BC and is a UNESCO World Heritage City. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castillo de Medellin, or Medellin Castle, built in the 14th century by Pedro I the Cruel, replacing an original 10th century castle, and rebuilt by the Infante Sancho of Castile, on the Cerro del Castillo in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The castle has a double walled perimeter with turrets and reinforcing towers and a 12th century underground reservoir. It was extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. Below is the Roman theatre of Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rocky coastline on a cloudy day, between Es Crostonet and the Far de Cala Nans, a lighthouse built 1864 by J M Faquinetto, aerial view, at Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calella de Palafrugell, aerial view, a former fishing village on the Costa Brava coast, in Catalonia, Spain. Although popular with tourists, the town retains some of its charm with whitewashed houses and an active harbour. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Pals, aerial view, 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. To the left is the Romanesque church of Sant Per. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Begur, aerial view, on the Costa Brava, Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. On the hill is Begur Castle, originally 11th century, and rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. The town has several medieval defensive towers, and many Indianos mansions built by returning emigrants to Cuba in the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, aerial view, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medes Islands or Illes Medes, a group of 7 small rocky islands in the Mediterranean Sea, aerial view, near L'Estartit in Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The uninhabited islands are el Medellot, la Meda Petita, la Meda Gran, les Ferrenelles, el Tasco Gros, el Tasco petit and el Carall Bernat. They are situated just off the Costa Brava, and are a protected marine environment as the Parque Natural del Montgri, las Islas Medas y el Bajo Ter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medes Islands or Illes Medes, a group of 7 small rocky islands in the Mediterranean Sea, aerial view, near L'Estartit in Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The uninhabited islands are el Medellot, la Meda Petita, la Meda Gran, les Ferrenelles, el Tasco Gros, el Tasco petit and el Carall Bernat. They are situated just off the Costa Brava, and are a protected marine environment as the Parque Natural del Montgri, las Islas Medas y el Bajo Ter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Media Gran, 1 of the Medes Islands or Illes Medes, a group of 7 small rocky islands in the Mediterranean Sea, aerial view, near L'Estartit in Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The lighthouse was built in 1866. The uninhabited islands are el Medellot, la Meda Petita, la Meda Gran, les Ferrenelles, el Tasco Gros, el Tasco petit and el Carall Bernat. They are situated just off the Costa Brava, and are a protected marine environment as the Parque Natural del Montgri, las Islas Medas y el Bajo Ter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Cadaques, aerial view, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre is the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century. Many famous artists spent time in Cadaques during the 20th century, including Dali and Picasso. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Far de Cala Nans, lighthouse built 1864 by J M Faquinetto, aerial view, at Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The town of Cadaques is in the distance. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cap de Creus lighthouse, built 19th century, with a 20m high tower, aerial view, at Punta de l'Esquena in the Parc Natural del Cap de Creus, Cadaques, Catalonia, Spain. The rocky landscape of the cape inspired many paintings by Salvador Dali, who lived nearby in Portlligat. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castle of Pubol, now the Gala Dali Castle House-Museum, aerial view, in Pubol, Baix Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Dali bought the castle in 1969 for his wife Gala, and restored and renovated it. Gala was buried in the crypt in 1982 and Dali lived and worked here 1982-84. The castle was originally built in the 11th century and the Church of Sant Pere de Pubol was built 1327-41 in Gothic style. The site opened as a museum in 1996, managed by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Pals, aerial view, 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. To the left is the Romanesque church of Sant Per. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Pals, aerial view, 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. To the left is the Romanesque church of Sant Per. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, aerial view, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, St Martin's or the upper church, a cloister, gatehouse and later 20th century buildings. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, aerial view, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, St Martin's or the upper church, a cloister, gatehouse and later 20th century buildings. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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