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  • Rebiere 21 apartment building with colourful balconies on the Rue Saint-Just, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. This building is part of a project to improve the urban environment around Porte Pouchet, involving 9 teams of architects creating 180 housing units, part of a workshop named 'Autrement Rue Rebiere', run by Paris Habitat and Peripheriques architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Baroque facade of an apartment building with pillars and Ionic capitals on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Noto, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Much of Noto was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693 and the Sicilian Baroque style is therefore prevalent. Noto is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks and boardwalk beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks and boardwalk beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond at the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. In the distance on the left is the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy. It contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond with reeds in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks surrounding the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside a pond in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roofline of apartment blocks beside a pond in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks beside the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wind turbine generating electricity, and apartment blocks beside the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue Giordano Bruno, in the Porte de Vanves district of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The road is named after the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned as a heretic in 1600 for converting to Calvinism. It borders the Petite Ceinture, a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages, and developed from 2013 into a park managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment building at 29, Rue des Remparts la Real, built 1936, by A Mary, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. This building looks to traditional building methods and celebrates them in quality work with brick, marble, stone and metalwork. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment building in style paquebot or liner style, at 2 Rue du Languedoc, by Henri Savoyen, in Haut Vernet, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment building with other buildings reflected in the windows, on the corner of Litfass-Platz, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment building with a restaurant on the ground floor and a mural painted on the wall, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks along the Rue Cesbron (left) and the Rue Bernard Buffet (right), either side of train tracks, next to the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks on the Promenade Jane and Paulette Nardal, inaugurated in 2019 on the site of the former Broussais hospital, in the Porte de Vanves district of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant mister, with children playing in the mist atomiser and water fountains, in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Open Book sculpture, by Diane Mclean, installed 2015, in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculpture was gifted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 as a symbol of friendship between France and Britain. Made from steel, the sculpture invites us to reflect on our history and write our own future. The park has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflection of the park in the steel page of the Open Book sculpture, by Diane Mclean, installed 2015, in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculpture was gifted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 as a symbol of friendship between France and Britain. Made from steel, the sculpture invites us to reflect on our history and write our own future. The park has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skatepark with children riding scooters and skateboards, in the Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther-King, a new development of parkland and buildings developed since 2007 and set to cover 10 hectares in size, in the Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The area has been developed from a large railway freight yard district and is a sustainable development with green space, many natural ecosystems and renewable energy sources. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 520 West 28th Street, also known as the Zaha Hadid Building, an apartment building designed by Zaha Hadid and built 2014-17, along the High Line in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. The building has organic curves with stainless steel trim, art galleries at ground level and a sculpture platform. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 520 West 28th Street, also known as the Zaha Hadid Building, an apartment building designed by Zaha Hadid and built 2014-17, along the High Line in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. The building has organic curves with stainless steel trim, art galleries at ground level and a sculpture platform. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 520 West 28th Street, also known as the Zaha Hadid Building, an apartment building designed by Zaha Hadid and built 2014-17, along the High Line in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. The building has organic curves with stainless steel trim, art galleries at ground level and a sculpture platform. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco style apartment building on the junction of Rue du Castillet and Rue Edmond Bartissol, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment building at 6 Rue Edmond Bartissol, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The building has a striking art deco cornice around the roofline, metalwork balconies and curved window recesses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Viale Civilita del Lavoro, which leads to the Palazzo Dei Congressi and the Palazzo della Civilita Italiana, 1938-43, designed 1937 by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reliefs, inscription and mural on the apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reliefs of angels and inscriptions on the apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of an angel on the apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of an angel on the apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Piazza Augusto Emperatore, Rome, Italy, built in Fascist style with antique inspiration. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Deco style apartment building with curved balconies, on the corner of Rue Thiers and Cours Jean-Baptiste Langlet, built 1924 for M Courbet in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Deco apartment building with brick facade, oculus windows and balcony, at 33 Avenue des Baleares, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment building at 4, Rue Joseph Cabrit, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The windows vary in size and shape depending on the function of the room behind, and the red bricks contrast with the bold white concrete protruding surrounds of the doors and windows. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa du Bel Air, a street between the Avenue de Saint-Mande and the Sentier de la Lieutenance, with houses along one side, along the Petite Ceinture, in the quartier du Bel Air, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. The park was developed from 2013 and is managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa du Bel Air, a street between the Avenue de Saint-Mande and the Sentier de la Lieutenance, with houses along one side, along the Petite Ceinture, in the quartier du Bel Air, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Petite Ceinture was a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages. The park was developed from 2013 and is managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cimetiere de Montrouge or Montrouge Cemetery, on the Avenue de la Porte de Montrouge, in the quartier Petit Montrouge in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cimetiere de Montrouge or Montrouge Cemetery, on the Avenue de la Porte de Montrouge, in the quartier Petit Montrouge in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emerige UNIC apartment building with curved organic suspended balconies, in the ZAC Clichy Batignolles area of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was designed by Ma Yansong and Biecher architects, inaugurated 2019, and includes social housing units and facilities, part of an eco-conscious urban redevelopment of the area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Asymmetric wrought iron gate at the entrance to Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gate is set between carved columns within an archway, and leads to the communal entrance hall. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance Hall of the Castel Beranger, Art Nouveau apartment building designed by Hector Guimard and built 1895-98, at 14 rue de la Fontaine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The vestibule is decorated with ceramic wall panels in thick relief and iron strapwork and pilasters growing into arches across the ceiling. This was the first residential building to be built in Paris in the Art Nouveau style, with organic, fluid decorative elements inspired by natural forms. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stucco decoration in the Fifth Grotto of the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apsaras statue, a celestial water nymph, from Orissa, India, 10th-11th century AD, given by the Indian ambassador to the Borromeo family in 1957, in the room adjoining the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Comical mask stucco decoration, in the Fifth Grotto of the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble bust of Gilberto V Borromeo wearing the Golden Fleece, in the Fifth Grotto of the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Grotto, with Venere Addormentata or Sleeping Venus marble Neoclassical sculpture by Giovan Battista Monti, Greek-style floor mosaic and displays of porcelain and Viennese and Lombard majolica, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flora, Neoclassical marble statue by Giovan Battista Monti, in the Fourth Grotto, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second Grotto, with shell theme and marble Neoclassical bust of Achilles or Alexander the Great by Giovan Battista Monti, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neoclassical marble bust of Achilles or Alexander the Great by Giovan Battista Monti, in the Second Grotto in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Grotto, with marble bust of Gilberto V Borromeo wearing the Golden Fleece, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Grotto, decorated with shells, turtles, marine deities and comical masks, and displays of Golasecca civilisation artefacts 1000-400 BC, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second Grotto, with river pebble floor mosaic, shell theme and marble Neoclassical bust of Achilles or Alexander the Great by Giovan Battista Monti, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First Grotto, with river pebble floor mosaic and cabinets displaying black coral and a model boat from 1614, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fourth Grotto, with theme of shells, bees and dolphins, Neoclassical marble statue of Flora by Giovan Battista Monti, and 19th century model ship, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Grotto, with Venere Addormentata or Sleeping Venus marble Neoclassical sculpture by Giovan Battista Monti, Greek-style floor mosaic and displays of porcelain and Viennese and Lombard majolica, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First Empire bedroom of the King of Rome's apartment, Castle of Compiegne, Oise, France. Marcion's furniture perfectly matches the wall upholstery and the carpet. King of Rome was Napoleon II, Franz Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I and second wife Marie Louise of Austria. The castle was built in the 18th century in neoclassical style as the Royal residence for the French King Louis XV. It was destroyed during the French Revolution and later restored at the begining of 19th century by Napoléon in First French Emperor style with Louis-Martin Berthault as main architect. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bathroom of the King of Rome's apartment, Castle of Compiegne, Oise, France. The mirrored bathroom has a "lawn in flower" carpet woven from fragments of the original. King of Rome was Napoleon II, Franz Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I and second wife Marie Louise of Austria. The castle was built in the 18th century in neoclassical style as the Royal residence for the French King Louis XV. It was destroyed during the French Revolution and later restored at the begining of 19th century by Napoléon in First French Emperor style with Louis-Martin Berthault as main architect. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment block at the junction between the Rue des Troix Journees and Rue de l'Argenterie, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A room in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. The sumptuous red curtains contrast with the dirt and decay of the apartment. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade apartment of Louis XIV, 1680, used for the king's rising and setting ceremonies, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 18th century apartment, with Rococo style wood panelling c. 1750 by Philibert Lonbois, and yellow silk wall covering, at the Chateau de Flecheres, built 1610-16 by Jean de Seve, in Dombes, Fareins, Ain, France. The chateau was built on an earlier 12th century fortress and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in the parade apartment of Louis XIV, 1680, used for the king's rising and setting ceremonies, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in the parade apartment of Louis XIV, 1680, used for the king's rising and setting ceremonies, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in the parade apartment of Louis XIV, 1680, used for the king's rising and setting ceremonies, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's Apartment, originally the rooms of Francois I and then of Maria-Theresa of Austria in 17th century as shown here, with a bedroom, 3 cabinets and an antechamber, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's Apartment, originally the rooms of Francois I and then of Marie-Theres of Austria in 17th century as shown here, with a bedroom, 3 cabinets and an antechamber, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sgraffito ceiling, and high relief sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, with a nursemaid feeding a child, from a representation of the popular song, The Nurse of the Child-King, at the entrance to the main apartment in the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. This sculptural work was commissioned by Albert Lleo i Morera, in memory of a dead child. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaster ceiling with sculpted floral and foliage motifs and painted panels, in the corridor in the private area of the apartment in the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High relief sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, with hunters and hounds from a representation of the popular song, The Nurse of the Child-King, at the entrance to the main apartment in the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. This sculptural work was commissioned by Albert Lleo i Morera, in memory of a dead child. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom area of an apartment on the first floor of the Grand Logis or main house, 15th century, in the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. This private lord's lodgings has limewashed walls covered with large tapestries and a glazed tiled floor, with wooden partitions dividing the space into a bedroom with toilets, a wardrobe to store clothes, and a great room with large fireplace and 2 mullioned windows. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bathing and toilet area of an apartment on the first floor of the Grand Logis or main house, 15th century, in the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. This private lord's lodgings has limewashed walls covered with large tapestries and a glazed tiled floor, with wooden partitions dividing the space into a bedroom with toilets, a wardrobe to store clothes, and a great room with large fireplace and 2 mullioned windows. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in the parade apartment of Louis XIV, 1680, used for the king's rising and setting ceremonies, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal courtyard in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction with a pile of rubbish in the centre, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Schwebender Ring or Floating Ring Fountain, inspired by the artist Fritz Kuhn, on Strausberger Platz, Karl Marx Allee, Friedrichshain, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. In the background is the Haus Berlin, a shopping and apartment building designed by Herman Henselmann.  Karl Marx Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built 1952-65 by the former East German state. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Schwebender Ring or Floating Ring Fountain, inspired by the artist Fritz Kuhn, on Strausberger Platz, Karl Marx Allee, Friedrichshain, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. In the background is the Haus Berlin, a shopping and apartment building designed by Herman Henselmann. Karl Marx Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built 1952-65 by the former East German state. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Galinier, an art deco building designed by Ferid Muchir, 1906-80, in 1938, at 56 Avenue des Baleares, on the corner with the Rue des Jotglars, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Building where Picasso once had a studio and workshop, at Maison Delcros, 3 Rue des Evades de France, in Ceret, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Ceret is the capital of the historical Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Ceret developed under the Kingdom of Majorca, and was fortified with defensive town walls with 2 gates, the Porte de France and the Porte d'Espagne. In the early 20th century, several artists lived and worked here, including Chagall, Dali, Matisse and Picasso. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue de Paris, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue de Paris, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue de Paris, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, and a cruiseship seen at the end of the road, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columns and Corinthian capitals the portico, seen from the first floor of the Palais Brongniart, or Palais de la Bourse, built by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart 1808-13 and Eloi Labarre 1813-26, on the Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. On the left are the apartment buildings of the Rue Reaumur. The building housed the Bourse de Paris or Paris Stock Exchange from the late 19th century, and Euronext Paris from 2000, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the facade of the apartment block at 50 Avenue Foch (right), designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Avenue Foch is one of the widest avenues in Europe and forms part of the 'Monumental Triangle' at the heart of Le Havre's reconstruction plans. Seen between the buildings is the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret and Raymond Audigier. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano (right) contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano (left) has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano (seen here) has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano, with outdoor auditorium and hand fountain, opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano at night, illuminated in pink, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano shown here contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano (behind, left) has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ramp leading to the small volcano, at Le Volcan or the Volcano, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind and reflected in the windows are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground courtyard at Le Volcan or the Volcano, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano at night, illuminated in pink, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano shown here contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Volcan or the Volcano, auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind are apartment buildings designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The large volcano contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano behind has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The forum is built from concrete and the buildings are linked and accessed via ramps. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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