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  • View from below of a street of Brick Lane area from the interior of a restaurant creating an optical effect of unstable architecture, Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick House, sculpture by Simone Leigh, at The Plinth, featuring a rotating series of new, monumental, contemporary art commissions,s on the Spur, a section of the High Line at 30th Street and 10th Avenue, in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Brick House is the inaugural Plinth sculpture, depicting a black woman with voluminous skirts, on display for 18 months June 2019 - September 2020. The High Line is an elevated park along a former New York Central Railroad spur, 1.45 miles long, in Manhattan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, reigned 605-562 BC, with cuneiform stamped inscriptions of the name and titles of the king, clay, Neo-Babylonian, from Babylon, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bricks of this type were produced by the thousands throughout southern Mesopotamia and used in building projects during his reign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spray graffiti painter Inkfetish (nickname), working on a small building of Brick Lane, her (probably) girlfriend is sitting on the top of a ladder and looking at his work, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to a building covered with spray paint graffiti and posters, Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vintage furnitures store, Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brightly coloured chairs hanging on railings in Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, reigned 605-562 BC, with cuneiform stamped inscriptions of the name and titles of the king, clay, Neo-Babylonian, from Babylon, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bricks of this type were produced by the thousands throughout southern Mesopotamia and used in building projects during his reign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, reigned 605-562 BC, with cuneiform stamped inscriptions of the name and titles of the king, clay, Neo-Babylonian, from Babylon, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bricks of this type were produced by the thousands throughout southern Mesopotamia and used in building projects during his reign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spray graffiti painter Inkfetish (nickname), working on a small building of Brick Lane, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spray graffiti painter Inkfetish (nickname), working on a small building of Brick Lane, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spray graffiti painter Inkfetish (nickname), working on a small building of Brick Lane, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teenager with red cap and white sweat typing on his cell in front of a blue double gate covered with spray paint graffiti and posters, Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged devils and angels spray paint graffiti, incorporating electricity meters on a wall with doorway and two garbage bags of a street in Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman face spray paint graffiti on a wall at the corner of a street in Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick rib vaults supporting the paraboloid walls of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars and catenary arches supporting the structure. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High angle view of the Basilica of Saint Anastasia, c.1290-1400, by the Dominican friars Fra' Benvenuto da Imola and Fra' Nicola da Imola, Verona, Italy, with the Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, behind, and the city stetching out towards the skyline in the background.  The brick built Sant'Anastasia is Italian Gothic in style. It was restored 1878-81. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble Lamberti Tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase and brick columns resembling trees, reflecting the wooded setting of the church, inside the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Piazza dei Signori, Verona Italy, with the lofty Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, and the Palazzo degli Scaligeri (Palazzo di Cangrande), Verona, Italy. Palazzo di Cangrande was originally built by Cangrande I in the late 13th century but the portal facing the Piazza dei Signori, designed by Michele Sanmicheli, was added in 1533. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of clock, Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, Verona Italy. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. The clock was added in 1779. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, Verona, Italy. Construction of the 84 metres high brick, tuff brick and marble tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. The clock was added in 1779. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, Verona Italy. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. The clock was added in 1779. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of cupola, Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, Verona Italy. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Piazza dei Signori, Verona, Italy, with the lofty Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, and The Palazzo degli Scaligeri (Palazzo di Cangrande), originally built by Cangrande I in the late 13th century. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Twisted brick column in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Espinal, built 1900 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, as the residence of Mr Espinal the factory manager and company administrator, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone and brick facade with brick lattice work and a medieval style corner turret. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Espinal, built 1900 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, as the residence of Mr Espinal the factory manager and company administrator, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone and brick facade with brick lattice work and a medieval style corner turret. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group of the Holy Family, 1945, by Josep Maria Jujol, in the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. To the left is the sculptural group of the Holy Family, 1945, by Josep Maria Jujol. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. To the left is the sculptural group of the Holy Family, 1945, by Josep Maria Jujol. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group of the Holy Family, 1945, by Josep Maria Jujol, in the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick cupola and tiled decoration, side entrance to courtyard, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Castell dels tres dragons, (Castle of three dragons), 1887, by Lluis Domenech i Montaner (1850-1923), became Museum of Zoology, 1920, Parc de la Ciutadella,  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Red brick example of Modernist Architecture by leading Catalan Art Nouveau architect, served as Exhibition Hall during Universal Exhibiton, 1888.
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  • Detail of the Gardello tower viewed from the Lamberti tower, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The apex was added in 1626. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Oblique view of the 14th century Gardello Tower and Palazzo Maffei, 15th-17th centuries (right), Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The baroque Palazzo Maffei, was built in 1668 by Rolando Maffei. From the balustrade the Greek gods are overlooking the market life of the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of courtyard, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, and Kalyan Minaret,  12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the afternoon. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Juma Mosque Minaret, 10th to 13th century, the oldest minaret in Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the late afternoon light. Its tapering brick trunk is decorated with seven narrow belts of small turquoise bricks and it is topped with a stalactite belt with a small blue dome.
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  • Twisted brick column in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico with brick parabolic archway and wrought iron gate by Joan Onos, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist turret, Castell dels tres dragons, (Castle of three dragons), 1887, by Lluis Domenech i Montaner (1850-1923), became Museum of Zoology, 1920, Parc de la Ciutadella,  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Red brick example of Modernist Architecture by leading Catalan Art Nouveau architect, served as Exhibition Hall during Universal Exhibiton, 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the Lamberti tower of the Gardello tower and Palazzo Maffei (right), Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs), Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The apex was added in 1626. The baroque Palazzo Maffei, was built in 1668 by Rolando Maffei. From the balustrade the Greek gods Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Hermes and Hercules are overlooking the market life of the square. On the bottom right of the picture, the lion of Saint Mark at the top of a sixteenth century marble column can be seen. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of buildings surrounding the Piazza delle Erbe and 14th century Gardello Tower, Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The apex was added in 1626. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of buildings surrounding the Piazza delle Erbe and 14th century Gardello Tower, Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The apex was added in 1626. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Gardello Tower and Palazzo Maffei, 15th-17th centuries (right), Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. The Gardello Tower was built in 1370 in brick by Cansignorio della Scala. The baroque Palazzo Maffei, was built in 1668 by Rolando Maffei. From the balustrade the Greek gods are overlooking the market life of the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Ceiling of the Tour des Champs, between the Louis XII wing and Salle des Etats, in Flamboyant Gothic style, in brick and stone, with carved bosses and capitals, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Champagne de Castellane headquarters, founded 1895 by Viscount Florens de Castellane, with brick buildings and tower designed by Marius Toudoire, 1852-1922, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne houses, used as headquarters or residences of the owners. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance portico on the front facade, with a ceramic Carmelite shield representing Mt Carmel, star, cross, the hearts of Mary and St Teresa and a doctoral cap, at the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the 2 storey attic, which regulates extreme outdoor temperatures, with 8 pillars supporting lobed parabolic brick arches, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Regionalist style building at 9 Rue Elie-Delcros, 1938, by Edouard Mas-Chancel, built to house his home and offices, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. This Roussillon building uses local materials such as rolled pebbles, brick and granite, and nods to classical details such as semicircular arches falling on capitals and twin bays with thin columns. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, completed 1617, with paved courtyard and 2 storey brick arcades, at the Couvent des Minimes de Perpignan, founded in 1573 by Pierre de Valdes, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The convent is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • External patio, with brick faceted facade with decorative tile scene and mosaic floor, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Jose, one of the East facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle del Magistrado Gonzalez Frances in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This section shows a horseshoe arch with red brick and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The Moorish gate is named after St Joseph, whose chapel is on the other side of the door, and was restored in 1913 by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pont de Pierre at night, built 1810-22 under Napoleon I by engineers Claude Deschamps et Jean-Baptiste Basilide Billaudel, over the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The stone and brick bridge links the town centre with the La Bastide district, is 487m long and is constructed on 17 arches held by 16 pillars. It was originally built by 4,000 workers and was widened in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pont de Pierre at night, built 1810-22 under Napoleon I by engineers Claude Deschamps et Jean-Baptiste Basilide Billaudel, over the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The stone and brick bridge links the town centre with the La Bastide district, is 487m long and is constructed on 17 arches held by 16 pillars. It was originally built by 4,000 workers and was widened in 1954. In the distance is the spire of the Basilique Saint Michel or Basilica of St Michael, a Flamboyant Gothic church built 14th - 16th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pont de Pierre, built 1810-22 under Napoleon I by engineers Claude Deschamps et Jean-Baptiste Basilide Billaudel, over the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The stone and brick bridge links the town centre with the La Bastide district, is 487m long and is constructed on 17 arches held by 16 pillars. It was originally built by 4,000 workers and was widened in 1954. In the distance is the spire of the Basilique Saint Michel or Basilica of St Michael, a Flamboyant Gothic church built 14th - 16th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Tanners' souq, where animal skins are treated in brick baths to make leather, in the textile market or Guersa el Kebira, in the medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick pillar decorated with a statue of a winged figure and crowned turret, fragment of the Josep Reynes' front frieze entitled "Barcelona rep les nacions" (Barcelona welcomes the nations) on the right, Arc de Triomf (Triumphal Arch), 1888 (Universal Exhibition of Barcelona), Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas, Barcelona, Spain. The archway structure, in the Neo-Mudejar style, is built in reddish brickwork with stone sculptures on the front and opposite frieze. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Galleria dei Ritratti, or Portrait Gallery, with exhibition of portraits of members of the House of Savoy, opened 2007, in a brick basement room at the Royal Palace of Venaria, or Reggia di Venaria Reale, a royal residence of the House of Savoy, built from 1675 in Baroque style by Amedeo di Castellamonte, for Carlo Emanuele II duke of Savoy, in Venaria Reale, Piedmont, Italy. The palace was restored 1999-2007 and is now a visitor attraction. It is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Champagne de Castellane headquarters, founded 1895 by Viscount Florens de Castellane, with brick buildings and tower designed by Marius Toudoire, 1852-1922, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne houses, used as headquarters or residences of the owners. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Champagne de Castellane headquarters, founded 1895 by Viscount Florens de Castellane, with brick buildings and tower designed by Marius Toudoire, 1852-1922, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne houses, used as headquarters or residences of the owners. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Champagne de Castellane headquarters, founded 1895 by Viscount Florens de Castellane, with brick buildings and tower designed by Marius Toudoire, 1852-1922, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne houses, used as headquarters or residences of the owners. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corridor with vaulted brick ceiling inside the Citadel of Qaitbay, or Fort of Qaitbay, a fortress built 1477 by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay to defend the coast against the Turks, on Pharos Island at the eastern harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. The building was built by Qagmas Al-Eshaqy and was renovated in the 19th century under Muhammad Ali Pasha. The citadel was built on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and now houses the Maritime Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First Pylon, built under Nectanebo I, 380-362 BC, with remains of the mud brick scaffold used to construct the pylons and other large structures, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The north and south towers of the first pylon form the main entrance to the temple complex. It was the last pylon to be built and was uncompleted and is undecorated. The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercado Colon or Columbus Market, designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer in Valencian Art Nouveau style and built 1914-16, in Valencia, Spain. The building, with glass, ceramic and iron work, has 2 brick end facades with large arches. It holds a food and flower market and contains many cafes and bars and holds events. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading up to the patio in the garden, with exposed brick and Neo-Mudejar niches repeated in the villa interiors, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garden structure in exposed brick with sunflower ceramic tiles also used in the building facade, at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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