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  • Building works with several cranes at Kupfergraben and Schlossplatz, with the Fernsehturm or TV Tower and the Berliner Dom or Cathedral in the distance, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Botsow Brewery building, originally opened 1885, under redevelopment, beginning 2013, to create a complex of shops, offices, leisure and cultural facilities and the Otto Bock Future Lab, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone cutter on the building site in the courtyard, with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Workers on the building site in the courtyard, with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Workers on the building site in the courtyard, with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, haloed and crowned, on horseback, gives orders to masons and workmen building a church. Porters carry a block of stone, a mason lays a stone and a surveyor checks the levels. The building is thought to represent either the cathedral of St Jacques de Compostela, or maybe Chartres cathedral itself. Medallion of the building of a church, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Site foreman Florian Renucci with a builder, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Site foreman Florian Renucci talking with a builder, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Behind them is the lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker carrying out maintenance on the lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men shovelling sand to make mortar, and behind, the lifting gear with squirrel cage and double drum, an early form of crane, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men breaking rubble with pick axes on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man walking in the squirrel cage of the lifting gear with double drum, an early form of crane, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lifting gear with squirrel cage and double drum, an early form of crane, lifting a palette of stones, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man walking in the squirrel cage of the lifting gear with double drum, an early form of crane, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wheelbarrow in the building site at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lifting gear with squirrel cage and double drum, an early form of crane, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker pulling on a rope to steady a palette of stones being winched by the lifting gear with squirrel cage and double drum, an early form of crane, on the building site in the courtyard at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the main central tower of the Chateau Frontenac designed by William Sutherland Maxwell, photograph, 1922, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Preparation for construction work on the front wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1920, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the side wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the side wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the front wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the main central tower of the Chateau Frontenac designed by William Sutherland Maxwell, photograph, 1922, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the roof of the Chateau Frontenac, seen from the Dufferin Terrace, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the roof of the Chateau Frontenac, seen from the Dufferin Terrace, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Side view of the Chateau Frontenac before the central tower was built in 1920-24, photograph, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Preparation for construction work on the front wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1920, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction work on the front wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the side wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the central section of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1921, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral of Saint Mary of Tortosa, begun 1347, seen from a drelict building plot in the old town or Casc Antic, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. The cathedral was designed by Benito Dalguayre and built on the site of a Roman forum and Romanesque church. It was consecrated in 1597 and is built in Catalan Gothic style, with 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses, and an 18th century Baroque facade. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern building contrasting with old derelict buildings and an empty plot in the old town or Casc Antic and the octagonal stained glass skylight and iron belfry of the Church of Reparacion, built 1899 by Joan Abril i Guanyabens, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hexagonal panel with carved relief representing Architecture, with men building a stone wall, by the Master of Armor, a collaborator of Andrea Pisano, 1334-36, on Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo next to the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Builder on the scaffolding lowering a crate using a lifting device, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Builders on a Corner Tower, using an A-frame plumb line, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Builders climbing up the scaffolding erected in the moat trench, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Builders and carpenters working on the wooden scaffolding in the courtyard, with the North Range or Logis Seigneurial and the Chapel Tower behind, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pergamon Museum, built 1910-30 by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann, under renovation since 2012, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The Pergamon Museum houses the antiquity collection, the Middle East museum, and the museum of Islamic art and is the most visited art museum in Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Berlin Wall including Touch The Wall by Christine Kuhn (left) and Vorsicht by Rodolfo Ricalo (right), part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Many of the artworks are now damaged by graffiti. In the background is a new high-rise building under construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of La Sagrada Familia, unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852–1926, seen from the Hospital de Sant Pau or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Construction began on the church in 1882 and Gaudi worked on it until his death. The project is due to be completed in 2026. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the spires and construction cranes at La Sagrada Familia, unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852–1926, seen from the Hospital de Sant Pau or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, with its Gothic style cross on the left, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Construction began on the church in 1882 and Gaudi worked on it until his death. The project is due to be completed in 2026. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of Notre-Dame cathedral in 1829, stained glass window designed by Jean-Baptiste Lagace and made by Francois Chigot of Limoges, France, in the nave of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal, built in 1823 in Gothic Revival style by James O'Donnell, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The windows were commissioned in 1929 by the priest Olivier Maurault to celebrate the centenary of the basilica. The depict the history of Montreal. The basilica is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of La Sagrada Familia, unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852–1926, seen from the Hospital de Sant Pau or  Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Construction began on the church in 1882 and Gaudi worked on it until his death. The project is due to be completed in 2026. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of La Sagrada Familia, unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852–1926, seen from the Hospital de Sant Pau or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Construction began on the church in 1882 and Gaudi worked on it until his death. The project is due to be completed in 2026. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: builders carry stone and a man carries a basket of mortar up a ladder; top: stonemasons at the top of the scaffolding, one uses a plumb line; right: carpenters carry wood and a man saws a plank; bottom: the architect with a plan of the cathedral uses his compass; left: a man lifts a block of stone with a lever and loads it onto a cart. Second medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting the reconstruction of the cathedral after the fire of 1194, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was destroyed in 1816 and restored in 1927 under Lorin. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of an underground railway tunnel at St Ouen, to avoid the need for many tracks crossing, photograph, 1888. This line was part of the 'Ceinture' circular track around Paris. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Ironworkers at work at the ancient Greek archaeological site of Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the mast of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, in the cab of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, next to the cab of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the mast of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, seen from above, on the jib of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jennifer Fassel, trainee crane operator, next to the cab of the training crane R337M, at the AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) Training Centre, in Egletons, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The training campus was established in 1970 and trains over 2000 people per year. It is set on an 18 hectare site and is equipped to train vehicle operators, drivers, site managers and logistics personnel. Photographed 22nd May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clotilde at the construction site of her church at Les Andelys, with donors below, lancet C, from the stained glass window of the Life of St Clotilde, c. 1540, in the Collegiale Notre Dame des Andelys, built 1225 - 17th century, in Les Andelys, Eure, Normandy, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Andelys was built around a college of canons at the Chapter, on the ruins of a women's abbey founded in 511 AD by Clotilde, wife of Clovis I. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, and reworked 1913-19 in Beaux Arts style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. On the left is the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal, with 2 bell towers and triple portal, built in 1823 in Gothic Revival style by James O'Donnell, and behind, the Aldred Building, an Art Deco office building designed by Ernest Isbell Barott and built 1929-31, seen from the Pointe-a-Calliere Museum, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The basilica is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Dancing House, Tancici dum or Nationale-Nederlanden building, built 1992-96 by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic and the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, at Rasin's riverbank or Rasinovo nabrezi, Prague, Czech Republic. The contemporary design remains controversial in Prague's historical centre. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petit Champlain district beside the Saint Lawrence river, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. On the left is the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, and reworked 1913-19 in Beaux Arts style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Houses in the Petit Champlain district and above, the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, and reworked 1913-19 in Beaux Arts style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petit Champlain district beside the Saint Lawrence river, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. On the left is the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spire and cross, on the entrance building housing the administrative services, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Noah and his son building the ark, from the Life of Noah stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage building of the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, built over an earlier 4th century BC Greek theatre, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannon on the parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Commissary, built 1883-91, a large building on the San Antonio to El Paso road which held the garrison food sup­plies, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Building over the royal entrance to the Citadelle de Blaye or Blaye Citadel, built as a military fortress in 1685-89 by the military architect Francois Ferry, Blaye, Aquitaine, France. The citadel is one of 12 sites on the Vauban network and overlooks the Gironde Estuary. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital depicting monks as builders, from the old cloister, built under abbot Begon III in 1097-1107, and in the background the main building of the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spire and cross, on the entrance building housing the administrative services, at Park Guell, built 1900-14 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, on Carmel Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The park was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and opened in 1926. The area was designed to hold public gardens, houses, paths and roads, irrigation systems and a terrace. Gaudi used organic forms in the structures of the park, incorporating symbols from Catalan nationalism, religious mysticism and ancient poetry and mythology. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica at the Roman settlement of Valeria, founded 93-82 BC, near the village of Valeria, in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The basilica has 3 layers - an older public building from the time of the founding of the city, then a basilica destroyed in the 1st century AD, then an Imperial basilica with existing column supports. The basilica was used for trade, justice and economic activities, as well as worship of the Emperor. Excavations at the site have also revealed a nymphaeum, exedra, forum, aqueducts and private houses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Curia, the meeting place of the Ordo Decurionum, local council and legislative body, in the Roman settlement of Valeria, founded 93-82 BC, near the village of Valeria, in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Decurions who met here controlled all the public services, taxes and maintenance in the city. Baby skeletons were found in the foundations of the building, as an offering. Excavations at the site have also revealed a nymphaeum, exedra, forum, aqueducts and private houses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, lodging for the army officers (left), and two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, restored, 1 of 4 detached buildings, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, restored, 1 of 4 detached buildings, with Officers' Row behind, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 1 of 4 detached buildings, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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