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  • Cave of the Seven Sleepers, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. According to legend, 7 early Christians who were living in Ephesus during the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius, fell asleep in this cave c. 250 AD and awoke 200 years later during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II. They were initially arrested but subsequently revered as holy people and the cave became a pilgrimage site. Another version tells of them being persecuted by Decius and locked up in the cave to die. A further version in the Quran refers to them as the People of the Cave. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to Merlin's Cave at low tide, at Tintagel Castle, built by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century, Tintagel Island, Cornwall, England. This is a sea cave caused by wave erosion and passes through Tintagel Island from Tintagel Haven on the East to West Cove on the West. In Tennyson's Idylls of the King, he describes waves bringing the infant King Arthur to shore and Merlin carrying him to safety. The ruined castle is also linked with Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth cited it as the place of conception of King Arthur in his 12th century book, History of the Kings of England. The site is managed by English Heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Caune de l'Arago or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Caune de l'Arago or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cave dwellings cut into the tuff or volcanic rock above Urgup on Temenni Tepesi or Wish Hill, in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Urgup was one of the first areas to be settled in the region and is now a tourist centre and home to the Cappadocian wine trade. Many of the houses here are built in or above caves cut into the soft volcanic rock. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Cave, with huge oak vats for fermenting the wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Cave, with huge oak vats for fermenting the wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Cave, with huge oak vats for fermenting the wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of the kitchen of a house at the Centro de Interpretacion Cuevas de Guadix, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of the bedroom of a house at the Centro de Interpretacion Cuevas de Guadix, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Cave, with huge oak vats for fermenting the wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winemaker Laurent Barreda and his father picking grapes for the Cave du Mas Ventous, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grapes on the vines of Laurent Barreda at Cave du Mas Ventous, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bucket of grapes picked by Laurent Barreda and his father at Cave du Mas Ventous, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winemaker Laurent Barreda and his father picking grapes for the Cave du Mas Ventous, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grapes on the vines of Laurent Barreda at Cave du Mas Ventous, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grapes picked by Laurent Barreda and his father at Cave du Mas Ventous, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Laurent Barreda is president of Mas Ventous, a cooperative and ecologically responsible wine cellar founded in 2011. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deer hunting, facsimile of a neolithic cave painting from the Cueva del Tio Garroso, Alarcon, Teruel, in the Archaeological Museum of Ubeda, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caves containing wells, used as the shrines of Pan, Zeus and Apollo Hypoakraios, on the North West slope of the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece. Around this site is the Pelargic Wall, a Mycenaean fortification which protected a stairway and linked the shrines to the Acropolis. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel site raised above the city, developed by Pericles in the 5th century BC, with the addition of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike. The acropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Remains of pottery and artefacts have been found in and around the cave dating back to Roman times. A collapse has left the cave open to the sunlight. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Remains of pottery and artefacts have been found in and around the cave dating back to Roman times. A collapse has left the cave open to the sunlight. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Remains of pottery and artefacts have been found in and around the cave dating back to Roman times. A collapse has left the cave open to the sunlight. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Remains of pottery and artefacts have been found in and around the cave dating back to Roman times. A collapse has left the cave open to the sunlight. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Remains of pottery and artefacts have been found in and around the cave dating back to Roman times. A collapse has left the cave open to the sunlight. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cova de l'Infern or Hell's Cave, a natural sea cave in the Parc Natural del Cap de Creus, Cadaques, Catalonia, Spain. The rocky landscape of the cape inspired many paintings by Salvador Dali, who lived nearby in Portlligat. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavations with bones from animals hunted, cut into pieces and eaten, in the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyril Calvet, assistant heritage conservator at the Centre Europeen de Recherche Prehistorique de Tautavel, at the excavation site at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nuestra Senora de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, patron of the cave dwellers of Guadix, painted 4th October 1960 on tiles by J Gabarron, on the wall of a house in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skull of l'Homme de Tautavel or Tautavel Man, in the wall of the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, was found in the cave, along with further evidence of stone age activity. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Cueva de los Verdes, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, pictured on November 30, 2010. The 6 km long Cueva de los Verdes is one of the longest volcanic galleries in the world. The series of grottoes (or Jameos) were created by an eruption of Monte Corona 3000-5000 years ago. In the 18th century locals took refuge from pirates and slave hunters in the caves. The caves were opened to visitors in 1964. In this image a pool reflects the cave. Lanzarote, the Easternmost of the Canary Islands, lies 125km East of the African coast, in the Atlantic Ocean. Like the other islands in this autonomous Spanish archipelago, Lanzarote is originally Volcanic. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, drawing based on a prehistoric rock painting, c. 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, at the Ecomuseo Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Bicorp Ecomuseum is a Heritage Interpretation Centre exploring the landscape, history and heritage of the surrounding area, including the cave paintings in the nearby Cuevas de la Arana and the Barranco Moreno, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in the Goreme Valley, in Goreme National Park, between Goreme and Uchisar, in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The rock formations here were made by erosion of the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. The Goreme Valley also contains cave dwellings, underground towns and churches, carved out of the rock in the Byzantine period. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Troglodyte cave dwellings carved into the rock at Cavusin, a village between Avanos and Goreme, in Goreme National Park, Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The caves were made by carving the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galamus Hermitage or L'Ermitage de Galamus, Gorges de Galamus, Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Aude, France. The cave here was originally inhabited by hermits in the 7th century and in the 15th century it became a Franciscan pilgrimage site. In 1782 St Anthony of Galamus miraculously stopped an epidemic, and a chapel was built in the cave. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from inside the cave in the Art Deco style building, showing  the rockpool surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation, and on the right of the picture the entrance to the cave.
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  • Nine bandits killed by a gentleman's army whilst stashing treasure in a cave, illustration of the 16th century Cave of the Bandits legend, from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in the Goreme Valley, in Goreme National Park, between Goreme and Uchisar, in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The rock formations here were made by erosion of the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. The Goreme Valley also contains cave dwellings, underground towns and churches, carved out of the rock in the Byzantine period. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Troglodyte cave dwellings carved into the rock at Cavusin, a village between Avanos and Goreme, in Goreme National Park, Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The caves were made by carving the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Troglodyte cave dwellings carved into the rock at Cavusin, a village between Avanos and Goreme, in Goreme National Park, Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The caves were made by carving the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High angle view of Jameos del Agua nightclub, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, pictured on November 28, 2010. Designed by local artist Cesar Manrique (1919-92) this nightclub and concert venue for 600 people is built into a volcanic cave. Natural waterfalls flow into a pool whilst seating is raked up the opposite wall.  Lanzarote, the Easternmost of the Canary Islands, lies 125km East of the African coast, in the Atlantic Ocean. Like the other islands in this autonomous Spanish archipelago, Lanzarote is originally Volcanic. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from inside the cave in the Art Deco style building, showing  the second floor of the cave surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.  General view of the luxuriant tropical vegetation surrounding the cave: bottom left, Philodenron Giganteum; top right, Epiphytes plants  and the cave in the distance
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  • Life of St Michael, detail of man firing an arrow at his prize bull in a cave, 13th century, by Master of Soriguerola, Gothic, tempera and metal on wood, detail of an altar frontal from the church of Sant Miquel de Soriguerola in Fontanals de Cerdanya, Baixa Cerdanya, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sign indicating Banyuls Grand Cru wine, in La Grande Cave, housing huge oak vats for fermenting the wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small troglodyte church in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Whitewashed houses and chimneys in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Iglesia de la Ermita Nueva, rebuilt in the 20th century and dedicated to the Virgen de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Iglesia de la Ermita Nueva, rebuilt in the 20th century and dedicated to the Virgen de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Iglesia de la Ermita Nueva, rebuilt in the 20th century and dedicated to the Virgen de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man sitting in a cave in the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, near the village of Bocairent, Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. The rooms are on around 3 or 4 different levels and are interlinked, although designed to be separated by doors. The purpose of these chambers is unknown, possibly sepulchres, granaries, Visigothic monasteries or more likely, Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period, after a design imported from North Africa. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nabatean home carved into the rock at the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan's largest nature reserve, South Central Jordan. Although the people of the Ata'ta tribe are the current native inhabitants of the Reserve, it was previously home to Palaeolithic, Egyptian, Nabataean, and Roman settlers. The reserve was established in 1989 along the face of the Great Rift Valley. It contains high plateaus, desert plains, mountains and wadis, is home to 800 plant species and many animals. It is the only reserve in Jordan that includes the four different bio-geographical zones of the country; Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian, Saharo Arabian and Sudanian penetration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View of the luxuriant Tropical vegetation from the cave in the Art Deco glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Philodendron giganteum amongst the luxuriant Tropical vegetation in front of the cave in the Art Deco glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from inside the cave in the Art Deco style building, showing  the second floor of the cave surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the cave, covered by luxuriant Epiphytes plants, seen in the morning light against the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from inside the cave in the Art Deco style building, showing  the rockpool surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation, and on the right of the picture the entrance to the cave.
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  • Salle des Moulages or Moulding Room, where moulds and casts are made of fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, Cave aux trois epoques, portico, civic basilica and forum (left-right), aerial view, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of the glass and metal roof structure, seen from the roof of the cave, with the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) on the right, 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, in the background.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from the top of the first floor of the cave with the pool and the Tropical plants visible below.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cave in the Art Deco style building showing rockpool and luxuriant Tropical plants.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Petiole of Phillodendron selloum, or Lacy Tree Philodendron growing by the facade of the cave.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from above of the cave entrance and Art Deco style glass and metal roof  reflected by the morning light in the great pool.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of the glass and metal roof structure, seen from the roof of the cave, with the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) on the right, 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, in the background.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_216.jpg
  • Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum houses the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP), who work on the excavations at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, or Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, which contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mould of the skull of l'homme de Tautavel or Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, from the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains much evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Conservation room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Dame du Cavillon, a 24,000 year old female cro-Magnon fossilised skeleton found in the Cavillon cave, Liguria, Italy, in a funeral headdress of sea shells and deer canines, dusted with red ocher, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casts of animal skulls in a cabinet in the Collection Room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cyril Calvet, assistant heritage conservator, holding an animal skull in the Collection Room, storing fragments excavated at the Caune de l'Arago or La grotte de Tautavel, at the Centre Europeen de Recherches Prehistoriques (CERP) at the Musee de Tautavel - Centre Europeen de Prehistoire, Tautavel, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Arago Cave, in a limestone cliff in the Gorges du Gouleyrous in the Corbieres Massif, contains the remains of the Tautavel Man, a subspecies of Homo Erectus, 450,000 years old, along with further evidence of stone age activity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In the distance is the abandoned village of Perillos. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grapes growing on the vines at the Caramany vineyard the Agly valley, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Cave de Caramany is one of the Cotes du Roussillon Village Caramany vineyards. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sanctuary of Aglauros, daughter of the Athenian king Cecrops, where young men of military age swore an oath to Aglauros as well as to Zeus and other gods, the largest cave in the city (22m long, mouth 14m), on the East slope of the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel site raised above the city, developed by Pericles in the 5th century BC, with the addition of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike. The acropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of St John the Baptist, built in the 5th century and divided into 3 rooms in the 10th century, the largest cave church in Cappadocia, at Cavusin, a village between Avanos and Goreme, in Goreme National Park, Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The church is cut into the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coastal cave in the Parque Nacional de los Haitises, or Los Haitises National Park, on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The park was established in 1976 and consists of limestone karst scenery, mountains, subtropical forest and mangrove forests along the coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mikveh, or Jewish ritual purification bath, fed by 7 connecting wells, with a menorah, in the Sinagoga del Agua, or Water Synagogue, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. This recently discovered building is thought to be an 11th - 14th century synagogue and also contains a yard, cellar, balcony, and living room. The mikveh is thought to have been used by women who had just given birth or were recently married, and is housed in a neolithic cave dating to 5000 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mikveh, or Jewish ritual purification bath, fed by 7 connecting wells, with a menorah, in the Sinagoga del Agua, or Water Synagogue, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. This recently discovered building is thought to be an 11th - 14th century synagogue and also contains a yard, cellar, balcony, and living room. The mikveh is thought to have been used by women who had just given birth or were recently married, and is housed in a neolithic cave dating to 5000 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grotto, a large artificial cave with fountain, embellished with statues of satyrs, in the garden of the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This grotto is in the Giardini di Sotto or lower gardens and was designed by da Vignola as a cool and quiet place to relax, which has been a tradition in Italy since Roman times. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of satyr statues in the grotto, a large artificial cave with fountain, in the garden of the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This grotto is in the Giardini di Sotto or lower gardens and was designed by da Vignola as a cool and quiet place to relax, which has been a tradition in Italy since Roman times. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of satyr statue in the grotto, a large artificial cave with fountain, in the garden of the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This grotto is in the Giardini di Sotto or lower gardens and was designed by da Vignola as a cool and quiet place to relax, which has been a tradition in Italy since Roman times. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of satyr statues in the grotto, a large artificial cave with fountain, in the garden of the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This grotto is in the Giardini di Sotto or lower gardens and was designed by da Vignola as a cool and quiet place to relax, which has been a tradition in Italy since Roman times. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Area of troglodyte homes, underground cave dwellings cut into the hillsides to stay cool in the summer heat, in Guadix, Granada Province, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the balcony above the cave entrance surrounded by luxuriant Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the cave showing its rocky cavern. Through the entrance luxuriant Tropical foliage is visible.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the cave, covered by luxuriant Epiphytes plants, seen in the morning light against the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the cave covered by Epiphytes plants.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the balcony above the cave entrance surrounded by luxuriant Tropical foliage.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_565.jpg
  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the cave showing its rocky cavern. Through the entrance luxuriant Tropical foliage is visible.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_564.jpg
  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cave in the Art Deco style building showing rockpool and luxuriant Tropical plants.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_562.jpg
  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the cave covered by Epiphytes plants.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_561.jpg
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