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  • Corner Room of the sons of Ferdinando I de Medici, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry of Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus, 1687, from cartoons by Pierre Mignard, in the reception room known as the Corner Lounge, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower at the Western corner of the Chateau de Dourdan, built 1220-22 by Guillaume de Flamenville under Philippe Auguste, replacing an earlier wooden structure, Dourdan, Hurepoix, Essonne, France. The castle is built on a square plan, with towers along the sides, at 3 of the corners and an isolated donjon at the 4th, and is surrounded by a dry moat. From 1672-1852 it became a prison, and now houses a history museum. The castle became an Historical Monument in 1964. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner capital with sculpted face in high relief, late 12th century, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Burgundy, France. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. Its abbey church is the oldest Cistercian church in France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower of the Castillo de La Calahorra, or Calahorra Castle, built 1509-12 near the village of La Calahorra in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Built on the site of a former Moorish fort, the castle was built in Italian Renaissance style, with 4 corner towers and a crenellated outer wall. It was awarded to Cardinal Mendoza by the Catholic monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group of the Judgement of Solomon, by Bartolomeo Bon, c.1421-64, on the corner of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy. The corner sculptures of the palace are on the theme of justice - in this scene, Solomon must judge the true mother of a child. This was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque sculpture of an angel holding a sundial at the Royal Portal, at the South Western corner of the cathedral, 1145-70, Western facade, Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Crenellated ramparts and corner tower of the Sheikh Salman bin Ahmed Al-Fateh Fort, or Riffa Fort, built in the 17th century and rebuilt as the ruling Al Khalifa family home in 1812, at Riffa, Bahrain. The fort is square with 2 circular and 2 rectangular towers at its corners, and 3 courtyards. It was restored in the 20th century and is now a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Defensive tower in the wall of the castle with the Western corner tower behind, and the dry moat, Chateau de Dourdan, built 1220-22 by Guillaume de Flamenville under Philippe Auguste, replacing an earlier wooden structure, Dourdan, Hurepoix, Essonne, France. Here we also see an example of a wooden catapult of the kind used in the 13th century. The castle is built on a square plan, with towers along the sides, at 3 of the corners and an isolated donjon at the 4th, and is surrounded by a dry moat. From 1672-1852 it became a prison, and now houses a history museum. The castle became an Historical Monument in 1964. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco pictured on December 18, 2009. A small figure climbs a long stone staircase with blue and white painted walls in a corner of the old town. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Private house belonging to the Montaudouin family, who were shipowners and merchants, 18th century, on the corner of the Rue Montaudouine, on Quai de la Fosse, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. This quayside area houses the large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders, but also previously housed many bars and a red light district frequented by sailors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco, pictured on December 27, 2009. A lamplit corner of the Old Town showing a steep staircase outside a cafe whose tiny door is marked by a signpost. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco pictured on December 18, 2009. An atmospheric view a man in traditional red Djellaba walking past the walls, doors and windows at haphazard angles in a corner of the old town.Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly the Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of new radiators in a corner of the glass and metal structure in the afternoon light. Through the windows the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly Mexican Hothouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, is visible.
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  • Art Deco style apartment building with curved balconies, on the corner of Rue Thiers and Cours Jean-Baptiste Langlet, built 1924 for M Courbet in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Watch tower on the corner of the Citadelle de Belfort next to the drawbridge, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. A castle was built in the 17th century by the Comte de la Suze to protect the Trouee de Belfort or Belfort Gap, and Vauban and Haxo added to the fortifications. In the 19th century the citadel formed part of the Sere de Rivieres system of French border defences. The citadel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Watch tower on the corner of the Citadelle de Belfort next to the drawbridge, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. A castle was built in the 17th century by the Comte de la Suze to protect the Trouee de Belfort or Belfort Gap, and Vauban and Haxo added to the fortifications. In the 19th century the citadel formed part of the Sere de Rivieres system of French border defences. The citadel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Watch tower on the corner of the Citadelle de Belfort next to the drawbridge, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. A castle was built in the 17th century by the Comte de la Suze to protect the Trouee de Belfort or Belfort Gap, and Vauban and Haxo added to the fortifications. In the 19th century the citadel formed part of the Sere de Rivieres system of French border defences. The citadel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Medusa, on a sculpted corner capital from a pilaster, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, oolitic limestone, discovered in 1835 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The sculpture was reused in a frieze on a wall on the Place Jean Duvet. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Medusa, on a sculpted corner capital from a pilaster, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, oolitic limestone, discovered in 1835 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The sculpture was reused in a frieze on a wall on the Place Jean Duvet. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Medusa, on a sculpted corner capital from a pilaster, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, oolitic limestone, discovered in 1835 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The sculpture was reused in a frieze on a wall on the Place Jean Duvet. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Espinal, built 1900 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, as the residence of Mr Espinal the factory manager and company administrator, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone and brick facade with brick lattice work and a medieval style corner turret. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Espinal, built 1900 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, as the residence of Mr Espinal the factory manager and company administrator, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone and brick facade with brick lattice work and a medieval style corner turret. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner towers with artillery platform and dry moat at the Forteresse de Salses, a catalan fortress built 1497-1504 and designed by Francisco Ramiro Lopez and restored by Vauban from 1691, Salses-le Chateau, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle was built under Ferdinand II of Aragon to protect the border between the Principality of Catalonia and France. It is part-buried and has 7 levels with 10m thick walls. The fort was taken by the French in 1642. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower with artillery platform and dry moat at the Forteresse de Salses, a catalan fortress built 1497-1504 and designed by Francisco Ramiro Lopez and restored by Vauban from 1691, Salses-le Chateau, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle was built under Ferdinand II of Aragon to protect the border between the Principality of Catalonia and France. It is part-buried and has 7 levels with 10m thick walls. The fort was taken by the French in 1642. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower with artillery platform and dry moat at the Forteresse de Salses, a catalan fortress built 1497-1504 and designed by Francisco Ramiro Lopez and restored by Vauban from 1691, Salses-le Chateau, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle was built under Ferdinand II of Aragon to protect the border between the Principality of Catalonia and France. It is part-buried and has 7 levels with 10m thick walls. The fort was taken by the French in 1642. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower with artillery platform and dry moat at the Forteresse de Salses, a catalan fortress built 1497-1504 and designed by Francisco Ramiro Lopez and restored by Vauban from 1691, Salses-le Chateau, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle was built under Ferdinand II of Aragon to protect the border between the Principality of Catalonia and France. It is part-buried and has 7 levels with 10m thick walls. The fort was taken by the French in 1642. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Aubin in the Old Town of Angers, with the tower of the Maison du Croissant, or Maison de la Tour, built late 15th - early 16th century, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The house has a half timbered facade with brick infill which was previously cob, and a tufa staircase tower on the corner. Its name refers to the coat of arms above its door of St Maurice with symbols from the Order of the Crescent created in 1448 by Rene d'Anjou. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison du Croissant, or Maison de la Tour, built late 15th - early 16th century, in the Old Town of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The house has a half timbered facade with brick infill which was previously cob, and a tufa staircase tower on the corner. Its name refers to the coat of arms above its door of St Maurice with symbols from the Order of the Crescent created in 1448 by Rene d'Anjou. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone corner capital featuring anthropomorphic and zoomorphic heads, 13th century, from a small room of unknown purpose, at the Abbaye Saint Nicolas, founded 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. In the 18th century this room was decorated with wood paneling. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone corner capital with man vomitting bands of beaded foliage, mid 12th century, probably from the Cloister, in the Lapidary Museum in the Abbaye Saint Nicolas, founded 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. In the 18th century this room was decorated with wood paneling. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone corner capital with man holding bands of beaded foliage, mid 12th century, probably from the Cloister, in the Lapidary Museum in the Abbaye Saint Nicolas, founded 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. In the 18th century this room was decorated with wood paneling. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel Grou, a neoclassical mansion built 1747-52 for Guillaume Grou, a shipowner and slave trader, on the corner of Rue Kervegan and the Place de la Petite-Hollande, on the Ile Feydeau, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The building was extended in the 19th century, and is listed as a historic monument. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting greatly from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. The Ile Feydeau area, a former island in the Loire, was developed from the 1720s with large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower with battlements at Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. The building was enlarged in the 15th century, and the towers added 1600-1650. The castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museo Casa de Tostado, built 14th century, one of the oldest houses in Santo Domingo, named after its first owner, Francisco Tostado de la Pena, scribe of the governor, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The house was originally a luxurious mansion, and now houses the Museo de la Familia Dominicana del siglo XIX, or Museum of the Dominican Family of the 19th Century. On the corner is an Elizabethan Gothic window, the one one in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museo Casa de Tostado, built 14th century, one of the oldest houses in Santo Domingo, named after its first owner, Francisco Tostado de la Pena, scribe of the governor, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The house was originally a luxurious mansion, and now houses the Museo de la Familia Dominicana del siglo XIX, or Museum of the Dominican Family of the 19th Century. On the corner is an Elizabethan Gothic window, the one one in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Defensive walls and corner turret at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Defensive walls and corner turret, with the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90, on the right, in the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small corner tower in the wall of the Mission San Jose, or Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, a Spanish catholic colonial mission and church originally established in 1720 and completed in 1782, to spread Christianity among Native Americans, the largest of 4 missions in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Behind is the bell tower of the church, built 1768. The complex was home to 350 Indians and had its own mill and granary. It was restored in the 1930s and again in 2011. It forms part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the small corner tower in the wall of the Mission San Jose, or Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, a Spanish catholic colonial mission and church originally established in 1720 and completed in 1782, to spread Christianity among Native Americans, the largest of 4 missions in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The round holes in the walls were used for cannons and the wooden racks around the ceiling were for storing ammunition. The complex was home to 350 Indians and had its own mill and granary. It was restored in the 1930s and again in 2011. It forms part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worker throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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 throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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 throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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 throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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 throwing cut stones onto piles at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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 cutting blocks of stone at the quarry, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Group of visitors at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France, with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and (left-right) the Corner Tower, Chapel Tower, North Range or Logis Seigneurial and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse. 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 or squirrel cage with double drum, in front of the Corner Tower (left), Chapel Tower, North Range or Logis Seigneurial and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse (right), seen across a footbridge over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Tower and Chapel Tower on the left and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, and 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial, completed in 2010 (right), with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, Corner Tower (left) and Chapel Tower (centre), 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Tower and Chapel Tower on the left and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, and 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial, completed in 2010 (right), with lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, Corner Tower (left), crenellated curtain wall and Chapel Tower (centre), 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, and Corner Tower on the left, still under construction, and footbridge over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, and Corner Tower in the centre, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, and Corner Tower on the left, still under construction, and footbridge over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones arranged in piles from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Great Tower or Tour Maitresse, Chapel Tower and Corner Tower (left-right), still under construction, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. In the foreground is the stone quarry with cut stones from which the building is constructed. 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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  • Corner Tower in the centre and Chapel Tower on the left, still under construction, and 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers to the left and right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • North Range or Logis Seigneurial in the centre, completed 2010, with Corner Towers and Great Tower or Tour Maitresse on the right, still under construction, lifting gear or squirrel cage with double drum, and footbridges over 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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  • Farriery or Marechalerie (centre), containing 3 forges for making tools, barrel hoops and brine pans, and workers' accommodation and storage rooms, and Berniers Est (left), saltworkers' accommodations, part of the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 1736-1806, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. On the right is the corner of the Batiment des Gardes, the entrance to the Saltworks and now a ticket office and hotel. The site is designed in a semicircle, with the Director's House, 2 saltworks containing drying ovens, heating pots and salt stores, workers' accommodation and Director's stables. An Ideal City was also planned but never built. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Farriery or Marechalerie (centre), containing 3 forges for making tools, barrel hoops and brine pans, and workers' accommodation and storage rooms, and Berniers Est (left), saltworkers' accommodations, part of the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 1736-1806, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. On the right is the corner of the Batiment des Gardes, the entrance to the Saltworks and now a ticket office and hotel. The site is designed in a semicircle, with the Director's House, 2 saltworks containing drying ovens, heating pots and salt stores, workers' accommodation and Director's stables. An Ideal City was also planned but never built. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, seen from between the columns of Federal Hall National Memorial. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child sculpture, on the top of the Gate to Eden, door to the Sacristy, in a corner, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child sculpture, on the top of the Gate to Eden, door to the Sacristy, in a corner, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gate to Eden, door to the Sacristy, in a corner, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Casa Consistorial or Consistorial House, originally the courts of justice and jail and now the city council building, built 1520-23 in Plateresque Renaissance style, on the corner of the Plaza Primero de Mayo on the Calle Marina de Molina, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Consistorial House is listed as a historic monument and the Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madman with a necklace of bells, sticking out his tongue and wearing the winged helmet of Mercury (mercury is one of the base metals used in alchemy), holding a broken sceptre and a dog. Below the fool is a smaller figure holding a vial, sculptural detail on a corbel below the corner turret in the Upper courtyard of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madman with a necklace of bells, sticking out his tongue and wearing the winged helmet of Mercury (mercury is one of the base metals used in alchemy), holding a broken sceptre and a dog. Below the fool is a smaller figure holding a vial, sculptural detail on a corbel below the corner turret in the Upper courtyard of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corbel with a figure holding a vial, situated below a sculpture of a madman with a necklace of bells, sticking out his tongue and wearing the winged helmet of Mercury, holding a broken sceptre and a dog. Sculptural detail below the corner turret in the Upper courtyard of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner of the apartment blocks on the Boulevard Clemenceau (left), and the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with tall thin stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the facade of an apartment block on the corner of Avenue Foch and Rue Sery, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The relief sculpture, 1953, is by Jean-Marie Baumel and his wife Marthe Schwenck, and shows a man in classical style playing a lyre representing Music, with inscribed names of artists, Andre Caplet, Pierre Beauvalet, Pierre Maumont and Henry Woollett. Avenue Foch is one of the widest avenues in Europe and forms part of the 'Monumental Triangle' at the heart of Le Havre's reconstruction plans. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ca l'Espinal, built 1900 by Joan Rubio, 1870-1952, as the residence of Mr Espinal the factory manager and company administrator, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building has a stone and brick facade with brick lattice work and a medieval style corner turret. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. The Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner tower on the main facade of Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The building is of brick on a stone plinth with decorative window surrounds, set in landscaped grounds. The surrounding fence on the left is set down in a ditch so as not to spoil the view of the gardens for the patients. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ponte dei Sospiri or Bridge of Sighs, 1600, designed by Antonio Contino, Venice, Italy. The bridge spans the Rio di Palazzo and connects the New Prison or Prigioni Nuove to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. The enclosed limestone bridge is so named as this would be the last view of Venice for prisoners on the way to their cells. On the left is a sculpture of the Drunkenness of Noah by Filippo Calendario from the corner of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner of the sculpted frieze of putti above the first floor Ionic arcade of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, or National Library of St Mark's, built in Renaissance style in 1537-53 by Jacopo Sansovino, then extended by Vincenzo Scamozzi in 1588, on the Piazzetta San Marco, between the Piazza San Marco and the Venetian lagoon, Venice, Italy. The columns are topped with Ionic capitals and the spandrel figures are angels in classical or all'antica style, and above, puttis hold decorative garlands, with classical masks. The 2-storey building is lined with a Doric arcade on the ground floor and Ionic arcade on the first floor, with sculptural decoration and a line of rooftop statues. The library houses an important collection of classical, Oriental and medieval codices and manuscripts. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Venetian Gothic arcades of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340, with sculpture of the Angel Gabriel holding a sword on the corner, possibly by Filippo Calendario, on the Piazzetta San Marco, between the Piazza San Marco and the Venetian lagoon, Venice, Italy. The palace has 2 arcades with 14th and 15th century capitals and sculptures, and a loggia above with a decorative brickwork facade. It was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Venetian Gothic arcades of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340, with sculpture of the Angel Gabriel holding a sword on the corner, possibly by Filippo Calendario, on the Piazzetta San Marco, between the Piazza San Marco and the Venetian lagoon, Venice, Italy. The palace has 2 arcades with 14th and 15th century capitals and sculptures, and a loggia above with a decorative brickwork facade. It was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ponte dei Sospiri or Bridge of Sighs (right), 1600, designed by Antonio Contino, Venice, Italy. The bridge spans the Rio di Palazzo and connects the New Prison or Prigioni Nuove to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. The enclosed limestone bridge is so named as this would be the last view of Venice for prisoners on the way to their cells. On the left is a sculpture of the Drunkenness of Noah by Filippo Calendario on the corner of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font with a lion in the corner of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper storey of the Renaissance courtyard with marble Corinthian colonnade at the Castillo de La Calahorra, or Calahorra Castle, built 1509-12 near the village of La Calahorra in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Built on the site of a former Moorish fort, the castle was built in Italian Renaissance style, with 4 corner towers and a crenellated outer wall. It was awarded to Cardinal Mendoza by the Catholic monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de la Madeleine, consecrated 1842, built in neoclassical style based on a Roman temple with 52 Corinthian columns, with a pediment frieze of the Last Judgement by Lemaire, Place de la Madeleine, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the left is the corner of an 18th century building on the Place de la Concorde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street corner with lamp in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man wearing a djellaba turning a corner of a narrow street painted blue in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque sculpture of an angel holding a sundial at the Royal Portal, at the South Western corner of the cathedral, 1145-70, Western facade, Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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