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  • Colored mosaic of the cupola in the nave of the Basilica Notre Dame de Fourviere Lyon, France. The cupola has a representation of a person of the Holy Trinity, God or the Father. The basilica was built between 1872 and 1876 in a neo-Byzantine style, over an ancient Roman forum and next to the Chapel of the Virgin. It was designed by the French architect Pierre Bossan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, and lateral vaults, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint, beneath the central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, and lateral vaults, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint, beneath the central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, and lateral vaults, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central cupola by Juan de Aranda Salazar, lateral vaults, and corinthian capitals, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. In the 4 corners of the cupola are reliefs of St Michael, St James, St Euphrasius and Santa Catalina, patron saint of Jaen. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola with painted stars and flowers, in the choir, built 1150-70, the oldest part of the building, in the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes de Langres, or Langres Cathedral, built 1150-96 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fight between good and evil, fresco by Luigi Capello, 1843-1902, inside the cupola of the Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, and now part of the Musee des Ursulines, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola of the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The dome is over 100m high and was built 1829-63. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the cupola, looking up from the rotunda, with Texas star detail in centre of inner dome, at the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main altar and dome of the Chapel of the Choir, 1574-77, with frescoes by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, in the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The cupola frescoes depict the Resurrection, Assumption, Pentecost, Death of the Virgin, Jonah, David, Solomon, Daniel and God the Father Pantocrator. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The church was damaged in the Belice earthquake of 1968 and was reopened in 2014 after 5 years of restoration work. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque cupola with plaster mouldings and a lantern, 18th century, in the altar area of the church, in a small room flanking the tabernacle, at the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, detail, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola above the choir, with reliefs of angel musicians, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The choir was built 1730-36 by Jose Gallego and Oviedo del Portal, with walnut stalls, and is one of the largest in Spain. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola, with scene from Dante’s Inferno, Canto IV, with writers from Antiquity in limbo, painting, 1840-46, by Eugene Delacroix, in the Bibliiotheque du Senat, or Senate Library, a 52m long gallery in Neoclassical style, in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. The library was built 1837-41 by the architect Alphonse de Gisors, 1796-1866, and decorated 1845-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola, with scene from Dante’s Inferno, Canto IV, with writers from Antiquity in limbo, painting, 1840-46, by Eugene Delacroix, in the Bibliiotheque du Senat, or Senate Library, a 52m long gallery in Neoclassical style, in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. The library was built 1837-41 by the architect Alphonse de Gisors, 1796-1866, and decorated 1845-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative cupola of the Oratory, the private chapel of Catherine de Medici, adjoining the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the cupola, added 1701 by architect Johann Friedrich Eosander, and allegorical roof statues at the Schloss Charlottenburg or Charlottenburg Palace, built 1695-1713 by Johann Arnold Nering in Baroque and Rococo style, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany. The original palace was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg and later Friedrich I of Prussia. Prussian rulers occupied the palace until the late 19th century. After being badly damaged in the war, the palace was restored and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trompe l'oeil painting of flying birds, in the cupola of the first floor sitting room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola of the Salon de Musique or Music Room, detail, with putti holding scroll and classical medallion, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola of the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The dome is over 100m high and was built 1829-63. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking down on a cupola of the Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, built 1618, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the cupola of the capilla mayor of Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The dome is painted with a starry sky and there are 2 levels of 16th century stained glass windows above a series of paintings by Alonso Cano. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola above the choir, with reliefs of angel musicians, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The choir was built 1730-36 by Jose Gallego and Oviedo del Portal, with walnut stalls, and is one of the largest in Spain. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola above the choir, with reliefs of angel musicians, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The choir was built 1730-36 by Jose Gallego and Oviedo del Portal, with walnut stalls, and is one of the largest in Spain. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dante’s Inferno, Canto IV, detail, with writers from Antiquity in limbo, painting, 1840-46, by Eugene Delacroix on the cupola of the Bibliiotheque du Senat, or Senate Library, a 52m long gallery in Neoclassical style, in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. The library was built 1837-41 by the architect Alphonse de Gisors, 1796-1866, and decorated 1845-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the cupola of the crypt, with fresco decoration, 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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  • General view, Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the afternoon, with the Bell Tower and Cupola towering over the surrounding houses, and reflected in the Tormes river. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view, Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, floodlit, showing the Cupola and buttresses. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of cupola, Old Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of decorated ceilings and Cupola, New Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view, Cathedral and bridge, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the afternoon. The Bell Tower and Cupola tower over the surrounding houses, and the bridge is reflected in the Tormes river.  Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the front of South Transept Portal, New Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured at night, floodlit, on December 17, 2010, with its Cupola and pinnacles above. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured at night, floodlit, on December 17, 2010. Features visble are the Torrre de Gallo and the Cupola. The scallop-tiled  Torre del Gallo (Cock Tower) is a ribbed umbrella lantern in the Byzantine style. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop view, Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 in the winter afternoon sunshine. The Torre de Gallo and Cupola are seen with the buttresses supporting the roof. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a fountain in an arcaded cupola in the cloister of Monestir de Poblet, 1151, Vimbodi, Catalonia, Spain, pictured on May 20, 2006, in the afternoon. The Monastery of Poblet belongs to the Cistercian Order and was founded by French monks. Originally, Cistercian architecture, like the rules of the order, was frugal. But continuous additions  including late Gothic and Baroque, eventually made Poblet one of the largest monasteries in Spain which was later used as a fortress and royal palace. It was closed in 1835 by the Spanish State but refounded in 1940 by Italian Cistercians. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baroque painting of the 18th century cupola, Ferdinando Fuga, the Duomo (Cathedral) of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. 12th century cathedral encompassing a wide variety of architectural styles from Romanesque to Byzantine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ with angels, Norman-Byzantine mosaics of a cupola of the apse of the Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel), 1130 - 1140, by Roger II, within the Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ with angels, Norman-Byzantine mosaics of a cupola of the apse of the Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel), 1130 - 1140, by Roger II, within the Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque painting of the 18th century cupola, Ferdinando Fuga, the Duomo (Cathedral) of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. 12th century cathedral encompassing a wide variety of architectural styles from Romanesque to Byzantine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola and non-projecting transept, Basilique Saint Quiriace (Saint Quiriace Collegiate Church), 12th century, Provins, Seine et Marne, France. Construction works during the 12th century were never completed and a dome was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of cupola, Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, pictured on November 26, 2010 in the evening. Mirador, Spanish for lookout, is at the coastal end of the Risco de Famara mountains. In  the 16th century  Spanish settlers watched for pirates, and in 1898, during the Spanish American War, a fortress was built here. In 1974 local artist Cesar Manrique (1919-92), with architects Jesus Soto and Eduardo Caceres, designed a restaurant for the Mirador. A room was quarried from  the cliff, roofed by two cupolas. 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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  • View from behind of main dome, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, with Kalyan minaret, 12th century, in the background, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the afternoon. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. The massive blue cupola on a mosaic drum tops the main chamber with its cruciform hall. The baked brick  minaret is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. It was commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Mausoleum of the middle group, ("Nameless 1" Mausoleum), 1380s, Shah-I Zindah ensemble, and in the distance the blue cupola of the Bibi-Khanym Madrasah and mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 19, 2010, at dawn. The Shah-i-Zinda Complex is a necropolis of mausoleums whose legendary origin dates back to 676 when Kussam-ibn-Abbas arrived to convert the locals to Islam. So successful was he that he was assassinated whilst at prayer. His grave remains the centre of the sacred site which grew over many centuries, especially the 14th and 15th, into an architecturally stunning  exampleof ceramic art. The Mausoleum of the middle group.("Nameless 1" Mausoleum) was created by Usto Alim Nesefi, and is decorated with relief painted majolica. The portal decorations are notable for the symbol of "octagonal stars". Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Cupola, with apostles carved in the four pendentives, Basilique Saint Quiriace (Saint Quiriace Collegiate Church), 12th century, Provins, Seine et Marne, France. Construction works during the 12th century were never completed and a dome was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of Labova e Kryqit, or church of the Holy Cross, dedicated to St Mary, one of the oldest churches in Albania, mainly 13th century although with Byzantine foundations of 527-565 AD in the time of Emperor Justinian, Labova e Kryqit, Gjirokastra, Albania. The nave and aisle form a cruciform plan and the high central cupola is typically Byzantine. A narthex added later provides the principal entrance. The interior walls are covered with 9 levels of frescoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transept cupola under the bell tower, brick, 11th century, with painted cross vaulting added in the 13th century, in the Eglise Saint-Martin d'Angers, a collegiate Carolingian church, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The medieval church was expanded many times and the transept was expanded under King Rene in the 15th century. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of the Holy Trinity, or Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia, a Norman Byzantine church built in the 12th century, near Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. This Arab-Norman building is the family chapel of the Caime Saporito family and was heightened for them and restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, 1834-1905. The building has a Greek cross layout, with 3 apses, a central cupola and embedded arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of the North transept, with 13th century Romanesque cupola frescoes, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Puy, or Le Puy Cathedral, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The cathedral was built 11th - 13th century in Romanesque style, with a striking striped 3-layered facade and large cloister. It is a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Forge, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, 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. The 53m water-powered forge is the oldest metallurgical factory in Europe, dating from 1220. It was recently reconstructed. The monks extracted iron ore from a nearby hill and forged iron tools to sell. The Cistercians were masters of metallurgy and invented the hydraulic hammer on this site.  Here we see the oven, chimney, cupola furnace, bellows, anvil and iron beating trip hammers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of cupola, Torre dei Lamberti (Lamberti Tower), 12th century, Verona Italy. Construction of the 84 metre high brick, tuff brick and marble tower began in 1172. Lightening knocked off the top of the tower in 1403, and it was restored and raised from 1448 to 1463-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Ceiling frescoes on the cupola, with Deborah as Mater in Israel, in the Capella de la Santa Cinta, built 1672-1725 in Baroque style, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Templo de Vignola or Temple of Eternity, a memorial to Giulia Farnese, wife of Pier Francesco Orsini, at the summit of the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The temple is octagonal topped by a cupola and bell, with a square colonnaded portico, in a mixture of Greek, Classical and Renaissance styles. The temple houses the tombs of Giovanni Bettini and Tina Severi, the owners who restored the garden in the 20th century. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_ITALY_MC_0349.jpg
  • Templo de Vignola or Temple of Eternity, a memorial to Giulia Farnese, wife of Pier Francesco Orsini, at the summit of the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The temple is octagonal topped by a cupola and bell, with a square colonnaded portico, in a mixture of Greek, Classical and Renaissance styles. The temple houses the tombs of Giovanni Bettini and Tina Severi, the owners who restored the garden in the 20th century. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial to muslim soldiers, inaugurated by French President Jacques Chirac in 2006 on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, in memory of the 28,000 muslim soldiers who died at Verdun in World War One, at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument is built in Moorish style, with a 25m long ambulatory with crenellated roofline and a central koubba or cupola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial to muslim soldiers, inaugurated by French President Jacques Chirac in 2006 on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, in memory of the 28,000 muslim soldiers who died at Verdun in World War One, at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument is built in Moorish style, with a 25m long ambulatory with crenellated roofline and a central koubba or cupola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the cupola of the capilla mayor of Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The dome is painted with a starry sky and there are 2 levels of 16th century stained glass windows above a series of paintings by Alonso Cano. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Christ in the cupola of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of Labova e Kryqit, or church of the Holy Cross, dedicated to St Mary, one of the oldest churches in Albania, mainly 13th century although with Byzantine foundations of 527-565 AD in the time of Emperor Justinian, Labova e Kryqit, Gjirokastra, Albania. The nave and aisle form a cruciform plan and the high central cupola is typically Byzantine. A narthex added later provides the principal entrance. The interior walls are covered with 9 levels of frescoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LCSPAIN13_MC012.jpg
  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Banys Arabs or Arab Baths, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. These Moorish baths are on Ca'n Serra street near the Convent of the Cathedral, and include the lush gardens of Ca'n Fontirroig. The small two-roomed brick building that once housed the bath is of Byzantine origin, built in the 11th century and possibly once the home of a Muslim nobleman. The bath room has a cupola with five oculi and twelve columns pillaged from an earlier Roman building. The second room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar to the glory of the National Convention, stone, 1920, by Francois Leon Sicard (1862-1934), rear view looking towards nave and cupola, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Close up detail of a blue cupola,  Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, 1535, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. The Mir-i Arab Madrasah, which stands opposite the Kalyan Mosque was built by the Shaybany Ubaydallah Khan, and is still a functioning madrasah. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from the side of the roof showing the glass and metal structure, including the walkway around the cupola. In the background are the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse) and the minaret of the Grande Mosquee de Paris (Great Mosque of Paris).
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  • Transept cupola under the bell tower, brick, 11th century, with painted cross vaulting added in the 13th century, in the Eglise Saint-Martin d'Angers, a collegiate Carolingian church, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The medieval church was expanded many times and the transept was expanded under King Rene in the 15th century. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0475.jpg
  • Transept cupola under the bell tower, brick, 11th century, with painted cross vaulting added in the 13th century, in the Eglise Saint-Martin d'Angers, a collegiate Carolingian church, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The medieval church was expanded many times and the transept was expanded under King Rene in the 15th century. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0474.jpg
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, or Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia, a Norman Byzantine church built in the 12th century, near Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. This Arab-Norman building is the family chapel of the Caime Saporito family and was heightened for them and restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, 1834-1905. The building has a Greek cross layout, with 3 apses, a central cupola and embedded arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ITALY_MC089.jpg
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, or Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia, a Norman Byzantine church built in the 12th century, near Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. This Arab-Norman building is the family chapel of the Caime Saporito family and was heightened for them and restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, 1834-1905. The building has a Greek cross layout, with 3 apses, a central cupola and embedded arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ITALY_MC088.JPG
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, or Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia, a Norman Byzantine church built in the 12th century, near Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. This Arab-Norman building is the family chapel of the Caime Saporito family and was heightened for them and restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, 1834-1905. The building has a Greek cross layout, with 3 apses, a central cupola and embedded arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, grill, crypt, cupola and main altarpiece by Alonso Berruguete, 1490-1561, 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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  • Templo de Vignola or Temple of Eternity, a memorial to Giulia Farnese, wife of Pier Francesco Orsini, at the summit of the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The temple is octagonal topped by a cupola and bell, with a square colonnaded portico, in a mixture of Greek, Classical and Renaissance styles. The temple houses the tombs of Giovanni Bettini and Tina Severi, the owners who restored the garden in the 20th century. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant pinecones and acorns, and above, the Templo de Vignola or Temple of Eternity, a memorial to Giulia Farnese, wife of Pier Francesco Orsini, at the summit of the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The temple is octagonal topped by a cupola and bell, with a square colonnaded portico, in a mixture of Greek, Classical and Renaissance styles. The temple houses the tombs of Giovanni Bettini and Tina Severi, the owners who restored the garden in the 20th century. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_ITALY_MC_0372.jpg
  • Templo de Vignola or Temple of Eternity, a memorial to Giulia Farnese, wife of Pier Francesco Orsini, at the summit of the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The temple is octagonal topped by a cupola and bell, with a square colonnaded portico, in a mixture of Greek, Classical and Renaissance styles. The temple houses the tombs of Giovanni Bettini and Tina Severi, the owners who restored the garden in the 20th century. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial to muslim soldiers, inaugurated by French President Jacques Chirac in 2006 on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, in memory of the 28,000 muslim soldiers who died at Verdun in World War One, at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument is built in Moorish style, with a 25m long ambulatory with crenellated roofline and a central koubba or cupola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of the North transept, with 13th century Romanesque cupola frescoes of the martyrdom on the wheel of St Catherine of Alexandria, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Puy, or Le Puy Cathedral, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The cathedral was built 11th - 13th century in Romanesque style, with a striking striped 3-layered facade and large cloister. It is a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of the North transept, with statues of St Zachary and St Joseph and 13th century Romanesque cupola frescoes of the martyrdom on the wheel of St Catherine of Alexandria, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Puy, or Le Puy Cathedral, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The cathedral was built 11th - 13th century in Romanesque style, with a striking striped 3-layered facade and large cloister. It is a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Berliner Congress Center GmbH or BCC, built by Hermann Henselmann in the 1960s, with an aluminium cupola, exhibiton space and 30 function rooms, Alexanderstrasse 11, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Christ surrounded by saints and angels in the cupola of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Christ surrounded by saints and angels in the cupola of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Albania_MC447.jpg
  • Forge, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, 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. The 53m water-powered forge is the oldest metallurgical factory in Europe, dating from 1220. It was recently reconstructed. The monks extracted iron ore from a nearby hill and forged iron tools to sell. The Cistercians were masters of metallurgy and invented the hydraulic hammer on this site.  Here we see the oven, chimney, cupola furnace, bellows, anvil and iron beating trip hammers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick cupola and tiled decoration, side entrance to courtyard, L'Institut Pere Mata, psychiatric hospital, 1901-1912, by LLuis Domenech i Montaner, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Domenech i Montaner was a leading architect of the Catalan Modernist style, the local variation on Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, 12th-16th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. Chasma Ayub, or Spring of Job, commemorates the spot where  the prophet Job struck the dry earth with his staff and caused a spring to flow. The mausoleum consists of four domed chambers each topped with a different cupola, demonstrating the changing styles of architecture over the centuries of its construction. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, 12th-16th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. Chasma Ayub, or Spring of Job, commemorates the spot where  the prophet Job struck the dry earth with his staff and caused a spring to flow. The mausoleum consists of four domed chambers each topped with a different cupola, demonstrating the changing styles of architecture over the centuries of its construction. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View of the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, and the cupola of the Salon de Musique or Music Room, seen in the reflection of a mirror in the Salon de Musique, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamp by Pere Domenech i Roura, 1930s, and the decorative ceiling and cupola above the main staircase, with decorated ribs and bosses, stained glass by Rigalt, Granell & Cia and mosaics by Mario Maragliano, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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