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  • Looking up at a beautiful decorated ceiling badly damaged with damp patches and a hole, in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at a beautiful decorated ceiling badly damaged with damp patches and a hole, in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, mural, 1490-1500, late Gothic, in oil paint by an unknown artist, in the Capilla de la Piedad, now a baptismal chapel, in the Catedral del Salvador de Albarracin, 16th century, in the medieval town of Albarracin, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The mural painting is badly damaged and is being restored. Albarracin was founded as a Moorish town in the 11th century and became an independent lordship until the 13th century. The town is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Thief crucified at Golgotha, detail, mural, 1490-1500, late Gothic, in oil paint by an unknown artist, in the Capilla de la Piedad, now a baptismal chapel, in the Catedral del Salvador de Albarracin, 16th century, in the medieval town of Albarracin, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The mural painting is badly damaged and is being restored. Albarracin was founded as a Moorish town in the 11th century and became an independent lordship until the 13th century. The town is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, detail, mural, 1490-1500, late Gothic, in oil paint by an unknown artist, in the Capilla de la Piedad, now a baptismal chapel, in the Catedral del Salvador de Albarracin, 16th century, in the medieval town of Albarracin, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The mural painting is badly damaged and is being restored. Albarracin was founded as a Moorish town in the 11th century and became an independent lordship until the 13th century. The town is listed as a national monument. 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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  • Derelict interior of the Morocco Pavilion, seen through broken windows, built for the 1907 Colonial Exhibition, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Posthumous portrait head of Emperor Tiberius, 42 BC - 37 AD, wearing the civic crown, Roman, marble, 1st century AD, part of a gallery of portraits of the Julian-Claudian family in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was damaged and repaired in ancient times. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Battle of Lepanto with the 2 naval fleets facing each other before battle, fresco, 16th century, on the wall of the nave of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 saw the defeat of the Ottoman empire. 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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  • The Battle of Lepanto, detail, with the 2 naval fleets facing each other before battle, fresco, 16th century, on the wall of the nave of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 saw the defeat of the Ottoman empire. 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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  • Marble sarcophagus, tomb of Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1530-99, in the Chapel of the Choir, 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. On the wall is a copy of the painting Spasimo di Sicilia by Raphael. 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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  • Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Restored Baroque presbytery of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The stucco decoration was made 1574-80 by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, depicting the prophecies, mysteries and prefigurations of Christ and the Tree of Jesse (top), which features 14 statues. 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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  • Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Madonna di Loreto, marble statue with traces of gilt of the Virgin and child, 1489, by Francesco Laurana, 1430-1502, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, 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. 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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  • Tomb of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1549, with marble effigy of a reclining warrior, in the Chapel of the Choir, 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. 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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  • Tomb of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1549, with marble effigy of a reclining warrior, in the Chapel of the Choir, 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. 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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  • Stucco panel of the Bronze Snake, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, from the right column around the Gothic arch in the restored Baroque presbytery of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. 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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  • Stucco bust of the Libyan Sibyl, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, from the right column around the Gothic arch in the restored Baroque presbytery of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. 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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  • Asa, David and Jesse from the bottom of the Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Statue of the prophet Isaiah, sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Stucco bust of the Erythraean Sibyl, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, from the right column around the Gothic arch in the restored Baroque presbytery of the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia family, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. 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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  • Asa, David and Jesse from the bottom of the Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Mary and Jesus with Achaz and Manasse from the upper branch of the Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows a damaged section with mosaic work and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure with halo and possibly wearing a mitre, badly damaged section of 16th century Gothic fresco in the Baptismal Chapel or Chapelle des fonts baptismaux or Chapelle de Sainte Cecile, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The cathedral consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Damaged remains of a fresco of Christ in glory surrounded by angels on the interior of the central portal of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Virgin and child enthroned, badly damaged, 1578, by Nikolla Onufri, son of Onufri, in the 13th century Church of St Mary of Blachernae or Kisha e Shen Meri Vllahernes inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Courtyard of the Harem, Glaoui Palace, early 19th century, in Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The room has a central fountain, zellige tilework and a carved balcony which is damaged and in need of restoration. Thami Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakech, used this as his Fes residence. The complex consists of 30 fountains, 17 houses, 2 hammams, an oil mill, a mausoleum and cemetery, a madrasa, gardens and stables. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Courtyard of the Harem, Glaoui Palace, early 19th century, in Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The room has a central fountain, zellige tilework and a carved balcony which is damaged and in need of restoration. Thami Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakech, used this as his Fes residence. The complex consists of 30 fountains, 17 houses, 2 hammams, an oil mill, a mausoleum and cemetery, a madrasa, gardens and stables. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Courtyard of the Harem, Glaoui Palace, early 19th century, in Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The room has a central fountain, zellige tilework and a carved balcony which is damaged and in need of restoration. Thami Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakech, used this as his Fes residence. The complex consists of 30 fountains, 17 houses, 2 hammams, an oil mill, a mausoleum and cemetery, a madrasa, gardens and stables. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted bust of an unidentified man, badly damaged, in a niche in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted bust of an unidentified man, badly damaged, in a niche in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Knight Mello d'Epoisses, 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. These tombs are in the choir of the abbey church. Originally a mausoleum, this tomb consists of a modern base supporting the recumbent statues of a knight and his wife. The helmeted knight is wearing his military garb, with his sword and armour partly covered by the arms of Mello d'Epoisses, a powerful 14th century Burgundian family. Here we see the knight's head, partly damaged, wearing his helmet and protective armour. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Knight Mello d'Epoisses, 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. These tombs are in the choir of the abbey church. Originally a mausoleum, this tomb consists of a modern base supporting the recumbent statues of a knight and his wife. The helmeted knight is wearing his military garb, with his sword and armour partly covered by the arms of Mello d'Epoisses, a powerful 14th century Burgundian family. Here we see the knight's head, partly damaged, wearing his helmet and protective armour. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tombs of Knight Mello d'Epoisses and his wife, 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. These tombs are in the choir of the abbey church. Originally a mausoleum, this tomb consists of a modern base supporting the recumbent statues of a knight and his wife. The helmeted knight is wearing his military garb, with his sword and armour partly covered by the arms of Mello d'Epoisses, a powerful 14th century Burgundian family. The sculptures are partially damaged. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Asa, David and Jesse from the bottom of the Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Ceiling fresco of the restored Baroque presbytery, wall frescoes and Tree of Jesse stucco (left), 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, 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. 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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  • Ozia and Ioatam from a branch of the Tree of Jesse sculptural stucco, 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, in the restored Baroque presbytery of 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. 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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  • Fountain in the Courtyard of the Harem, Glaoui Palace, early 19th century, in Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The room has a central fountain, zellige tilework and a carved balcony which is damaged and in need of restoration. Thami Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakech, used this as his Fes residence. The complex consists of 30 fountains, 17 houses, 2 hammams, an oil mill, a mausoleum and cemetery, a madrasa, gardens and stables. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trees damaged by wildfires, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. In 1996-2003 after a long period of drought, wildfires destroyed more than half of the area of the park, including buildings and archaeological sites. Despite the damage, the destruction of vegetation also meant that many more sites were revealed. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trees damaged by wildfires, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. In 1996-2003 after a long period of drought, wildfires destroyed more than half of the area of the park, including buildings and archaeological sites. Despite the damage, the destruction of vegetation also meant that many more sites were revealed. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street scene, with soldiers robbing a woman, dead body, soldier stopping trade and piles of rubble in the street, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with derelict buildings full of holes, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with building being demolished, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with building being demolished and premises empty of businesses, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with building being demolished, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with building being demolished, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Soldier warning a tradesman, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Soldiers robbing a woman and a dead body, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Dead bodies and townspeople, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Tyranny enthroned with a goat at his feet, with Avarice, Pride and Vainglory above, and Deceit, Fraud, Fury and Division either side, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Justice captured and bound at the feet of Tyranny, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Justice captured and bound at the feet of Tyranny, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Justice captured and bound at the feet of Tyranny, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Street scene with derelict and demolished buildings, soldiers robbing a woman, dead body, soldier stopping trade and piles of rubble in the street, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Section of the city with armoury, the one business remaining, and piles of rubble from the demolition of others, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Tyranny enthroned, depicted with horns and fangs and holding a chalice and a dagger, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Tyranny enthroned with a goat at his feet, and Avarice, Pride and Vainglory above, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Pieta, fresco painting, c. 1480, by Antoine de Lonhy, 1446-90, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossi of Memnon, 2 18m high colossal seated statues of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, built 1350 BC, New Kingdom, sandstone, at the Theban Necropolis, Luxor, Egypt. Smaller statues of Amenhotep's wife Tiye and mother Mutemwiya stand beside the statues. They were built to guard the entrance to Amenhotep's mortuary temple at Thebes. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossi of Memnon, 2 18m high colossal seated statues of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, built 1350 BC, New Kingdom, sandstone, at the Theban Necropolis, Luxor, Egypt. Smaller statues of Amenhotep's wife Tiye and mother Mutemwiya stand beside the statues. They were built to guard the entrance to Amenhotep's mortuary temple at Thebes. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve chased from paradise by an angel, stone sculpture, 13th century, from a series of high relief sculptures from Reims cathedral, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jupiter-Taranis, god of thunder, detail of head, Gallo-Roman limestone statue, mid 2nd century AD, excavated in Eymet, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jupiter-Taranis, god of thunder, Gallo-Roman limestone statue, mid 2nd century AD, excavated in Eymet, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, with blacksmith and his wife, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered near the Hospital de la Charite in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. 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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  • Fishermen's huts at the Etang de Canet, Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. There are 10 cabins, originally lived in by fishermen and now used for storage of trabaques or traditional fishing nets. The cabins are made from driftwood and reeds, which grow in the lake and are cut, dried and tied to make waterproof walls. They were traditionally divided into 3 rooms, a store for fishing equipment, a bedroom and a central living room and kitchen. Each hut lasts 18-25 years and the current ones were renovated in 1993. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted corbel with several heads, 15th century, in the north transept of the Eglise Saint-Martin d'Angers, a collegiate Carolingian church, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knights on horseback representing the Marimons of Barcelona, detail, fresco, late 13th - early 14th century, from house on Carrer de Basea in Barcelona, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knights on horseback representing the Marimons of Barcelona, fresco, late 13th - early 14th century, from house on Carrer de Basea in Barcelona, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ holding a cross with his followers in a garden, fresco, 17th century, in the nave of the Romanesque abbey church of Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, with an angel giving robes to the chosen ones, detail, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, detail of angel holding robes to give to the chosen ones, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, with an angel giving robes to the chosen ones, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, detail, Romanesque wall painting, lime and tempera on canvas, 1242-55, by the studio of Seu d'Urgell, from the Chapel of the Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Jesus is offering food to Judas whilst John sleeps at the table. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, detail, Romanesque wall painting, lime and tempera on canvas, 1242-55, by the studio of Seu d'Urgell, from the Chapel of the Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Jesus is offering food to Judas whilst John sleeps at the table. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jug with cylindrical neck, in Roman Republican style, in turned ceramic, 75-1 BC, excavated by<br />
Garcia in 2007 in the sanctuary of Gergovie, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Disk idol in gypsum alabaster, Kultepe type, early Bronze Age III, 2300-2000 BC, from Cappadocia, Anatolia, from the Ligabue collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing nude male figure in wood, Old Kingdom Egyptian, c. 2500 BC, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female figurine (replica), in ivory, found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The original figurine is in the British Museum in London, and its date is unknown. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of a stone vessel with cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language, steatite and chlorite, State of Dilmun, c. 1700 BC, part of a burial offering found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a faun, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a pair of dolphins, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco with patches of plaster undergoing restoration, which began July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restoration of the frescoes, begun July 2017, on the wall of the Schola Armatorarum, a gladiator training school which collapsed in 2010 and is being restored, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stucco decoration with mythological themes, made after the earthquake of 62 AD, in the tepidarium, a warm room heated by braziers, in the Forum Baths, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative border with mask, gryphons and putti, fresco detail, 1st century AD, on the Southern triclinium wall in the House of the Golden Bracelet, or Casa del Bracciale d'Oro, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Dionysus discovering Ariadne, in the Ixion Room, painted after 62 AD in Pompeiian Fourth Style, in the House of the Vettii, one of the largest houses in Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Ariadne is reclining with Hypnos, the god of sleep, at her head, and Dionysus and three satyrs at her feet. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco depicting a wrestling match between Pan and Eros, painted after 62 AD in Pompeiian Fourth Style, in the House of the Vettii, one of the largest houses in Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco detail, 2nd style, on plaster, of a figure wearing a helmet on a red background, from the Antiquarium, in the Solunto Museum at the archaeological site of Solunto, in Sicily, Italy. The Phoenician village of Solunto was expanded by the Greeks after 396 BC and again by the Romans after 254 BC. It was abandoned soon after and rediscovered by archaeologists in the 16th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of exterior frescoes on the base of the right bell tower of the church, built 1768, at 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 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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  • Cherub with water spout, sculptural detail from a font in the chapel adjoining the church, at 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 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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  • Youth of Mozia, or Giovane di Mozia, marble statue, 475-450 BC, height 194cm, excavated in Zone K, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The statue has traces of polychrome paint and its feet and arms are missing. It was found on Mozia in October 1979 under a heap of earth and rubble, and was made by a Sicilian or Selinuntine workshop. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of a winged celestial nymph, queen of the heavens, on the lintel of the monumental fireplace, 15th century, in the Cabinet des Echelons or Councillor’s Chamber, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The relief is seen here from the Salle du Tresor on the floor above. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and it is believed that some of these symbols refer to alchemy, including some of those which have been removed from this relief - hearts (Coeur) and shell (coquille Saint-Jacques) with crosses, a section of phylactery with an inscription and plants. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mug and pot lid with black on white geometric painted design, 1180-1280 AD, from Mesa Verde, Pueblo III period, (mug or ceramic lids were rarely produced outside of the Northen San Juan region), from The Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bluff pottery bowl with black on red design,  made in Utah 780-1000 AD by the local Navajo tribe and traded throughout Southwest Colorado, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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