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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitors on the viewing platform at the top of the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light in the dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city and is accessed by spiralling ramps in double-helix form. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and view down into the debating chamber of the Bundestag in the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. It is accessed by 2 spiralling access ramps in double-helix form. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central medallion of the glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central medallion of the glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Below the dome are intricately carved interlacing fluted arches. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. 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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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Below the dome are intricately carved interlacing fluted arches. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. 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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  • Spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light in the dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city and is accessed by spiralling ramps in double-helix form. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light in the dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city and is accessed by spiralling ramps in double-helix form. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light (left) and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light (top) and view down into the debating chamber of the Bundestag, in the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. It is accessed by 2 spiralling access ramps in double-helix form. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View down into the debating chamber of the Bundestag from the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light (left) and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light (top) and view down into the debating chamber of the Bundestag, in the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. It is accessed by 2 spiralling access ramps in double-helix form. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light (left) and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Office blocks and dome of St Paul's Cathedral, designed in Baroque style by Christopher Wren, 1632-1723, seen from the Millennium Bridge, London, England, UK. The dome of St Paul's covers the intersection of the Greek cross design and is cone of the largest cathedral domes in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle holding arrow, dome ceiling fresco, 1830, in the Grand Salon, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The dome was intended to be painted by Charles Le Brun with a giant fresco, The Palace of the Sun, although this was never completed. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome, built 1680 under the direction of Friar Angelo La Rosa, of the Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore, or Church of the Carmine Maggiore, begun in the 13th century and completed 1693, in Albergheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The stucco atlante statues are by Angelo La Rosa, Andrea Surfarello and Gaspare La Farina, and seem to hold aloft the celestial vault of the tiled dome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. 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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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. 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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  • St Paul's Cathedral dome reflected, London, England, UK. 0ne of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden interior framework of the ovoid dome above the Grand Salon, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central dome of the Suleymaniye Mosque or Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (Suleymaniye Camii), 1550-57, by Mimar Sinan, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. This Ottoman Imperial mosque, commissioned by Suleyman the Magnificent, and located on Istanbul's Third Hill, was restored in 1665 after a fire, in 1766 due to an earthquake and in 1956 after damage in World War I. It is the largest mosque in Istanbul. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Dome of the department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of the department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of the department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of Sant'Andrea della Valle (St Andrew in the Valley), 16th - 17th, centuries, by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, Carlo Maderno, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of Sant'Andrea della Valle (St Andrew in the Valley), 16th - 17th, centuries, by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, Carlo Maderno, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of Sant'Andrea della Valle (St Andrew in the Valley), 16th - 17th, centuries, by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, Carlo Maderno, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of Sant'Andrea della Valle (St Andrew in the Valley), 16th - 17th, centuries, by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, Carlo Maderno, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balconies in the Central Hall, and the parabolic dome pierced with light holes, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Michael the archangel, fresco, by Michelangelo Cinganelli, c. 1580-1635, inside the dome of the Camera degli Angioli, used as a chapel from 1677, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome, seen from below with trompe l'oeil coffers with gilded stars, on a hexagonal drum with images and statues of 42 patriarchs and prophets, 1481, by Guidoccio Cozzarelli and Benvenuto di Giovanni, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paintings of 42 patriarchs and prophets, 1481, by Guidoccio Cozzarelli and Benvenuto di Giovanni, on the hexagonal drum beneath the dome of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded dome, built by Johann Paul Schor and designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Chigi Chapel, or Cappella della Madonna del Voto, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top of the tabernacle and the dome of the tabernacle with frescoes by Antonio Palomino and Jose Risueno, in the Granada Charterhouse or Monasterio de la Cartuja, a Carthusian monastery founded 1506, in Baroque style, in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the interior of the dome with its Historicist frescoes, in the Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral, redesigned by Julius Raschdorff and completed 1905 in Neo-Renaissance style after being badly damaged in World War Two, although the original chapel on this site was consecrated in 1454, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass atrium of the Radisson Blu Hotel on Karl Liebknecht Strasse, and behind, the dome of the Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral, redesigned by Julius Raschdorff and completed 1905 in Neo-Renaissance style after being badly damaged in World War Two, although the original chapel on this site was consecrated in 1454, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge glass dome designed by Norman Foster 1990-99, at the Reichstag building, opened 1894, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag,  Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered concrete dome, Rotunda of the Pantheon, ancient temple in Rome dating from 125 AD, later converted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered concrete dome, Rotunda of the Pantheon, ancient temple in Rome dating from 125 AD, later converted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parabolic dome pierced with light holes and a central oculus, in the Central Hall of Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parabolic dome pierced with light holes and an oculus, in the Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the dome covered in stucco lacework in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross and dome of the Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral, redesigned by Julius Raschdorff and completed 1905 in Historicist style after being badly damaged in World War Two, although the original chapel on this site was consecrated in 1454, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The dome of the Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral (left), completed 1905 in Historicist style, and (right) a statue on the bridge near Am Schinkelplatz with the Fernsehturm or TV Tower in the mist behind, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • reHuge glass dome designed by Norman Foster 1990-99, at the Reichstag building, opened 1894, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag,  Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coffered concrete dome, Rotunda of the Pantheon, ancient temple in Rome dating from 125 AD, later converted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 17th century dome of Santi Luca e Martina, 6th century, Basilica di Santa Francesca Romana (in the background), 10th century, and Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre (in the distance), c70-82 AD, Rome, Italy. The Santi Luca e Martina church became home of the Artists Guild (Accademia di San Luca) in the 16th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Department store Galeries Lafayette, opened 1912, on Boulevard Haussmann, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France. The shop was designed by Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut, with a huge glass and steel dome, art nouveau staircases and 3 levels of balconies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of a dome, 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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  • View from below of the ceiling domes showing Islamic script, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. Here we see the main dome on the right and supporting half-domes with pendentives supporting their weight. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a Byzantine church, an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, was commissioned by Emperor Justinian I and is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. It was built 532-37 by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Domed painted ceiling of the women's prayer hall in the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Domed painted ceiling in the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • FLORENCE, TUSCANY, ITALY - JUNE 10 : A panoramic view of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore with both landmarks bell Tower (Campanile) and dome (Duomo) on June 10, 2007 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Bell tower was started by Giotto 3 years before his death in 1334 and completed by Francesco Talenti in 1359; The Dome was concieved by Filippo Brunelleschi and is the first octogonal Dome in history to be built without wooden supporting in 1436. The cathedral was built between 1296 and 1496 but the facade remained incomplete until the 19th century. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • General view showing the Sacristia Mayor dome and the upper part of the Puerta de San Cristobal or del Principe, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 27, 2006 in the wintry midday sun. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Sacristia Mayor dome was rebuilt after an earthequake in 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oblique view of Seville Cathedral and a crenelated wall of the Real Alcazar on the right, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter afternoon light, showing the Sacristia Mayor dome, and Giralda Minaret. Seville Cathdral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Sacristia Mayor dome was rebuilt after an earthequake in 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view showing the Sacristia Mayor dome, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathdral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Sacristia Mayor dome was rebuilt after an earthequake in 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Florence, Italy, with Medici Chapel Dome (left) and Duomo or Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, (right) pictured on June 9 2007, in the afternoon. The Duomo was begun in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio, with dome by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), and was completed in 1436. The Medici Chapels, part of the San Lorenzo Basilica, house the Medici Mausoleum. The octagonal dome, 59 metres high, surmounting the Cappella dei Principi was designed by Matteo Nigetti (c.1560s-1648) and built 1604-40. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The dome was intended to be painted by Charles Le Brun with a giant fresco, The Palace of the Sun, although this was never completed. The caryatids beneath the dome are by Girardon, 1628-1715, representing the months and seasons. The busts of Roman emperors are from Napoleon's collection. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The dome was intended to be painted by Charles Le Brun with a giant fresco, The Palace of the Sun, although this was never completed. The caryatids beneath the dome are by Girardon, 1628-1715, representing the months and seasons. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of San Pietro in Vaticano (St Peter's Basilica), 16th century, Michelangelo, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. At Michelangelo's death in 1564, the dome was unfinished and was completed in 1590 by the architect Giacomo della Porta with the assistance of Domenico Fontana. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of octagonal pavilion, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the morning. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. In front of the portal of the Main Building is an octahedral pavilion-rotunda which is use as a minbar for preaching. 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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  • Low angle view of Kalyan Mosque, 1514, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the morning. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. In front of the portal of the Main Building is an octahedral pavilion-rotunda which is use as a minbar for preaching. 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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  • Low angle view of Kalyan Mosque, 1514, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the morning. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. In front of the portal of the Main Building is an octahedral pavilion-rotunda which is use as a minbar for preaching. 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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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1417-20, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, at dawn. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. 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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  • Copper onion dome crowning the belltower of the Catholic Hofkirche church or St. Trinity Cathedral, 18th century, by Gaetano Chiaveri, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze winged Victories of the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, ancient Arch-hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia, 1204, ordered by Innocent III to establish the Order of the Holy Ghost and dome of San Pietro in Vaticano (St Peter's Basilica), 16th century, Michelangelo, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. At Michelangelo's death in 1564, the dome was unfinished and was completed in 1590 by the architect Giacomo della Porta with the assistance of Domenico Fontana. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pediment, statues of saints in travertine and dome of San Pietro in Vaticano (St Peter's Basilica), 16th century, Michelangelo, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. At Michelangelo's death in 1564, the dome was unfinished and was completed in 1590 by the architect Giacomo della Porta with the assistance of Domenico Fontana. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the bell tower, the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the bell tower, the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of courtyard, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, and Kalyan Minaret,  12th century, 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. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. 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 Mausoleums of the middle group, Shah-I Zinda Complex, from right to left: Unknown mausoleum, Mausoleum of the 1380s,  Octagonal pavilion, dome of the "double dome 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  example of ceramic art. 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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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 17, 2010, at night, its colours picked out by floodlighting. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. 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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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, at dawn. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. 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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  • View of the city of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy, with the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, with its dome built 1420-36 designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377–1446. Right of the dome is Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo next to the Duomo. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central Hall, with bust of Eusebi Guell, staircase and parabolic dome, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The central hall was used for concerts and religious services in the chapel. It is crowned by a parabolic dome, lighting the hall through small openings and a central oculus. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Below is 'the cheese', a large circular counter, and behind, the mezzanine office level created in 1919. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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