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  • Doorway from the monastery of Moutiers-Saint-Jean, Burgundy, France, founded by the first Christian kings of France, Clovis and his son Clothar, c. 1250, in the Romanesque Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. A statue of Clovis is on the left of the doorway, and Clothar on the right. The tympanum depicts the coronation of the Virgin in Heaven. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Tomb of St John at the Basilica of St John with the 2-storey narthex behind, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". This doorway leads onto the far end of the nave opposite the narthex, where storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherub, detail from arched stone doorway leading to the internal courtyard or atrium, Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery and since 1954 has housed the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched stone doorway leading to the internal courtyard or atrium, Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery and since 1954 has housed the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance door to the prayer hall, with zellige tiles in geometric designs, a lattice screen wooden doorway and intricately carved stucco work above, with muqarnas under the arch, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Renaissance doorway with pediment with carved mythological scenes and statues in niches, at the Castillo de La Calahorra, or Calahorra Castle, built 1509-12 near the village of La Calahorra in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Built on the site of a former Moorish fort, the castle was built in Italian Renaissance style, with 4 corner towers and a crenellated outer wall. It was awarded to Cardinal Mendoza by the Catholic monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pointed arched doorway in the wall of the Greek tenemos or sanctuary on hill 104, with 2 niches used to receive offerings, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The lance-head style of this arch is typical of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. From the 12th century until their expulsion in 1492, the Jewish population in Tortosa was one of the most important in Catalonia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gothic doorway, from the Chateau at La Roche-Gencay, Poitou, France, c. 1520–30, in late medieval Flamboyant Gothic design, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway, probably the entrance to a Roman house, with geometric shapes carved into the stone lintel, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the North doorway, 1460, Clonmacnoise Cathedral, 10th century, Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland. The three carved figures depict St Dominic, St Patrick, and St Francis. Four small carvings above the doorway depict Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Clonmacnoise was founded by St Ciaran, with the help of Diarmait Ui Cerbaill, Ireland's first Christian King. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the North doorway, 1460, Clonmacnoise Cathedral, 10th century, Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland. The three carved figures depict St Dominic, St Patrick, and St Francis. Four small carvings above the doorway depict Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Clonmacnoise was founded by St Ciaran, with the help of Diarmait Ui Cerbaill, Ireland's first Christian King. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a doorway in the Mnajdra Temple complex, c.3600-3200 BC, Malta, pictured on June 5, 2008, in the morning. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. It has been ruled by Phoenicians (Malat is Punic for safe haven), Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Sicilians, Knights of St John, French and the British, from whom it became independent in 1964. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the well preserved Mnajdra Temple complex. Spectacularly sited on the Southern coast of Malta the three temples radiate from an oval forecourt. The lower temple is astronomically aligned so that the sun's rays shine straight through the doorway on the equinoxes. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Romanesque Hall, with Doorway (centre) from the monastery of Moutiers-Saint-Jean, Burgundy, France, founded by the first Christian kings of France, Clovis and his son Clothar, c. 1250, in the Romanesque Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. A statue of Clovis is on the left of the doorway, and Clothar on the right. The tympanum depicts the coronation of the Virgin in Heaven. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Grand Mosque, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. As the mosque's minaret (visible in the background) is a converted lighthouse, El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Grand Mosque, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. As the mosque's minaret (visible in the background) is a converted lighthouse, El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, adorned with Seraphins, St Luke's Bull, St Mark's lion, and bestiary, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Luke's Bull, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Mark's lion and Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Luke's Bull and Seraphin, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of wall with frescoes, 14th century, and doorway,  Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains  14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Western Façade; 785 ? 961 AD; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; the Stephen?s doorway dated 855 is the only one remaining of the original architect?s design; later decorative additions have been made in a mixture of both Visigoth and Umayyad styles; The modillions above the doorways and the stepped-pyramid crenelations are Córdoban innovations, later copied extensively in many other places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Mark's lion, carved detail of the doorway between the cloister and the abbey church, from former gallery, 12th century Benedictine Abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrenees Orientales, France.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched doorway leading to the internal octagonal courtyard from Room IV on the ground floor of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church portal, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, France. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. The church was built 1139-47 and its entrance is flanked by pillars with carved capitals and an arch. Through the doorway here we can see the flat-ended apse with windows at the far end of the nave. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the south west staircase, a remnant of the now-destroyed west wing, in the internal courtyard, built in Italian Renaissance style, with 2 storey arcades of basket-handle arches and terracotta medallions featuring Roman emperors, at the Hotel d’Alluye, an hotel particulier or mansion house, built 1498-1508 in Renaissance style for Florimond Robertet, secretary to king Louis XII, at 8 Rue Saint-Honore, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. Most of the mansion was destroyed in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street scene with girl standing beside an arched doorway, in the old town of Kotor, a town on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical scene, fresco, 510-500 BC, in the Tomba Cardarelli, at the Monterozzi Etruscan necropolis near Tarquinia, Vitero, Lazio, Italy. The fresco depicts a harpist and a flautist flanking a painted doorway. Above are lions catching deer. The tomb is named after Vincenzo Cardarelli, a poet from Tarquinia. The necropolis was founded in the 7th century BC and contains around 6000 graves, many of which are covered in frescos. Monterozzi is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clock and statues above the doorway to the Cour des Referes, or Court of Referees, in the Palais de Justice or Paris Law Courts, on the Ile de la Cite, Paris, France. The former royal palace was originally a medieval building, reworked and rebuilt several times, with a major reconstruction 1857-68 by architects Joseph-Louis Duc and Honore Daumet under Haussmann. The complex includes the Palais de Justice, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor entrance to the monumental spiral staircase, with salamander and crown relief above the doorway, 16th century, French School, on the interior South East facade of the Francois I wing, in Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The staircase is covered in bas-relief sculptures and looks onto the courtyard of the chateau. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of putti holding the royal coat of arms with flour de lys and a necklace of shells, above the doorway leading to the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative doorway leading through the Oratory, a small private chapel, to the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative doorway leading through the Oratory, a small private chapel, to the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative doorway of the Oratory, a small private chapel, and behind, the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two winged creatures with human heads drinking from a vase, sculptural detail from the facade on the Rue Bourbonnoux, above the doorway to the vaulted passageway, at the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of a capital with 2 sculpted figures holding the Catalonia coat of arms with red and gold stripes, flanking the doorway to the dining room in the El Quatre Gats cafe, on the ground floor of the Casa Marti, a Catalan Modernist building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896, on Carrer Montsio, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cafe, hostel, cabaret, pub and restaurant was opened by Pere Romeu, 1862-1908, in 1897, inspired by the Le Chat Noir cafe in Paris, and was frequented by many Modernist figures, including Ramon Casas i Carbo, Santiago Rusinol, Miguel Utrillo and Pablo Picasso. The cafe closed in 1903, but was reopened in 1978, with Casa Marti restored in 1991. 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 the frame around the arched doorway, with kufic inscription 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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  • 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 the frame around the arched doorway, with kufic inscription 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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  • Entrance doorway seen from inside the Phare de Cordouan or Cordouan Lighthouse, built 1584-1611 in Renaissance style by Louis de Foix, 1530-1604, French architect, located 7km at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Aquitaine, France. This is the oldest lighthouse in France. There are 4 storeys, with keeper apartments and an entrance hall, King's apartments, chapel, secondary lantern and the lantern at the top at 68m. Parabolic lamps and lenses were added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The lighthouse is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two frescoes, possibly of saints, above the arched doorway to the nave of the Church of St Spiridon, 18th - 19th centuries, completed 1864, in the Gorica quarter of Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The church is a 3-nave basilica with two lower side naves and a bell tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal wall of Qasr al Hallabat, with doorway, arched windows, pilasters topped with capitals and a view of the desert beyond, Jordan. This Umayyad palace complex was built on the site of a Roman fortress by Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. The complex includes a mosque, water system and reservoir, irrigated agricultural land and the palace. The nearby bathhouse Hammam as Sarah served this desert castle. The building was originally decorated with mosaics, frescoes and stucco carvings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged devils and angels spray paint graffiti, incorporating electricity meters on a wall with doorway and two garbage bags of a street in Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the doorway to the Cathedral, 10th century, Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland, in the evening. The west door dates from about 1200 and is in the transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Clonmacnoise was founded by St Ciaran, with the help of Diarmait Ui Cerbaill, Ireland's first Christian King. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the front of La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier suggesting the Medieval and Moorish has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from the front of La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier, suggesting the Medieval and Moorish, has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from the front of doorway and decorated walls, Bou Inania Madrasa, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 22, 2009 in the evening. The Bou Inania Madrasa was founded as a boarding school and mosque in AD 1351-56 by Abu Inan Faris, also the founder of the Bou Inania Madrasa in Meknes, and holds the status of Grand Mosque. A fine example of Marenid architecture with its intricate plasterwork, carved cedar and decorated tiles or zellij it is the only mosque in Fez open to non-Muslim visitors. It was renovated in the 18th and 20th centuries. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • St Stephen?s doorway; 855 AD; Western Façade; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; The only one which still follows the original architect?s design Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Stephen?s doorway; 855 AD; Western Façade; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; The only one which still follows the original architect?s design Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway of al-Hakan II; Circa 961 AD; Western Façade; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; The frieze with interlaced arches supported upon small marble columns, alternates designs of vine leaves and swastikas crosses; The perforated capitals are reminiscent of Byzantine art; They support strong imposts which in turn absorb the downward thrust of the overhanging arches. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, seen through the doorway of Cell 38, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of Lost Steps, with the Central Hall seen through the doorway, 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. This hall features a coffered ceiling and an arcade of triple columns overlooking the street. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway linking the olive garden to the swimming pool, in the garden of the Salvador Dali House Museum in Portlligat, Cap de Creus, Cadaques, Catalonia, Spain. Salvador Dali, 1904-89, Spanish Surrealist painter, lived and worked here from 1930 to 1982, when his partner and muse Gala died. The building was originally several fisherman's cottages which the couple bought and developed, with windows overlooking the bay, a swimming pool and garden studio. The house became a museum in 1997, run by the Dali Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Clothar I from the doorway from the monastery of Moutiers-Saint-Jean, Burgundy, France, founded by the first Christian kings of France, Clovis and his son Clothar, c. 1250, in the Romanesque Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical scene, fresco, 510-500 BC, in the Tomba Cardarelli, at the Monterozzi Etruscan necropolis near Tarquinia, Vitero, Lazio, Italy. The fresco depicts a harpist and a flautist flanking a painted doorway. Above are lions catching deer. The tomb is named after Vincenzo Cardarelli, a poet from Tarquinia. The necropolis was founded in the 7th century BC and contains around 6000 graves, many of which are covered in frescos. Monterozzi is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue Room, with Ballroom seen through the doorway, at the Palazzo Conte Federico, a 12th century Arabic Norman palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The Federico counts bought the palace in the mid 17th century and are responsible for commissioning many of the decorations in place today. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance with double doorway and tympanum to the Chapter House, built 1245-53 by the royal masons, from the East cloister, in Westminster Abbey, founded in 960 AD and rebuilt 1245-1570 in Gothic style, in Westminster, London, England, UK. In the 13th century Benedictine monks used the Chapter House for daily meetings. It later became a meeting place of the King's Great Council and the Commons, predecessors of today's Parliament. It was restored in 1872 by George Gilbert Scott. The abbey is the traditional coronation and burial place for the British monarchy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Cour de Cassation, or Court of Cassation, the highest court in the French judiciary, in the Palais de Justice or Paris Law Courts, on the Ile de la Cite, Paris, France. The former royal palace was originally a medieval building, reworked and rebuilt several times, with a major reconstruction 1857-68 by architects Joseph-Louis Duc and Honore Daumet under Haussmann. The complex includes the Palais de Justice, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor entrance to the monumental spiral staircase, with salamander and crown relief above the doorway, 16th century, French School, on the interior South East facade of the Francois I wing, in Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The staircase is covered in bas-relief sculptures and looks onto the courtyard of the chateau. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Catalonia coat of arms with red and gold stripes, with sculpted dolphin, merman and mermaid, above the doorway to the dining room in the El Quatre Gats cafe, on the ground floor of the Casa Marti, a Catalan Modernist building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896, on Carrer Montsio, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cafe, hostel, cabaret, pub and restaurant was opened by Pere Romeu, 1862-1908, in 1897, inspired by the Le Chat Noir cafe in Paris, and was frequented by many Modernist figures, including Ramon Casas i Carbo, Santiago Rusinol, Miguel Utrillo and Pablo Picasso. The cafe closed in 1903, but was reopened in 1978, with Casa Marti restored in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of sculpted figures of a frog and monkey, flanking the doorway to the dining room in the El Quatre Gats cafe, on the ground floor of the Casa Marti, a Catalan Modernist building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896, on Carrer Montsio, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cafe, hostel, cabaret, pub and restaurant was opened by Pere Romeu, 1862-1908, in 1897, inspired by the Le Chat Noir cafe in Paris, and was frequented by many Modernist figures, including Ramon Casas i Carbo, Santiago Rusinol, Miguel Utrillo and Pablo Picasso. The cafe closed in 1903, but was reopened in 1978, with Casa Marti restored in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaster cast of a blocked doorway in the main entranceway of the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. Plaster casts were taken within spaces in the ash during excavation, in order to give a positive impression of what once filled the spaces, in this case a wooden door which had since rotted. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Tower Room, and through the doorway, the Consulate of the Sea, where maritime and commercial law was administered, decorated by Juan del Poyo, 1418-1455, at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horseshoe arched doorway in a room with apricot stucco walls and zellige tiled floor in the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, built 1703 by Ahmed Eddahbi, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Sultan Moulay Ismail, 1634-1727, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow arched doorway in the Tour Bouillon, the pedestrian entrance gate for the villagers, 13th century, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Qasr Kharana, desert castle, Jordan. This room has a vaulted ceiling, pilasters, wall arches, carved roundels above the doorway and shows a Sassanid influence. This building was built c. 710 in the early Umayyad period under the Caliph Walid I although its purpose is unknown. It did not have a military function. It is a square building with small projecting corner turrets and a projecting round entrance seen here on the South side. It has 60 rooms inside over two floors around a central courtyard where rain is collected. The small slit windows are for light and ventilation. It fell out of use and was damaged by several earthquakes before being rediscovered in 1901 and restored in the 1970s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of doorway, Church of Saint Jean de Montmartre, 1897-1904, by Anatole de Baudot (1834-1915) Paris, France. The brick and ceramic tiled facade exhibits features of Art Nouveau design. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a bricked up doorway with pediment decorated with carved foliage and old ceramics, old city, Portuguese Fortified city of Mazagan, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag„o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of doorway, Harem, Tash Khauli Palace, 1830-38, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, in the morning. Commissioned by Allah Kuli Khan the Tash Kauli palace is a huge complex containing 163 rooms which took its architects, Tajiddin and Kalandar, 10 years to build. The harem, occupying about half of the palace has 5 aiwan terraces, with delicately carved wooden pillars,  behind which were the quarters for the khan and his wives. Across the courtyard were the  concubines' apartments.  The facades and walls around the courtyards were decorated with traditional blue, ultramarine and white colours majolica made by Abdullah. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of entrance to La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier suggesting the Medieval and Moorish has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of doorway in the Medina, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 25, 2009 in the morning. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a doorway, Auberge d'Italie, c.1571, designed by Girolamo Cassar, Valletta, Malta, pictured on June 7, 2008, in the afternoon. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the capital city, Valletta, also known as the Fortress City. Built in the late 16th century and mainly Baroque in style it is named after its founder Jean Parisot de Valette (c.1494-1568), Grand Master of the Order of St John. The Knights of St John built an auberge, or inn, for each nationality of knight who passed through Malta. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Doorway to the south west staircase, a remnant of the now-destroyed west wing, in the internal courtyard, built in Italian Renaissance style, with 2 storey arcades of basket-handle arches and terracotta medallions featuring Roman emperors, at the Hotel d’Alluye, an hotel particulier or mansion house, built 1498-1508 in Renaissance style for Florimond Robertet, secretary to king Louis XII, at 8 Rue Saint-Honore, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. Most of the mansion was destroyed in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway between rooms in the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque doorway to the Abbey Church at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. This door was the main entrance to the monastery. The tympanum with crucifixion relief is supported by a lintel and topped by a plain double arch. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorways to the Portuguese Fortified city of Mazagan, 16th century, El Jadida, Morocco with the minaret of the Grand Mosque in the background. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769.  Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of 2 arched doorways leading to the internal octagonal courtyard of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of 2 arched doorways leading to the internal octagonal courtyard of the Castel del Monte, a 13th century citadel and castle in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. The castle was built in the 1240s by Emperor Frederick II and is octagonal in plan, with walls 25m high and bastion towers on each corner. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corridor with arched doorways leading to rooms on the lower level of Shobak castle, built by the Crusader King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1115, on the plain of Edom, Jordan. This crusader castle, originally called Mons Realis, fell to Saladin in 1189 after an 18 month siege. It was occupied by the Mamluks in the 14th century and underwent many renovations in this period. It sits on the caravan and pilgrimage routes from Syria to Arabia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone relief of a porcupine, emblem of king Louis XII, above the staircase door in the internal courtyard, at the Hotel Sardini, a 16th century hotel particulier or mansion house lived in by an Italian banker in the late 16th century, at 7 Rue du Puits-Chatel, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal courtyard, with stone relief above the staircase door, of a porcupine, emblem of king Louis XII, at the Hotel Sardini, a 16th century hotel particulier or mansion house lived in by an Italian banker in the late 16th century, at 7 Rue du Puits-Chatel, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral south west staircase, a remnant of the now-destroyed west wing, accessed from the internal courtyard, at the Hotel d’Alluye, an hotel particulier or mansion house, built 1498-1508 in Renaissance style for Florimond Robertet, secretary to king Louis XII, at 8 Rue Saint-Honore, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. Most of the mansion was destroyed in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass pyramid by I. M. Pei, rising from the centre of the Cour Napoleon and seen from Pavillon Sully, Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Inaugurated March 30, 1989. Picture by Manuel Cohen .
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco, pictured on December 27, 2009. A view through a narrow street showing the dome above the entrance to a mosque. The building is whitewashed with green decoration. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental door (detail), 13,20m by 6,20m, stamped brass, tin and lead, 1974, by Pierre Sabatier, Nanterre Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève-et-Saint-Maurice de Nanterre), 1924 - 1937, by architects Georges Pradelle and Yves-Marie Froidevaux, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental door, 13,20m by 6,20m, stamped brass, tin and lead, 1974, by Pierre Sabatier, Nanterre Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève-et-Saint-Maurice de Nanterre), 1924 - 1937, by architects Georges Pradelle and Yves-Marie Froidevaux, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to Tour de la Dame Blanche or White Lady Tower, Puilaurens Castle, Chateau de Puilaurens, Cathar castle, Lapradelle-Puilaurens, Boulzane Valley, Aude, France.  Also called Puylaurens, or lo Castel de Pueg-Laurenc in Occitan, this 12th century ruined castle had belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Michel de Cuxa before being acquired by the Queen of Aragon in 1162. It changed hands many times during the Albigensian Crusade. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "cinq fils de Carcassonne" and is a listed monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An entrance door to the Lower Castle and above, view of Chapelle San Jordi (left) and High Castle (right), Peyrepertuse Castle or Chateau Pierre Pertuse, Cathar Castle, Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle consists of a Lower Castle built by the Kings of Aragon in the 11th century and a High Castle built by Louis IX in the 13th century, joined by a huge staircase. Its name means pierced rock in Occitan and it has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "cinq fils de Carcassonne" and is a listed monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stairs leading to the main entrance, Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, Cathar Castle, Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle, built from 13th to 16th centuries, is considered the last Cathar stronghold. It sits on a high peak at 728m. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "Cinq Fils de Carcassonne". It is a listed monument historique and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church Sainte Marie de Peyrepertuse, showing ancient entrance door of the church and cistern on the right, Lower Castle, Peyrepertuse Castle or Chateau Pierre Pertuse, Cathar Castle, Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle consists of a Lower Castle built by the Kings of Aragon in the 11th century and a High Castle built by Louis IX in the 13th century, joined by a huge staircase. Its name means pierced rock in Occitan and it has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "cinq fils de Carcassonne" and is a listed monument historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading to the main entrance of the castle, Queribus Castle or Chateau de Queribus, Cathar Castle, Cucugnan, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle, built from 13th to 16th centuries, is considered the last Cathar stronghold. It sits on a high peak at 728m. It is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne" or "Cinq Fils de Carcassonne". It is a listed monument historique and has been fully restored, restoration work being completed in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosque's northern wall, remains of the Palace Mosque, built 720 AD and destroyed in earthquake of 749 AD, Amman Citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. The Palace Mosque served the Umayyad governor's palace. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosque's northern wall, remains of the Palace Mosque, built 720 AD and destroyed in earthquake of 749 AD, Amman Citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. The Palace Mosque served the Umayyad governor's palace. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved door in black basalt, possibly Nabatean, Amman Citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. Amman cityscape visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western portal, Iglesia Vera Cruz (Church of the True Cross), 13th century, Road to Zamarramala, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Constructed by the Knights Templar to house a fragment of the True Cross, consecrated, 1208. Romanesque 12-sided polygonal building broken to the east by the triple apse and to the south by the tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of  Ota Darvoza (Father Gate), main gate to Ichan Kala,  Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at sunset. Khiva's old city, Ichan Kala, is surrounded by 2.2 kilometres of crenellated and bastioned city walls. Some sections may be 5th century, but the strongest sections were built 1686-88 by Arang Khan. The main gate today is the restored western Ota Darvoza (Father Gate). Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of carved wooden door, Kurinish Khana or Throne Room, 1804-06, Kukhna Ark, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, in the afternoon. The Kukhna Ark is the original home of the Khans. Although its foundations are 5th century, most of the complex is 19th century. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from the front of the entrance to the Kukhna Ark or fortress, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at dawn. The Kukhna Ark is the original home of the Khans. Although its foundations are 5th century, most of the complex is 19th century. Buildings include the Summer Mosque, 1838, whose beautiful blue and white tiles were made by Ibadullah and Abdullah Jin, the old mint now housing a coin museum, and the Kurinish Khana (throne room), 1804-06, with its arcade or iwan, where audiences were held in the open air in summer and enclosed by a yurt in winter. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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