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  • French flag under Napoleon, in the Antechamber of the apartments, linking the Sissi apartment with the Maximilian apartment, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Austrian flag, in the Antechamber of the apartments, linking the Sissi apartment with the Maximilian apartment, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, draped on the Casa Mila, or La Pedrera building designed by Antoni Gaudi and built 1906-12, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flag of the kingdom of Savoy, in the Antechamber of the apartments, linking the Sissi apartment with the Maximilian apartment, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man selling flags with the image of Kemal Ataturk, first president of Turkey and founder of the Turkish Republic, on a crowded street at Eminonu, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venice, with Italian flag replacing Austro Hungarian flag, ceiling painting in the Room of the Towns of the Empire, in the apartment of archduke Maximilian, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main concourse of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Originally opened in 1871, the station was completely rebuilt in 1913 and has 44 platforms and 56 tracks. The main concourse is 84x37m and 38m high, and its ceiling is painted with an astrological design by Paul Cesar Helleu, painted by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing. The large American flag was hung in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Begur, aerial view, on the Costa Brava, Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. On the hill is Begur Castle, originally 11th century, and rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, flying the catalan flag. The town has several medieval defensive towers, and many Indianos mansions built by returning emigrants to Cuba in the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St John the Baptist with Catalan flag, detail from the altarpiece, late 16th - early 17th century, Renaissance style, by Claude Perret, in the choir of the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flag flying on Ellis Island, and behind, downtown Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. In the centre is One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC or Freedom Tower, designed by David Childs and built 2006-13, the tallest building in the USA. Also seen are the buildings of the World Financial Center and the Four Seasons Hotel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flag storage on the ground floor of the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The banner calls for Fem la Republica Catalana, or We Do the Catalan Republic. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers with the catalan flag painted on their cheeks, marching to celebrate catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Behind are yellow ribbons tied to a gate, in support of activists jailed for their role in the push for catalan independence. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, in front of a photograph of police brutality, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main concourse of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Originally opened in 1871, the station was completely rebuilt in 1913 and has 44 platforms and 56 tracks. The main concourse is 84x37m and 38m high, and its ceiling is painted with an astrological design by Paul Cesar Helleu, painted by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing. The large American flag was hung in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural depicting Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States, on horseback in front of the American flag, and the American boxer Jack Dempsey, 'the Manassa Mauler', in downtown Denver near the Denver Convention Center, Colorado, USA. Dempsey was World Heavyweight Champion 1919-26 and was born in Manassa, Colorado. This street art was sponsored in 2008 by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin, 1979, by Andre Messin Forfert, draped in a European flag as a symbol of peace and reconciliation, at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the high altar dedicated to St John the Baptist, made late 16th and early 17th century in Renaissance style by C Perret from Burgundy, in the choir of Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The central niche holds a statue of St John the Baptist backed by a catalan flag, and the relief scenes depict scenes from the life of the saint. The altarpiece is carved from alabaster and marble. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High Speed London cab, colored with royal banner Union Jack (United Kingdom flag), against a red London bus with adverts, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French, German and European flags on the grassed roof of the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Adolf Hitler after Nazi sculptor Arno Breker, 1937-45, and swastika flag, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square in the old town of Herceg Novi, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast, Montenegro. In the centre is the old town gate, flying the Montenegrin flag. The town was known as Castelnuovo 1482-1797 when it was an Ottoman and Venetian settlement. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window in red and gold, the colours of the catalan flag, detail, above the main staircase leading from the ground floor vestibule to the main living areas on the first floor, 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 ground floor houses the entrance and coachhouse where the doormen and coachmen worked. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Culloden Battlefield, site of the final Jacobite Rising, when Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1720-88, was defeated by loyalist troops led by the Duke of Cumberland on 16th April 1746, at Culloden, in the Highlands of Scotland. To the left of this flag stood the Argyllshire men. The site is now run by the National Trust for Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Culloden Battlefield, site of the final Jacobite Rising, when Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1720-88, was defeated by loyalist troops led by the Duke of Cumberland on 16th April 1746, at Culloden, in the Highlands of Scotland. To the left of this flag stood the Argyllshire men. The site is now run by the National Trust for Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the Republic, seated woman holding flag and wearing laurel crown, from the Monument to the Glory of the French Colonial Expansion (Monument a la Gloire de l’Expansion Coloniale), 1913, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, 1863-1919, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The sculptural group consists of 5 sections which have been dismantled and are stored near the entrance to the garden. The tropical garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannons behind a barricade topped by the red flag in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles,<br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles, <br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles,<br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Garland with red and yellow striped color of the Catalan flag in memoriam of the Aragonese soldiers dead in 1714 for the Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the city of Bursa with the Grand Mosque and a Turkish flag and mountains in the distance, Turkey. Bursa is situated in North West Anatolia and is the fourth largest city in Turkey. It became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326 and was the centre of the Turkish silk industry until the 17th century. The Grand Mosque or Ulu Cami is the largest mosque in Bursa and was built 1396-1400. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection fresco, Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century and its walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. Here we see Christ's resurrection into Heaven. He is clothed in red and holds the red standard with white cross which has been the flag of the French army since the 14th century. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection fresco, Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century and its walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. Here we see Christ's resurrection into Heaven. He is clothed in red and holds the red standard with white cross which has been the flag of the French army since the 14th century. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A visitor with flashy sky blue handbag with British flag follows a tourists guide in front of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Anish Kapoor (architect) with Cecil Balmond (engineer), 2012, Observation tower, Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Adolf Hitler, 1937-45, after Arno Breker, and a Nazi swastika flag, at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of St Nicholas in the evening, a Serbian orthodox church built 1902-09 and designed by Ciril Ivekovic in Neo Byzantine style, on St Luke's square in the old town of Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. The church has 2 bell towers topped with gold crosses gifted by Russia, and its decorated with a Serbian flag. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Trois Glorieuses, painting, after 1830, by Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1781-1853, French painter, in Le MUDO, or the Musee de l'Oise, Beauvais, Picardy, France. The painting represents a female allegory of Power, wearing an oak leaf wreath, waving the tricolore flag and holding a laurel wreath, symbolising the victory of the French people in restoring freedom in the July Revolution of 1830. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul-Lobe-Haus reflecting the German flag, architect Stephane Braunfels, 2001, a government building for the new parliamentary complex in the new government quarter of Berlin, on the banks of the river Spree on Federal Row, Berlin, Germany. It is connected to the Chancellery and together with the Marie-Elisabeth-Luders House on the opposite side of the Spree it forms a formal and functional whole. The building contains more than 900 offices for the parliamentary deputies. It is named after Paul Lobe, 1875-1967, the last democratic president of the Weimar Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection fresco, Chapter House, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chapter House was built in the 16th century and its walls were painted in 1563 with frescoes of scenes from Christ's Passion by the Anjou artist Thomas Pot. Here we see Christ's resurrection into Heaven. He is clothed in red and holds the red standard with white cross which has been the flag of the French army since the 14th century. The abbey itself was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Downtown Amman, seen from the Citadel which sits on the highest hill of Amman, Jabal al-Qal'a (about 850m above sea level), with Jordanian flag flying, Amman, Jordan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A visitor with flashy sky blue handbag with British flag follows a tourists guide in front of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Anish Kapoor (architect) with Cecil Balmond (engineer), 2012, Observation tower, Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting on the wall of an old shop depicting the Emblem of Sicily, in Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily, pictured on September 13, 2009, in the morning. The island Ortigia is the historic centre of Syracuse. This Triskelion emblem (a motif of three interlocked spirals) is the centrepiece of the flag of Sicily. It features the winged head of Medusa and three wheat ears. The three legs represent the triangular shape of the island of Sicily. Today the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • London cab, colored with British flag passing through Boxpark Shoreditch Pop-Up Mall, Bethnal Green Road, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Part of the facade of the Conseil d'Etat or Council of State, supreme court for administrative justice, at the Palais Royal, Paris, France, with the French and European Union flags. The Conseil d'Etat, founded 1799 by Napoleon Bonaparte, moved to the Palais Royal in 1875 after renovation works and layout by Prosper Chabrol 1872-74. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men drinking tea in the Al Namliti cafe, on Bab al Bahrein Avenue, Manama, Bahrain. This is a traditional cafe decorated with Bahraini flags and old photographs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the food market at Les Halles in Paris, France, on 14th July 1887, printed in a French publication. In front of the food stalls, a man sells hats and flags, and women make paper chain decorations and sew tricolore flags, in celebration of Bastille Day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Little girl seen from behind and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani children behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani children behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pakistani girls behind a balcony and waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teenagers waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flags taken at the Battle of Austerlitz, received in Notre-Dame cathedral, lithograph by Victor Adam, 1801-66, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Austerlitz during the Napoleonic Wars was a victory for Napoleon against the Austrians, ending the War of the Third Coalition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Outside the museum are the flags of the United Kingdom, the USA, France and the Soviet Union. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet, with offerings of flags and flowers, in the Ancien Cimetiere, a cemetery in Collioure, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet, with offerings of flags and flowers, in the Ancien Cimetiere, a cemetery in Collioure, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrant children waving American flags, photograph, c. 1910, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immigrant children waving American flags, photograph, c. 1910, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men pulling a float with a garlanded elephant, and flags of Shiva's bull Nandi, in the parade celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha, on the streets of the La Chapelle area of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, on Sunday 1st September 2019. The annual religious festivities and parade take place near the Ganesha Temple of Paris, or Sri Manicka Vinayakar Alayam Temple, the largest Hindu temple in France. Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God of Beginnings, son of Shiva and Parvati, who represents love and knowledge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, detail, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Surrender of Santa Anna, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus 'Deaf' Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • French, German and European flags behind barbed wire on the grassed roof of the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The upcoming regional elections on September 27, 2015 should reactivate the independence of Catalonia from Spain. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze with armour, shields, flags and fruit garlands at the top of the walls of the Guard Room, attributed to Ruggerio de Ruggieri, c. 1570, rearanged in Louis XIII's day, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Open air areas with stalls and customers, Candem Town markets, open-air and indoor markets, London, UK. The wall poster showing a lion with the Union Jack is the emblematic picture of "Camden World Famous Market". Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Open air areas with stalls and customers, Candem Town markets, open-air and indoor markets, London, UK. The wall poster showing a lion with the Union Jack is the emblematic picture of "Camden World Famous Market". Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main building, in French Renaissance style, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century, containing registry rooms, detention rooms and offices, on Ellis Island, immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main building, in French Renaissance style, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century, containing registry rooms, detention rooms and offices, on Ellis Island, immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, with queueing immigrants waiting to be processed, photograph, c. 1910, displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall was designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style. It measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main building, in French Renaissance style, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century, containing registry rooms, detention rooms and offices, on Ellis Island, immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main building, in French Renaissance style, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century, containing registry rooms, detention rooms and offices, on Ellis Island, immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Busy traffic and a neon stars and stripes at Times Square, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Times Square is famous for its huge neon billboards and its New Year celebrations, and is the second most visited landmark in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Registry Room of the main building, designed by William Alciphron Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton and built early 20th century in French Renaissance style, on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. The registry hall measures 61x30m and was used for primary inspections, with adjoining rooms used as dormitories and offices. The Guastavino tiled arched ceiling and red Ludowici tiled floor were installed in 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Castillet, a fortified building and city gate built 1368-1542, reflected in the Bassa river, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The structure consists of the grand castillet, the petit castillet and a polygonal bastion, now destroyed. The building now houses a museum, the Museu Catala de les Arts i Tradicions Populars, or Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Names of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks inscribed around the South Tower pool of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, designed by Davis Brody Bond, Michael Arad and Peter Walker, on the site of the original Twin Towers World Trade Center buildings which were destroyed in the terrorist attack of 11th September 2001, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. The memorial and museum commemorate the 9/11 attacks, which killed 2,977, and the World Trade Center bombing of 1993, which killed 6. The memorial forms part of the new World Trade Center complex, which includes 5 skyscrapers and the museum. The memorial consists of 2 enormous reflecting pools and waterfalls within the footprint of the Twin Towers, surrounded by trees. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflections in a glass window on Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, including the New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, and the bronze statue of George Washington, 1882, by John Quincy Adams Ward, outside Federal Hall National Monument. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of tomb of Sultan Osman Gazi, 1258-1326, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, Bursa, Turkey. During the siege of Bursa, Osman Gazi indicated to his son Orhan Gazi a domed structure within the city and asked to be buried there. This Byzantine structure later became a mosque and was destroyed in the earthquake of 1855. A new tomb has since been built. The sarcaophagus is of wood inlaid with mother of pearl and is surrounded by the sarcophagi of Savci Bey son of sultan Murad I, Alaaddin Bey son of Orhan Gazi, Aspuce Hatun wife of Orhan Gazi and Ibrahim Bey son of Orhan Gazi and 12 unidentified sarcophagi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Sultan Osman Gazi, 1258-1326, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, Bursa, Turkey. During the siege of Bursa, Osman Gazi indicated to his son Orhan Gazi a domed structure within the city and asked to be buried there. This Byzantine structure later became a mosque and was destroyed in the earthquake of 1855. A new tomb has since been built. The sarcaophagus is of wood inlaid with mother of pearl and is surrounded by the sarcophagi of Savci Bey son of sultan Murad I, Alaaddin Bey son of Orhan Gazi, Aspuce Hatun wife of Orhan Gazi and Ibrahim Bey son of Orhan Gazi and 12 unidentified sarcophagi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Sultan Osman Gazi, 1258-1326, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, Bursa, Turkey. During the siege of Bursa, Osman Gazi indicated to his son Orhan Gazi a domed structure within the city and asked to be buried there. This Byzantine structure later became a mosque and was destroyed in the earthquake of 1855. A new tomb has since been built. The sarcaophagus is of wood inlaid with mother of pearl and is surrounded by the sarcophagi of Savci Bey son of sultan Murad I, Alaaddin Bey son of Orhan Gazi, Aspuce Hatun wife of Orhan Gazi and Ibrahim Bey son of Orhan Gazi and 12 unidentified sarcophagi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cool Britannia store, selection of British souvenirs, including clothing and accessories, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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