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  • Old abandoned gold mines from the gold rush which lasted 1880s until 1990s, near Rodalquilar, in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old abandoned gold mines from the gold rush which lasted 1880s until 1990s, near Rodalquilar, in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old abandoned gold mines from the gold rush which lasted 1880s until 1990s, near Rodalquilar, in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Desert landscape and old abandoned gold mines from the gold rush which lasted 1880s until 1990s, near Rodalquilar, in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old abandoned gold mines from the gold rush which lasted 1880s until 1990s, near Rodalquilar, in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gold lunula, c. 2000 BC, found near Athlone in County Roscommon, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. This Bronze Age necklace was made from gold fragments sifted from river gravels and hammered into a thin sheet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cockpit Arts building, a social enterprise and creative business incubator at Creekside in Deptford, London, UK. On the wall is the Love Over Gold mural created by Gary Drostle and local school children in 1989, commissioned by Dire Straits. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across fields including fine art, ceramics, textiles, illustration, woodwork, bookbinding, leatherwork and jewellery making. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gold bracelet with 2 snake heads holding a portrait medallion, found on the arm of a female victim of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, in the House of the Golden Bracelet, or Casa del Bracciale d'Oro, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miniature boat, gold, with mast, rowing benches and oars, 1st century BC, Iron Age, from the Broighter Hoard found at Broighter, County Derry, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. The boat was found in Lough Foyle, which is associated with the sea god Manannan mac Lir, and this model boat was probably an offering to that god. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tubular gold collar, Iron Age, from the Broighter Hoard found at Broighter, County Derry, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. The collar was found in Lough Foyle, which is associated with the sea god Manannan mac Lir. Its decoration includes a highly stylised horse, which is associated this god. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gold gorget, late Bronze Age, after 850 BC, from Gleninsheen, County Clare, one of the finest of its type to have been discovered, in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, a branch of the National Museum Of Ireland, opened 1890, on Kildare St in Dublin, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gold torc or neck ring, Bronze Age, 1300-1000 BC, made from 3 strands wound around each other and shaped into a circle, fastened by interlinking hooked terminals, found by metal detectors near Moncton Deverill in 1990, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officer wearing the Gold of Honour, 18th dynasty, painted sandstone, Middle Kingdom, c. 1427-1391 BC, from Qau el-Kebir, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officer wearing the Gold of Honour, 18th dynasty, painted sandstone, Middle Kingdom, c. 1427-1391 BC, from Qau el-Kebir, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of an ornamental weathervane in gilded lead and copper gold leaf on the courtyard facade, at the Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. There are 56 weathervanes on the buildings, this one showing the coat of arms of Guigone de Salins, with 3 gold keys representing her husband Rolin and a gold crenelated tower on a blue background for herself. Beneath the spire is a star within a sun with curved rays of gilded lead, symbol of charity. The buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard and cement floor tiles made by MiraColour, use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard and cement floor tiles made by MiraColour, use interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Christian saint with lion's head on a pedestal covered in candles with a base of blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. The hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard uses interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Statue of Thai, royal scribe and overseer of the stables during the reign of Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, in ebony from Saqqara, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. When discovered, the statue was wrapped in linen, traces of which still remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex, seen from the balcony, of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warminster Jewel, 9th century AD, an amstel or manuscript pointer, found by a metal detectors in a field near Cley Hill, Warminster in 1997, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The amstel is made from rock crystal, set in a beaded wire frame of gold, with either a blue glass bead or a lapis lazuli cabochon (a gemstone that has been shaped and polished). The gold shaft would have held an ivory or wood pointer to be used as an aid to reading. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Legs of a cabinet with blue and gold glass beads by Murano glassmaker Salviati, and behind, hand printed wallpaper using gold leaf by Atelier d’Offard using interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The father gives the inheritance to the younger son, who takes a gold vessel and puts gold coins in his cloak, from the Parable of the Prodigal Son stained glass window, in the north transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window follows the parable as told by St Luke in his gospel. It is thought to have been donated by courtesans, who feature in 11 of the 30 sections. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hoard of 690 coins, Roman and Byzantine, found in the White Monastery in Sohag, exhibited in the Secrets of Gold exhibition in 2021, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ enthroned, detail from a painted Italian crucifix, late 13th century Romanesque by unknown artist, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from Umbria or Le Marche, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph with Christ child, wooden statue with gold leaf, 16th century, in the St Joseph chapel in the Church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini, a Baroque church built 1612-77 by Giacomo Besio, on Quattro Canti in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Palermo was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, and was settled by the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans. Its Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph with Christ child, wooden statue with gold leaf, 16th century, in the St Joseph chapel in the Church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini, a Baroque church built 1612-77 by Giacomo Besio, on Quattro Canti in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Palermo was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, and was settled by the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans. Its Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph with Christ child, wooden statue with gold leaf, 16th century, in the St Joseph chapel in the Church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini, a Baroque church built 1612-77 by Giacomo Besio, on Quattro Canti in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Palermo was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, and was settled by the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans. Its Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Kiss, 1908-9, oil and gold leaf on canvas, by Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918, from the collection of the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria. This painting is from Klimt's Golden Period, in Jugendstil or Viennese Art Nouveau style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. 6 brass pins with soldered separate heads, including one with a gold head, fingernail pairings and heather stalks, from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a votive pool cut into a Neolithic spring pool.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. 6 brass pins with soldered separate heads, including one with a gold head, human hair, fingernail pairings and heather stalks, from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a votive pool cut into a Neolithic spring pool. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Crucifixion, with female donor, tempera painting with gold on board, 1440-45, by workshop of Jean Bapteur, active 1427-58, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Trinity and weeping angel, detail, tempera painting with gold on board, on canvas, 1465-70, by Antoine de Lonhy, 1446-90, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Trinity and weeping angel, tempera painting with gold on board, on canvas, 1465-70, by Antoine de Lonhy, 1446-90, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle, 1 of 6 panels from a polyptych painting in tempera with gold on board, possibly an altarpiece predella, c. 1462-70, by Antoine de Lonhy, from the exhibition The European Renaissance of Antoine de Lonhy, (2021-22), in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle, 1 of 6 panels from a polyptych painting in tempera with gold on board, possibly an altarpiece predella, c. 1462-70, by Antoine de Lonhy, from the exhibition The European Renaissance of Antoine de Lonhy, (2021-22), in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portuguese cabinet, in walnut wood, bone and gold leaf, with writing desk and drawers, in the turret, used as the lord's study, in the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St James the Great, tempera painting and gold on wood, mid 15th century, by Giovanni di Francesco, 1412-59, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chalice from the coronation of St Remi in gold, enamel, pearls and precious stones, late 12th century and 19th century, in the Treasure Room, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The chalice was used by French kings during coronation ceremonies at Reims cathedral. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square limestone basin containing gold ore which was melted and formed into jewellery, Ptolemaic period, later used in a temple building, from Abu Qir, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chalice from the coronation of St Remi in gold, enamel, pearls and precious stones, late 12th century and 19th century, in the Treasure Room, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The chalice was used by French kings during coronation ceremonies at Reims cathedral. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Virgen del Buen Parto, or Virgin of Good Childbirth, 1465, by Jose Castellnou, statue in alabaster and gold in Late Gothic style, believed to grant safe childbirth to women who walk 9 times around the cathedral, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of St Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of St Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of S Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain.  The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of S Francis Borja, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The gallery consists of 5 rooms with painted canvases on the ceilings, and divided by carved wooden porches with gold leaf. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved flowers, painted in brown and gold, detail from the coffered wooden ceiling in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved flowers, painted in brown and gold, detail from the coffered wooden ceiling in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, by Master of La Seu d'Urgell, late c. 1495, Gothic, oil painting with stucco relief and gold leaf on wood, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ descending into Limbo, 1474-79, by Bartolome Bermejo, 1440-1501, oil painting with gold leaf on board, Gothic, from the predella of an altarpiece dedicated to Christ the Redeemer, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Bartholomew, depicting the saint being flayed alive, 1465-80, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, Gothic, panel from the altarpiece of St Anne, St Bartholomew and St Magdalene, in tempera, stucco and gold leaf on board, from the church of Sant Marti de Pertegas in Sant Celoni, Valles Oriental, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar, by Blasco de Granen, c. 1450, central panel of an altarpiece dedicated to St Martin of Tours, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on board, from the Hermitage of San Martin de Riglos, Huesca, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation of Christ, c. 1410-20, by Joan Mates, 1370-1431, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on board, from the Palacio de la Generalitat de Catalunya, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment, with St Agnes and a bishop, detail from a painted lithurgical cabinet, by unknown artist, c. 1400, tempera and gold leaf on wood, probably from Perpignan, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned, 1367-81, by Jaime Serra, Gothic, tempera and gilt with gold leaf and metal on board, central panel from the altarpiece of the Virgin, from the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Kings of the Epiphany, 1347-60, detail from the central panel of an altarpiece, by workshop of Ferrer and Arnau Bassa, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from the church of Sant Vicenc de Cardona, Bages, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation of Christ, detail, c. 1410-20, by Joan Mates, 1370-1431, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on board, from the Palacio de la Generalitat de Catalunya, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, detail, 1367-81, by Jaime Serra, Gothic, tempera and gilt with gold leaf and metal on board, from the predella of the altarpiece of the Virgin, from the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, detail, 1367-81, by Jaime Serra, Gothic, tempera and gilt with gold leaf and metal on board, from the predella of the altarpiece of the Virgin, from the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, 1367-81, by Jaime Serra, Gothic, tempera and gilt with gold leaf and metal on board, from the predella of the altarpiece of the Virgin, from the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, 1347-60, detail from a central panel of an altarpiece, by workshop of Ferrer and Arnau Bassa, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from the church of Sant Vicenc de Cardona, Bages, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Kings of the Epiphany, 1347-60, detail from the central panel of an altarpiece, by workshop of Ferrer and Arnau Bassa, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from the church of Sant Vicenc de Cardona, Bages, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Kings of the Epiphany, 1347-60, detail from the central panel of an altarpiece, by workshop of Ferrer and Arnau Bassa, Gothic, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from the church of Sant Vicenc de Cardona, Bages, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oak coffered ceiling, in carved wood, wrought iron and gold leaf, in the Visitors' Room, where visitors waited before entering the Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oak coffered ceiling, detail, in carved wood, wrought iron and gold leaf, in the Visitors' Room, where visitors waited before entering the Central Hall, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue and gold Andalusian style decorative ceramic tiles, on the walls of the main entrance vestibule and central entrance hall, on the ground floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue and gold Andalusian style decorative ceramic tiles, on the walls of the main entrance vestibule and central entrance hall, on the ground floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix Badine, in gold and garnet, c. 1865, private collection, in the exhibition Le Grenat Catalan, on the history of garnet in the region, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Croix Badine, in gold and garnet, c. 1960, private collection, in the exhibition Le Grenat Catalan, on the history of garnet in the region, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon des Amiraux, one of the Salons d'Honneur remodelled in the 19th century by Navy minister Admiral Mackau, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room was originally used to display furniture but was remodelled with sculpted wooden panelling painted gold by Jeanselme and a series of paintings of French naval admirals. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection, and the apartments of the Intendant of the Garde-Meuble (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life of St Eligius, detail of Eligius weighing gold to make a throne for Clotaire King of the Franks, bay 107b, stained glass window, 1230-35, in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life of St Eligius, detail of Eligius weighing gold, bay 107b, stained glass window, 1230-35, in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue and gold mosaics by Isidore Odorico, 1893-1945, made using the arivoltatura or Facchina technique, in the staircase of the art deco Hotel d'Anjou, built in 1857 and designed by Alexandre Richard-Delalande, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France.  The building was remodelled in 1913 by Gustave Gasnier and then again in the 1920s by Roger Jusserand, who also built the Maison Bleue in Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue and gold mosaics by Isidore Odorico, 1893-1945, made using the arivoltatura or Facchina technique, in the staircase of the art deco Hotel d'Anjou, built in 1857 and designed by Alexandre Richard-Delalande, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The building was remodelled in 1913 by Gustave Gasnier and then again in the 1920s by Roger Jusserand, who also built the Maison Bleue in Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper floors of La Maison Bleue, an art deco building, 1929, designed by Jusserand for Gabriel Creteau, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The facade is covered in blue and gold mosaics by Isidore Odorico, 1893-1945. The 8 storey building is tiered with the mosaic colour grading from beige up to blue. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pot containing 35 Roman aurei or gold coins with the effigy of emperor Augustus, made in a monetary workshop in Lyon, c. 21 AD, excavated in 1991, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stanza Marvuglia, bedroom with gold walls and painted ceiling, decorated in Neoclassical style by the Sicilian architect Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia, 1729-1814, 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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  • Stanza Marvuglia, bedroom with gold walls and painted ceiling, decorated in Neoclassical style by the Sicilian architect Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia, 1729-1814, 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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  • Gold mosaics on the ceiling of the Martorana, or Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, a 12th century late Byzantine church in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The dome mosaics depict Christ Pantocrator, 4 archangels, 8 prophets holding scrolls and 4 Evangelists. Palermo was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, and was settled by the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans. Its Arab and Norman centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artwork of gold thread wound in circles, detail, in the Atelier Veronique de Soultrait, a studio and workshop on the rue Vendome, Lyon, France. Veronique de Soultrait produces works of art and decoration created using braiding techniques, with threads and ropes of cotton, hemp, cork, silk and leather. Pieces created include headboards, screens, mats, hangings, panels and other objects, which are often geometric in design. Photographed on 10th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artwork of black and gold wound thread, in the Atelier Veronique de Soultrait, a studio and workshop on the rue Vendome, Lyon, France. Veronique de Soultrait produces works of art and decoration created using braiding techniques, with threads and ropes of cotton, hemp, cork, silk and leather. Pieces created include headboards, screens, mats, hangings, panels and other objects, which are often geometric in design. Photographed on 10th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of coins and ingots, in the Salle du Tresor, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casting coins at the foundry in the Paris Mint or La Monnaie de Paris, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the foundry in Paris, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors on guided tours can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. France's euro coins are cast at a sister site in Pessac, Gironde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casting coins at the foundry in the Paris Mint or La Monnaie de Paris, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the foundry in Paris, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors on guided tours can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. France's euro coins are cast at a sister site in Pessac, Gironde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casting coins at the foundry in the Paris Mint or La Monnaie de Paris, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the foundry in Paris, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors on guided tours can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. France's euro coins are cast at a sister site in Pessac, Gironde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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