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  • The little kitchen, used to wash laundry and to heat the floor in the neighbouring steam room using the hearth to the left of the fireplace, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The steam room had a double basin of hot and cold water and a room with water for washing, and a cloakroom, as well as direct staircase access to the  private apartments. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace surrounds, stored at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in Josep Batllo's study, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Fireplace with art nouveau ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Capitals carved with fish on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first 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. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. 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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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen with bread oven and fireplace, built in 2006, in the North Range or Logis Seigneurial, completed in 2010, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace with detailed sculpted foliage and crenellated turrets, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The Salle des Festins was used for receptions. It has a monumental fireplace, a high lodge for musicians and a hatch enabling dishes to be brought quickly to the table. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen, 1782, with bakery, pastry oven and pantry attached, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in a internal room of the Hotel Juvenal des Ursins, a mansion built 1526 by the Jouvenel des Ursins family after the fire of 1524, on the Rue Champeaux, Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The building is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reve au coin du feu, or Dream by the Fire, bronze and marble sculpture, c. 1899, cast by E Blot c. 1905, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first 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. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. 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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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Josep Batllo's study, with fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The serving room and fireplace open onto the lounges located on the main facade, via large oak curved doors and stained glass panels. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Enormous brick fireplace in the Salle de Majorque, where banquets, receptions and parliaments were held, on the south side of the main courtyard, 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. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de Parement, or the Great Chamber, a 14th century reception room where the duke would receive guests, in the Chateau de Saumur, in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. A castle was first built here at the confluence of the Loire and Thouet rivers under Thibaud I, Count of Blois, in the 10th century. It was then owned by the Dukes of Anjou and added to many times, including the star shaped fortifications in the 16th century, designed by Bartholomeo. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and Musee du Cheval. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archangel Gabriel, detail, from the Annunciation, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, detail, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace flanked by statues of 2 women, in the restaurant on the first floor of the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Double fireplace serving as a kitchen at the Western end of the Guest Chamber, with a central row of columns, 1 of 3 dining halls lying one above the other in the Merveille, built 1203-28, to the North of the Abbey Church, built with a donation from the King of France, Philip Augustus, at Mont-Saint-Michel or St Michael's Mount, a tidal island housing a Benedictine abbey founded in 966, and other medieval buildings within strong defensive ramparts, Normandy, Northern France. Mont-Saint-Michel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its abbey and many other buildings are historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room with chimney representing a typical traditional Ottoman house in the Gjirokastra Ethnographic Museum, on the site of the childhood home of Enver Hoxha, Albania's communist dictator 1944-85, Gjirokastra, Albania. The museum building was constructed in 1966 after the original house was destroyed by fire. Gjirokastra was settled by the Greek Chaonians, the Romans and Byzantines before becoming an Ottoman city in 1417. Its old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the commandant's bedroom, on the second floor of the donjon or keep of the Chateau de Dourdan, built 1220-22 by Guillaume de Flamenville under Philippe Auguste, replacing an earlier wooden structure, Dourdan, Hurepoix, Essonne, France. Here we see 2 of the carved consoles supporting the ceiling ribs, and 2 coats of arms on the wall. The castle is built on a square plan, with towers along the sides, at 3 of the corners and an isolated donjon at the 4th, and is surrounded by a dry moat. From 1672-1852 it became a prison, and now houses a history museum. The castle became an Historical Monument in 1964. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Treasury or La Salle du Tresor<br />
in the North West turret on the second floor of the Keep or donjon, off Charles V's bedroom, Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France. In the King's absence the door was locked, sealed with wax and he kept the only key. From 1367, the room was used to store the Kingdom's gold, and part of the king's collection of manuscripts and objects. The Keep is 50m high, built 1337-73, the highest fortified medieval building in Europe. It has a square plan 16x16m with a square room on each floor with walls 3m thick, with a turret on each corner. The Chateau was originally built in 1150 as a hunting lodge for Louis VII, with a donjon added in the 14th century, walls in the 15th and further extended in the 17th century. It was an important royal palace until the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A peasant sits by the fire warming his hands and feet at the flames in the coldest month of the year when the land cannot be worked, section of February from the Zodiac and the labours of the months stained glass window, 1217, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This calendar window contains scenes showing the zodiacal symbol with its corresponding monthly activity. 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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  • Fireplace with art nouveau ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, 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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  • Quadras family coat of arms on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first 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. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. 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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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first 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. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. 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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  • Dining room, with bench seats and Art Nouveau inspired fireplace with floral mosaic work and a circular wooden relief, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emile's forge, donated by Maurice Bernard from Eurville, with hearths, bellows, tools, power hammers, anvils and stamping machines, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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