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  • Hopi man hoeing corn planted in widely-spaced bunches, a technique which conserves water, escapes frost and protects young plants from spring wind, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Hopi grow over 300 varieties of corn. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zuni pottery canteen, 1885-1900, with design representing a rain bird and double-winged dragonflies, part of the Wetherill Family archive at the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Wetherill family were ranchers who also discovered many of the Puebloan Ancestral ruins in Colorado, including at Mesa Verde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 young women at the Tewa-Hopi village of Hano, Arizona, grinding corn with mans and metates, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1895, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, from the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The hairstyle of the woman on the right suggests this scene is a Hopi coming of age ceremony which includes 3 days of corn grinding. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaco canteen with black on white geometric pattern, 875-1000 AD, Pueblo I - Pueblo II periods, made near Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and found at Chimney Rock near Pagoda Springs, Colorado, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 Native American women carrying water gourds on their backs, photograph, 19th century, from the National Anthropological Archive, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, President of the United States, in Colorado on one of his expeditions, photograph, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi man weaving an indigo (a blue wool manta or woman’s dress), in Oraibi, Arizona, with a blanket made from rabbit fur strips hanging on the wall on the right, an ancient technique found in Four Corners archaeological sites, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1902, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Striped shoe-sock, made of cotton and animal hair stitched to a base of planted yucca leaves, one of the few pieces of winter footwear to have survived, from the collection of the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olla, a pot used for cooking and storage, with handles for carrying, Chapin Gray, 575-950 AD, Basketmaker III - Pueblo II periods, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado, USA. This early form of Native American pottery was made without surface decoration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bluff pottery bowl with black on red design,  made in Utah 780-1000 AD by the local Navajo tribe and traded throughout Southwest Colorado, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frontispiece from a woman’s apron made with yucca fiber and vegetal dyes, Basketmaker culture, 1500 BC - 500 AD,  courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Custer Fight at The Battle of the Little Bighorn, showing Native Americans on horseback in foreground, painting, 1903, by<br />
Charles Marion Russell, 1864-1926, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The battle was between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army and took place on 25th and 16th June 1876, near the Little Bighorn River, during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The US army suffered a major defeat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pueblo ancestors, 2 Hopi girls in Arizona, 19th century photograph, from the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castle Rock Pueblo, inhabited 1250-1275, reconstruction (no structures are visible today), watercolour drawing by Paul Ermigiotti, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Castle Rock Pueblo was the site of an Anasazi settlement built 1250–1275, with Great Houses, 16 kivas, 40 rooms, 9 towers, and a D-shaped enclosure, at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Hopi woman in Shungopavi, Arizona, weaving a plaited-style basket, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1901, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, from the William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mug and pot lid with black on white geometric painted design, 1180-1280 AD, from Mesa Verde, Pueblo III period, (mug or ceramic lids were rarely produced outside of the Northen San Juan region), from The Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olla, a pot used for cooking and storage, with handles for carrying, Chapin Gray, 575-950 AD, Basketmaker III - Pueblo II periods, from Grass Mesa Village, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. This early form of Native American pottery was made without surface decoration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small pottery canteen with narrow neck, loop handles for attaching straps and a geometric black on white design, from Mesa Verde, 1180-1230 AD, Pueblo III period, from the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA.  This canteen may have served a ritual purpose. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Children of Ute hunters, who guided and fed Spanish explorers who first arrived in the mid-1700s, photograph, from the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking down into a kiva, a sunken circular ceremonial room in a Puebloan settlement, photograph by Carl T Lloyd, from the Paul Martin Collection, Field Museum of Natural History, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of prominent archaeologists in the Peabody Museum Expedition Camp at Awatovi, Arizona, 1939, (left-right) Ted Sayles, Charles Amsden, Al Kidder, Emil Haury, Jesse Nusbaum, and J O Brew, courtesy of the School of American Research, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • T Mitchell Prudent with his niece Gertrude, c. 1900, photograph, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Wetherill brothers, (left-right) Al, Win, Richard and John, a family of Colorado ranchers who also helped rediscover many of the State's ancient Puebloan sites, photograph, c. 1893, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • William Henry Holmes, 1846-1933, American explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist, photograph, 1918, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi woman making pottery, possibly for sale, at Moki Pueblo, photograph probably by William Henry Jackson, c. 1875, or Adam Clark Vroman, c. 1900, courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society, William Henry Jackson Collection, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Hopi pottery declined with the arrival of metal cookware in the 19th century, but was reborn c. 1890 when the potter Nampeyo or Harmless Snake adopted ancestral styles from nearby archaeological sites. This photo might show Nampeyo as a teenager. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oraibi, Arizona, possibly the oldest inhabited village in America, with classic Pueblo architecture with plaster over stone and a central plaza for religious and social gatherings and rooftops serving as upper patios reached by exterior stairs and ladders, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1898, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sash of tropical macaw feathers on a tassel-eared squirrel’s pelt, evidence of long distance trade and rich ceremonial traditions, from Edge of the Cedars State Park, Blanding, Utah, in the collection of the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Native American men in traditional clothing, posed as if performing a snake dance, photograph by the Gerhard Sisters, Emme Gerhard, 1872–1946, and Mayme Gerhard, 1876–1955, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chief Crane, Potawatomi Indian chief, holding a tomahawk, and an unidentified Native American man, in delegation to Washington DC in 1855 and 1865, photograph, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The terrace of the 'Centro de Interpretacion Patrimonial de Almeria' or Heritage Interpretation Center (CIP Almeria), and in the distance, the hilltop Alcazaba, a 10th century fortified enclosure and royal residence in Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alcazaba was begun in 955 by Rahman III and completed by Hayran, Taifa king of Almeria, in the 11th century. It was later added to by the Catholic monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The oldest basket yet found in the Americas, about 9000 years old, probably used to gather and process small seeds, made in central Utah, from the collection of the Utah Museum of Natural History, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Replica of a split twig animal figurine made from a single split and bent willow branch, 2900-1250 BC, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The figurines are from 30 sites in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California. Some were recovered in the debris of daily living and others were ritually cached in pits or beneath rock cairns, often with bits of animals dung, or pierced by tiny spears, apparently as hunting magic. They may represent totems, animal relatives of the people who made them. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Headquarters of the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (Carabinieri Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage), 18th century building designed by Filippo Raguzzini architect of the Piazza di Sant'Ignazio (Saint Ignatius' square), 1727-1728, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, drawing based on a prehistoric rock painting, c. 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, at the Ecomuseo Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Bicorp Ecomuseum is a Heritage Interpretation Centre exploring the landscape, history and heritage of the surrounding area, including the cave paintings in the nearby Cuevas de la Arana and the Barranco Moreno, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a house for a builder of Stonehenge, based on the remains of buildings excavated at Durrington Walls, at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone circle at Stonehenge, 3000-2000 BC, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. The fort is rectangular, with the main administrative buildings in the centre, and barracks, stables and workshops at either side. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of a Roman auxiliary soldier from the Hadrian era, 125 AD, by Nick Hardcastle, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. An auxiliary would wear a chainmail coat and iron helmet, with a long sword and spear and oval wooden shield, enclosed boots like those found at Vindolanda, and close-fitting trousers. 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers were based at Housesteads Fort. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. The fort is rectangular, with the main administrative buildings in the centre, and barracks, stables and workshops at either side. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman sculpture of the Matres or mother-goddesses seated on a bench, wearing tunics and holding cups and possibly fruit, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Popular on Hadrian’s Wall, the Matres Cult is a military cult originating in Germany. It is thought there was a Matres temple near Knag Burn and 9 Matres sculptures have been found at Housesteads. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone altar with dedication to Jupiter, the main state deity and embodiment of Imperial Rome, with carved images of a patera (small pan) and jug used to pour libations into the hollow scoops on the altar top, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. An inscription reads, 'to Jupiter best and greatest, and the spirit of the Emperors, the 1st regiment of Hungarians, under the command of Quintus Julius Maximus'. Such dedications of new altars enabled individuals and regiments to record their achievements and document their allegiance. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone with carving of Mercury, god of trade, commerce and thieves, in a classical pose, with a cloak draped over his arm, a winged hat or petasus, staff or caduceus and money bag in his right hand, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone with a carved fragment of a larger inscription, recording a measurement of length in Roman feet '(PE) DATVRA (…) VCI', built by an unknown unit, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone carved with a fragment of an inscription, stating the self-government of the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. The inscription refers to ‘D.VICA (NI)’, the decree of the vicuna and is probably referring to a public work carried out by a council of villagers. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman carved stone depicting the genii cucullati, 3 spirits wearing hooded cloaks, commonly worshipped across Northern Europe, possibly in connection with fertility, found in the alcove of a small family shrine in the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Roman carved stone depicting the genii cucullati, 3 spirits wearing hooded cloaks, commonly worshipped across Northern Europe, possibly in connection with fertility, found in the alcove of a small family shrine in the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman carved stone depicting the genii cucullati, 3 spirits wearing hooded cloaks, commonly worshipped across Northern Europe, possibly in connection with fertility, found in the alcove of a small family shrine in the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the chalet barracks at Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall in the 4th century AD, by Philip Corke, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Around 300 AD, the communal barracks at the fort were demolished and replaced with chalet style houses for each soldier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman window head carved with stylised wheels or rosettes, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Many decorative window heads have been found at Housesteads, with abstract and geometric designs aswell as classical motifs. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone shrine with carving of Diana, goddess of the moon and hunting, reaching for an arrow with her bow poised, with a hunting dog and a stag watching, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone with carving of Mars, god of war and the legions, dressed as a soldier wearing body armour, pleated skirt and greaves or leg protection and a crested helmet, holding a spear and shield with a goose in the foreground, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. An inscription reads, 'To the God Mars, Victory and the Deities of the Emperors'. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone inscribed with ‘C IVLI CANDID F', meaning 'the century of Julius Candidus made this', found on Hadrian's Wall West of Housesteads, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. There are 3 other stones from the Wall recording this centurion. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone shrine or aedicula with sculpture of the winged goddess Victory with half folded wings and billowing tunic suggesting she is hovering, about to land her right foot on a globe, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Her arms probably held a victor’s wreath and a palm branch. Victory symbolised success in battle and protection against death, and Emperor Hadrian’s work in Britan marked and end to fighting in the North and his Wall, a symbol of victory, defined and protected the province of Britannia. 4 statues of Victory have been recovered from Housesteads. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Roman carved stone depicting the genii cucullati, 3 spirits wearing hooded cloaks, commonly worshipped across Northern Europe, possibly in connection with fertility, found in the alcove of a small family shrine in the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted view of the Alhambra and poem by Angel Ganivet, painted by E Arco, commissioned by F Torres, painted on porcelain tiles in the streets of the Alcaiceria souk, part of the Grand Bazaar of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Puerta de Elvira or the Gate of Elvira, an old stone arch, one of the original entrance gates into Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The gate was declared a Bien de Interes Cultural in 1896. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow street with traditional houses in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas (right), originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional houses of El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen in the distance from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas, originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Albayzin, the Moorish old town and on the left, the Convento de Santa Isabel la Real, built in the 16th century in Mudejar style, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountain in the Court of the Lions, built 1362 in the second reign of Muhammad V, in the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The fountain consists of an alabaster basin supported by 12 statues of lions in white marble, carved in the 11th century. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of King Francois I, 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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  • Abdullah Al Zayed House, an old traditional Bahraini house, restored and reopened in 2003 as the Abdullah Al Zayed House for Bahraini Press Heritage, as part of the Sheik Ebrahim Center, in Muharraq, Bahrain. On the left is a mural by eL Seed, a French Tunisian street artist. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Banuelo, or the Banos del Nogal, an 11th century bathhouse in Zirid style, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance to the baths is in a house, remodelled in the Christian period, with a patio that opening to the original house of the watchman. Inside is a hall with access to 3 thermal rooms, cold, warm and hot. The hot room has an underground hypocaust for heating the room and 2 water containers. The barrel vaults have skylights for ventilation and temperature adjustment. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patio with white marble porticoes at each end, a galleried second storey and rectangular pool in the Zafra House, a small Nasrid palace built in the 14th century, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The house opened to the public in 1991 after 2 years of restoration and is now used as the Centre for Historic Studies of Granada and its Kingdom. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the wall decoration including Arabic script in a room on the first floor of the Zafra House, a small Nasrid palace built in the 14th century, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The house opened to the public in 1991 after 2 years of restoration and is now used as the Centre for Historic Studies of Granada and its Kingdom. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace of Dar al-Horra or House of the Honest Lady, a 15th century Nasrid palace named after Aixa, mother of King Boabdil, in El Albayzin or the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace of Dar al-Horra or House of the Honest Lady, a 15th century Nasrid palace named after Aixa, mother of King Boabdil, in El Albayzin or the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Corral del Carbon or the Coal House, a 14th century Nazari building originally used as an alhondiga, a corn exchange or grain store, then a charcoal market, inn, comedy theatre and housing, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance tower seen here is decorated with stucco work, including kufic Arabic script and a large horseshoe arch, with mocarabe work inside the portico. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Carrera del Darro with the Darro river, in El Albaicin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, painted on porcelain tiles in the streets of the Alcaiceria souk, part of the Grand Bazaar of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab with carved fretwork and mocarabe in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab seen through a carved horseshoe arch, in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Banuelo, or the Banos del Nogal, an 11th century bathhouse in Zirid style, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance to the baths is in a house, remodelled in the Christian period, with a patio that opening to the original house of the watchman. Inside is a hall with access to 3 thermal rooms, cold, warm and hot. The hot room has an underground hypocaust for heating the room and 2 water containers. The barrel vaults have skylights for ventilation and temperature adjustment. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Banuelo, or the Banos del Nogal, an 11th century bathhouse in Zirid style, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance to the baths is in a house, remodelled in the Christian period, with a patio that opening to the original house of the watchman. Inside is a hall with access to 3 thermal rooms, cold, warm and hot. The hot room has an underground hypocaust for heating the room and 2 water containers. The barrel vaults have skylights for ventilation and temperature adjustment. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cuesta de las Cabras, a narrow steep street with traditional whitewashed houses in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Pilar del Aljibe, a brick structure covering the old Arab water tank, now a fountain, at the Mirador de San Nicolas or San Nicolas viewpoint in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. These Moorish water cisterns link to underground canals and are found all over Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab with carved fretwork and mocarabe in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted coffered Mudejar ceiling, 16th century, in the Knights Room or Salon de Caballeros in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This room served as a meeting place for the aldermen of the city after the reconquest. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted coffered Mudejar ceiling, 16th century, in the Knights Room or Salon de Caballeros in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This room served as a meeting place for the aldermen of the city after the reconquest. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of polychrome carved fretwork and mocarabe in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of carved polychrome stucco with cursive Arabic inscriptions, from the Mihrab in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oratory or Sala de la Oracion seen through a carved horseshoe arch, with the mihrab below, in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the dome covered in stucco lacework in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gypsy playing flamenco guitar at the Mirador de San Nicolas, lookout point in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alminar or minaret of the Granada Mosque with kufic inscription under the eaves, built in traditional El Albayzin style and opened 2003, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alminar or minaret of the Granada Mosque with kufic inscription under the eaves, built in traditional El Albayzin style and opened 2003, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas at sunrise, originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen in the distance beyond the walls of the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas at sunrise, originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas, originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Cristobal, built 16th century in both Spanish Gothic and Mudejar styles, and houses of El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of San Nicolas, originally built in the 16th century in Mudejar style but rebuilt 1932 after a fire, and El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional houses of El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traditional houses of El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, seen in the distance from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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