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  • Tomb of the bull, a Lycian rock tomb with arched tympanum topped with carved bull's horns, an ancient Anatolian symbol of courage and power, in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of the bull, a Lycian rock tomb with arched tympanum topped with carved bull's horns, an ancient Anatolian symbol of courage and power, in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Tomb of the bull, a Lycian rock tomb with arched tympanum topped with carved bull's horns, an ancient Anatolian symbol of courage and power, showing shelves for the bodies, in Pinara, an ancient Lycian city on Mount Kragos, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey. Pinara was founded in the 5th century BC as an extension of the overcrowded Xanthos and was one of the largest cities in Lycia. It was a religious centre dedicated to Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite which later became Christianised and was a bishopric in Byzantine times before being abandoned in the 9th century. The remains of several ancient temples can be seen in Pinara, as well as rock tombs, an upper and lower acropolis, a theatre, an odeon, an agora and a church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, and David, wearing a crown and holding a harp and psalm, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, and David, wearing a crown and holding a harp and psalm, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, and David, wearing a crown and holding a harp and psalm, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses with horns and long divided beard, holding a phylactery and the Tablets of the Law, and David, wearing a crown and holding a harp and psalm, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, the burial site of Philippe le Hardi duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, now the Hospital de la Chartreuse, Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. The hexagonal building surrounding the sculpture was added in the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar of Cernunnos, a Gallic god of regeneration, Gallo-Roman sculpted relief used by a fertility cult, 1st century AD, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, France. The seated god holds his attributes, torque, deer horns, bag of seeds, flanked by Apollo and Mercury. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Goddess Hathor as a cow with solar disc in her horns, suckling pharaoh Hatshepsut as a child, relief in the Hathor shrine, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Hathor, goddess of sky, women, love and fertility, also represents the hills of Deir el-Bahari and Hatshepsut presented herself as a reincarnation of the goddess. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Goddess Hathor as a cow with solar disc in her horns, relief in the Hathor shrine, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Hathor, goddess of sky, women, love and fertility, also represents the hills of Deir el-Bahari and Hatshepsut presented herself as a reincarnation of the goddess. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Amon, Egyptian king of the gods, with ram horns, Gallo-Roman, date unknown, from Gard, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Bacchus, god of wine, with 3 horns, Gallo-Roman limestone sculpture, excavated at the Villa des Olivoux in Montignac, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Bacchus, god of wine, with 3 horns, Gallo-Roman limestone sculpture, excavated at the Villa des Olivoux in Montignac, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mask with horns of plenty, probably representing a merchant, on the facade of an 18th century mansion on the Place de la Bourse, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. The city houses large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 satyrs blowing horns, relief, detail from the tomb of Thomas James, bishop of Dol 1482-1504, and his 2 nephews, made 1507, by Antoine Juste, 1479-1519, and his brother Jean-Juste, 1485-1549, in Renaissance style, in the North transept, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tyranny enthroned, depicted with horns and fangs and holding a chalice and a dagger, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Fountain with river gods holding horns of plenty in the 16th century Mannerist gardens of the Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The villa and gardens were made for Cardinal Gambara and designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, 1507-73. The gardens form part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the devil stealing Job's flocks in order to test his devotion to God, stained glass window, 13th century, originally from the Sainte Chapelle, now in the Musee de Cluny or the Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris, France. The devil has a red face with horns and his tongue sticking out. The Sainte Chapelle is a 13th century royal medieval Gothic chapel on the Ile de la Cite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Goddess Hathor as a cow with solar disc in her horns, relief in the Hathor shrine, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Hathor, goddess of sky, women, love and fertility, also represents the hills of Deir el-Bahari and Hatshepsut presented herself as a reincarnation of the goddess. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Goddess Hathor as a cow with solar disc in her horns, detail, relief in the Hathor shrine, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Hathor, goddess of sky, women, love and fertility, also represents the hills of Deir el-Bahari and Hatshepsut presented herself as a reincarnation of the goddess. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bearded head with horns, 1 of the 77 choir stalls, carved in oak in the 14th century, with depictions of the medieval population of Dol on the armrests, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion relief of Paris, son of Priam in profile, wearing a helmet of a ram's head and horns, triangular pediment above a door in the Upper Courtyard of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. At the top of this triangle is depicted a ball of fire, either a reference to the fire of 1487, or perhaps a symbol of alchemy. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital depicting 2 men blowing horns and foliage decoration, in the galleries of the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panel, 17th century, with figures supporting a painting topped with horns of plenty, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau des Comtes de Hornes, begun early 13th century and transformed during the Renaissance, built by the lords of Trazegnies, at Braine-le-Chateau, Wallonia, Belgium. The castle was restored and enlarged after 1835 when it was bought by count Eugene-Gaspard de Robiano. It is surrounded by moats and parkland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horn blower sounding the horn for the start of the tournament, from the 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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  • Horn blower sounding the horn for the start of the jousting at the village tournament, from the 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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  • After being betrayed and ambushed by Ganelon, Roland is alone amongst the bodies of soldiers. Protected by the hand of God, he cries on his sword and strikes a rock, which splits in 2, and blows as hard as he can on his ivory horn. Medallion of Roland splitting the rock and sounding the horn, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. 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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  • Hunter blowing horn, detail from Unicon defending himself, 1495-1505, in the Unicorn Tapestries Room, housing 7 tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn, 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. This tapestry was woven in wool, silk, gilt and silver thread in the Southern Netherlands from a cartoon designed in Paris, France. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey, in the evening from the terrace of the Cafe Pierre Loti. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Golden Horn ferry and passengers at the quayside with Suleymaniye Mosque in the background,  Istanbul, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting a figure representing the seasonal harvest with a horn of plenty and vine leaves, 587 AD, from the Church of Bishop Sergius, built 586 AD in the time of Bishop Sergius of Madaba, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. This is the only human figure to remain in the mosaic cycle as it was protected by the stone base of a later pulpit, the others having been destroyed by Christian iconoclasts. The church was built as a basilica with an apse and elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rome's city gate resembling a Roussillon Romanesque church, and a soldier sounding the horn, detail from Quo Vadis scene of St Peter fleeing Rome and Christ appearing and blessing him, Romanesque relief, late 12th century, in the south gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Scenes from the life of Peter and Paul are depicted in the cloister as the bishop was successor to the apostles. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rome's city gate resembling a Roussillon Romanesque church, and a soldier sounding the horn, detail from Quo Vadis scene of St Peter fleeing Rome and Christ appearing and blessing him, Romanesque relief, late 12th century, in the south gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Scenes from the life of Peter and Paul are depicted in the cloister as the bishop was successor to the apostles. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged cherub blowing fire from a horn, representing the role of breath or the wind in the alchemy, in contrast to the section depicting fire contained in a cup, from the coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone carved altar to Fortuna conservatrix, goddess of fate and good luck, holding a wheel and horn of plenty or cornucopia, set up by Venenus, a German, found in the bath house of Chesters Roman Fort or Cilurnum in 1884, at Chesters Roman Fort Museum, managed by English Heritage, 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 wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. The Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile coast to coast long distance footpath, runs alongside it at his point. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Netherby Genius, a Roman relief sculpture of a genius or guardian spirit, found at Netherby, the site of Castra Exploratorum Roman Fort, before 1725, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The figure is sacrificing over an altar with a sacrificial vessel in his right hand, and cornucopia or horn of plenty in his left. He is wearing a crown decorated with walls and turrets and is sculpted in an arched niche. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. 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 wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ferry arriving at Eminonu with the Galata Tower in the distance, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. The Galata Tower or Galata Kulesi was built in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople, as part of the fortifications of its citadel. Today it houses a restaurant, cafe and nightclub. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man selling flags with the image of Kemal Ataturk, first president of Turkey and founder of the Turkish Republic, on a crowded street at Eminonu, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men selling fish sandwiches at Eminonu, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Fish sandwiches were traditionally sold directly from fishing boats returning from sea, although nowadays there are just three licensed vendors of this popular snack. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ferry leaving the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge and many ferry routes begin and end here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young Turkish woman eating while a family of Turkish tourists have their photograph taken at the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men fishing on the Galata Bridge, built 1994, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, with the New Mosque Yeni Cami or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Valide Camii) in the background. The Galata bridge, the fifth between Karakoy and Eminonu, was built by STFA and designed and supervised by GAMB. It crosses the Golden Horn and is a 490m long bascule bridge with a main span of 80m and a 42m wide deck. It has 3 traffic lanes and 1 walkway in each direction plus tram tracks connecting suburban Zeytinburnu to Kabatas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young Turkish couple walking near the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of Suleymaniye Mosque or Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (Suleymaniye Camii) 1550-58, by Mimar Sinan, Istanbul, Turkey, at dawn from the Golden Horn. Commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent, and located on Istanbul's Third Hill, Suleymaniye Mosque was restored in 1665 after a fire, in 1766 due to an earthquake and in 1956 after damage in World War I. The historical areas were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Suleymaniye Mosque or Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (Suleymaniye Camii) 1550-58, by Mimar Sinan, Istanbul, Turkey, at dawn from the Golden Horn. Commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent, and located on Istanbul's Third Hill, Suleymaniye Mosque was restored in 1665 after a fire, in 1766 due to an earthquake and in 1956 after damage in World War I. The mosque itself is preceded by a monumental courtyard (avlu). At the four corners of the courtyard are the four minarets. The dome is buttressed by two half-domes and two typanum walls. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii), 1597-1663, by Davut Aga, Dalgic Ahmed Cavus, and Mustafa Aga, Istanbul, Turkey. This Ottoman Imperial mosque stands on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. Originally commissioned by Safiye Sultan the project was finished after many delays by another valide Sultan, Turhan Hadice. The mosque has sixty-six domes and semi domes and two minarets. The main dome is 36m high and is supported by four semi-domes. The mosque is constructed with stone from Rhodes and its facade is decorated with Iznik tiles. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Quo Vadis scene of St Peter fleeing Rome and Christ appearing and blessing him, with Rome's city gate on the left and a soldier sounding the horn, Romanesque relief, late 12th century, in the south gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Scenes from the life of Peter and Paul are depicted in the cloister as the bishop was successor to the apostles. Above is a serpent, symbol of sin. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quo Vadis scene of St Peter fleeing Rome and Christ appearing and blessing him, with Rome's city gate on the left and a soldier sounding the horn, Romanesque relief, late 12th century, in the south gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Scenes from the life of Peter and Paul are depicted in the cloister as the bishop was successor to the apostles. Above is a serpent, symbol of sin. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Union of business, sciences and the arts, with Mercury god of commerce, Erato muse of fine arts and poetry, Urania muse of astronomy, and divinities with a horn of plenty and wheel, at the altar of Pluto, allegorical ceiling fresco, 1826, by Charles Meynier, 1763-1832, in the nave, used for galas, conferences and other events, in the Palais Brongniart, or Palais de la Bourse, built by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart 1808-13 and Eloi Labarre 1813-26, on the Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The nave is a 2 storey hall lined with arcades, housing 500 at conference or 1200 for drinks. The building housed the Bourse de Paris or Paris Stock Exchange from the late 19th century, and Euronext Paris from 2000, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted figures of a horn player and 2 putti beneath 1 of the 8 balconies on the Baroque Palazzo la Rocca, built 1760-80 for the Baron of Sant'Ippolito, Don Saverio la Rocca, on Via Capitano Bocchieri in Ragusa Ibla, in Sicily, Italy. The town is split into the lower and older town of Ragusa Ibla, and the higher upper town of Ragusa Superiore, separated by the Valle dei Ponti. It is built on the site of an ancient city, inhabited by Sicels, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. In 1693 it was devastated by an earthquake, and was rebuilt in the Baroque style. The town forms part of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Phoenix pecking at the fruits in a horn of plenty,  with the bird representing fire and the philosopher's stone, also rebirth and returning to oneself, from the coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountain of Hercules with a male figure blowing a horn, and behind, the facade of the Chiesa di San Domenico, designed by Rosario Gagliardi as a Dominican monastery and built 1703-27, on the square between the Corso Victor Emmanuele and the Via Giosue Carducci, Noto, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Much of Noto was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693 and the Sicilian Baroque style is therefore prevalent. Noto is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco decoration of a satyr pouring wine into a horn, on the South wall of the Frigidarium or cold pool of the baths in the Casa del Criptoportico, or House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, Italy. This room is decorated in the Second Style of Pompeiian wall painting, 1st century BC. The house is one of the largest in Pompeii and was owned by the Valerii Rufi family and built in the 3rd century BC. It takes its name from the underground corridor or cryptoporticus used as a wine cellar and lit by small windows. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A centaur with an unusual headdress, blowing a horn and holding a club, quadrilobe relief, 13th century, to the left of the door on the Portail des Libraires or North Transept Portal, at Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • After the long siege, Charlemagne's soldiers storm the city of Pamplona. A knight spears an infidel and another rushes into the city while a watchman belatedly blows his horn. Section of the Fall of Pamplona, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. 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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  • Three young Turkish women seated on a bench near the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mobile food stall at Eminonu, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The New Mosque Yeni Cami or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Valide Camii), 1597-1663, by Davut Aga, Dalgic Ahmed Cavus and Mustafa Aga, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, at dawn, seen from the sea. This Ottoman Imperial mosque stands on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. Originally commissioned by Safiye Sultan the project was finished after many delays by another valide Sultan, Turhan Hadice. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Boys eating and watching boats serving food at Eminonu, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii), 1597-1663, by Davut Aga, Dalgic Ahmed Cavus, and Mustafa Aga, Istanbul, Turkey, at dawn, from the sea. This Ottoman Imperial mosque stands on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. Originally commissioned by Safiye Sultan the project was finished after many delays by another valide Sultan, Turhan Hadice. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Stone statue of a hunter, 14th century, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Burgundy, France. The hunter is standing, wearing a tunic, cloak and boots, with a hunting horn slung over this shoulder. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. Its abbey church is the oldest Cistercian church in France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a winged victory holding a wreath and a horn of plenty, in front of the National Theatre, The Rudolfinum, built 1876-1884 in neo-Renaissance style by architects Josef Zitek and Josef Schulze on Jan Palach Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Originally intended as a multipurpose cultural building, the Rudolfinum was inagurated on February 7, 1885. In 1919 it was converted to the House of Commons of the Czechoslovak Republic. Concert activity was restored to the Rudolfinum during the German occupation, and fully after 1992 with a general reconstruction by architect Karel Prager, when it became home to the Czech Philharmonic and the Rudolfinum Gallery. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone relief from Elne Cloister, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 12th century, displayed at the Abbey of St Mary of Lagrasse. The relief appears to depict a kneeling monk receiving a blessing, with others inside a building, possibly a monastery, one holding a spear and one blowing a horn. The Romanesque cloister at Elne was built 12th - 14th centuries at the Cathedral of Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie which was consecrated in 1069. Its capitals are carved by craftsmen from the Roussillon area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restaurants at night on the Galata Bridge, built 1994, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, with Suleymaniye Mosque or Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (Suleymaniye Camii), 1550-57, in the background. The Galata bridge, the fifth between Karakoy and Eminonu, was built by STFA and designed and supervised by GAMB. It crosses the Golden Horn and is a 490m long bascule bridge with a main span of 80m and a 42m wide deck. It has 3 traffic lanes and 1 walkway in each direction plus tram tracks connecting suburban Zeytinburnu to Kabatas. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Restaurants at night on the Galata Bridge, built 1994, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. The Galata bridge, the fifth between Karakoy and Eminonu, was built by STFA and designed and supervised by GAMB. It crosses the Golden Horn and is a 490m long bascule bridge with a main span of 80m and a 42m wide deck. It has 3 traffic lanes and 1 walkway in each direction plus tram tracks connecting suburban Zeytinburnu to Kabatas. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Restaurant on the Galata Bridge, built 1994, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, with the New Mosque Yeni Cami or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Valide Camii) in the background. The Galata bridge, the fifth between Karakoy and Eminonu, was built by STFA and designed and supervised by GAMB. It crosses the Golden Horn and is a 490m long bascule bridge with a main span of 80m and a 42m wide deck. It has 3 traffic lanes and 1 walkway in each direction plus tram tracks connecting suburban Zeytinburnu to Kabatas. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Pillory, built 1521 for the public punishment of prisoners, on the Grand-Place, near the Eglise Saint-Remy and the Chateau des Comtes de Hornes, at Braine-le-Chateau, Wallonia, Belgium. The pillory was erected by Maximilien de Hornes, chamberlain of emperor Charles V. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nubians and Sudanese, with a giraffe, vervet monkey and long horned cattle, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south, on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted mythological creature with a horned head and eagle's wings, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs, pictures etched into the rock surface, depicting ancestral Puebloans along the bottom, with other clans at the top including (left-right) Mountain Lion clan, Horned Toad clan, Parrot clan, Mountain Sheep clan and Eagle clan, on the Petroglyph Point Trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The double spiral is a sipapu, representing the place where Pueblo people believe they emerged from the earth, so the rock face tells the story of various clans, their origins and movements. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of petroglyphs, pictures etched into the rock surface, depicting ancestral Puebloans along the bottom, with other clans at the top including (left-right) Mountain Lion clan, Horned Toad clan, Parrot clan, Mountain Sheep clan and Eagle clan, on the Petroglyph Point Trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The double spiral is a sipapu, representing the place where Pueblo people believe they emerged from the earth, so the rock face tells the story of various clans, their origins and movements. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petroglyphs, pictures etched into the rock surface, depicting ancestral Puebloans along the bottom, with other clans at the top including (left-right) Mountain Lion clan, Horned Toad clan, Parrot clan, Mountain Sheep clan and Eagle clan, on the Petroglyph Point Trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The double spiral is a sipapu, representing the place where Pueblo people believe they emerged from the earth, so the rock face tells the story of various clans, their origins and movements. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capital from the Romanesque cloister representing the torture of the damned in hell, being boiled alive in cauldrons surrounded by horned devils, and others being sodomized by devils, 11th century, Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The colonnade of the cloister is made of Romanesque arches supported by double columns with over 70 capitals carved with fantastic creatures and vegetal motifs. Master craftsmen were brought in from the Roussillon and Italy to carve the capitals, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts. The surrounding galleries are home to tombs of rich members of the monastery, dating to the 14th - 18th centuries. The cathedral was begun in the 11th century in Romanesque style, and later continued in the 14th century in Catalan Gothic style, redesigned by Pere Sacoma in 1312 and built by the school of Mallorcan architect Jaume Fabre. Of the original Romanesque building only the 12th century cloister and a bell tower remain. The cathedral was completed in the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capital from the Romanesque cloister representing the torture of the damned in hell, being boiled alive in cauldrons surrounded by horned devils, and others being sodomized by devils, 11th century, Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The colonnade of the cloister is made of Romanesque arches supported by double columns with over 70 capitals carved with fantastic creatures and vegetal motifs. Master craftsmen were brought in from the Roussillon and Italy to carve the capitals, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts. The surrounding galleries are home to tombs of rich members of the monastery, dating to the 14th - 18th centuries. The cathedral was begun in the 11th century in Romanesque style, and later continued in the 14th century in Catalan Gothic style, redesigned by Pere Sacoma in 1312 and built by the school of Mallorcan architect Jaume Fabre. Of the original Romanesque building only the 12th century cloister and a bell tower remain. The cathedral was completed in the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontana Pretoria (Fountain of Pretoria, Pretoria Fountain), 1552 - 1555, by Florentine sculptor Francesco Camilliani (1530 - 1586), Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the front of Pedestrians walking in Eminonu, Istanbul, Turkey with The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii) in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Stag hunt, Flemish tapestry, late 15th century, detail of the butchering of the stag and dogs eating the entrails, in the Salle du Banquet, or banqueting hall, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gabrielle d’Estrees, 1573-99, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux and mistress of Henry IV of France, as Diana the huntress, detail of painting by Ambroise Dubois, 1542-1616, late 16th century French School, in the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici and Louise Dupin have all contributed to the development of Chenonceau through the centuries. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome plaster replica of Moses holding a scroll and the tablets of the law and King David with a scroll, from the Puits de Moise, or Well of Moses, 1395-1403, sculpted by Claus Sluter, 1340-1406, and his studio, and painted by Jean Malouel, 1365-1415, originally for the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The sculpture was commissioned by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, and consists of a crucifixion scene surrounded by 6 prophets (Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah), with 6 weeping angels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Classical style woman with cornucopia in trompe l'oeil frame, wall painting by Pietro Ricchi, 1606-75, in the antechamber to the Chambre de la Parade, or Parade Room, at the Chateau de Flecheres, built 1610-16 by Jean de Seve, in Dombes, Fareins, Ain, France. The chateau was built on an earlier 12th century fortress and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coachman, painted wrought iron sign outside the Relais de Postes or post house, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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