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  • Head of a wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the Trojan horse from the 2004 film Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, preserved on the seafront at Canakkale, Turkey. Canakkale is on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles and is the nearest city to the archaeological site of Troy. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the Trojan horse from the 2004 film Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, seen at night, preserved on the seafront at Canakkale, Turkey. Canakkale is on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles and is the nearest city to the archaeological site of Troy. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a wooden model of the Trojan Horse built by the Turkish government in Troy, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey. The original Trojan horse was said to be used by the Greeks to capture the city of Troy from the Trojans during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers hid inside the body of the horse which was pulled into the besieged city by the Trojans, who believed the Greeks to have retreated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Life Guard, Household Cavalry regiment, Horse Guards building, 1751 - 1753, by John Vardy and William Kent, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rolling Horse sculpture by Jurgen Goertz, 2007, on the North terrace of the Hauptbahnhof Berlin, the main train station in Berlin, rebuilt 1995-2006 by Meinhard von Gerkan on the banks of the river Spree, Berlin, Germany. The horse is in a wheel formation and represents the railway. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rolling Horse sculpture by Jurgen Goertz, 2007, on the North terrace of the Hauptbahnhof Berlin, the main train station in Berlin, rebuilt 1995-2006 by Meinhard von Gerkan on the banks of the river Spree, Berlin, Germany. The horse is in a wheel formation and represents the railway. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Black Horse, black marble sculpture, 2005, by Mark Wallinger, b. 1959, exhibited as part of Sculpture in the City 2017, an annual public art programme, July 2017, City of London, London, England. The horse sculpture was made by scanning a live racehorse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chief Blue Horse, painting, c. 1898, oil on canvas, by Eldridge Ayer Burbank, 1858-1949, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Chief Blue Horse or Sunka Wakan To, 1822-1908, was leader of the Wsgluhe Band of Oglala Lakota, warrior, statesman and educator, one of the first Oglala Lakota United States Army Indian Scouts and signatory of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A young girl hurries to a Life Guards on duty for a souvenir shot, Horse Guards building, 1751 - 1753, by John Vardy and William Kent, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jaleo or Fiesta de Caballos, an annual horse festival on the saint's day of St Anthony the Great or San Antoni Abat, at Fornells, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. During the festival, the riders demonstrate their abilities by rearing their Menorcan purebred horses and making them jump and dance to the rhythm of traditional brass band music, while the crowd around tries to touch them. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cart pulled by a horse transporting building materials across a bridge to the building site, and behind, the Great Tower or Tour Maitresse and the North Range or Logis Seigneurial, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cart pulled by a horse transporting building materials, and behind, scaffolding on the curtain walls and lifting gear with double drum squirrel cage, an early form of crane, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mortar from the mixing area being loaded into a cart to be pulled by horse, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carter on a cart pulled by a horse in the courtyard, and behind, the crenellated curtain walls, Chapel Tower and the North Range or Logis Seigneurial, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Workers in the courtyard unloading cut stones from a cart pulled by a horse, and behind, the Chapel Tower and the North Range or Logis Seigneurial, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, photographed in 2017, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Cassandra and the Wooden Horse, from the East wall of the East ala of the Casa del Menandro, or House of Menander, Pompeii, Italy. This room is painted in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, c. 60–79 AD, a complex and Baroque style. Also known as the House of the Silverware, this is one of the largest and most elegant houses in Pompeii, belonging to the Poppei family and built in the 3rd century BC. 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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  • Roman bronze military standard of a cavalry troop, in the form of a walking horse, Severan Vindolanda period 200-212 AD, in the Vindolanda Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Mounted on a tall pole, the flag would have been attached to the bars at the foot of the stand. 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 Vindolanda Museum is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galloping horse, bronze Roman sculpture, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaster cast of a horse found in 2018 in a stable in Civita Giuliana, a suburb of Pompeii North of the city walls, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. The cast was made using the Fiorelli process, pouring plaster into the void left in the compressed ash by the decomposed body. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit : Parco Archeologico di Pompei / Manuel Cohen
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  • A horse standing among palm trees by the sea on the North coast of the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group of 2 horses of the sun (celestial horses who pulled the sun across the sky) and 2 tritons or messengers of the sea, as grooms, white marble statue by Gilles Guerin, 1611-78, French sculptor, in the grotto in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, in an engraving of 1676. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Cheval, Les Chevaux (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, huile, toile, feuille d'or, 325cm x 462cm, Maison du Japon, Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Photo Manuel Cohen..Horse, Horses (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, oil, canvas, golden leaf, 325cm x 462cm, Maison du Japon (Japan House), Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Cheval et chien, Les Chevaux (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, huile, toile, feuille d'or, 325cm x 462cm, Maison du Japon, Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Photo Manuel Cohen..Horse and dog, Horses (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, oil, canvas, golden leaf, 325cm x 462cm, Maison du Japon (Japan House), Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Roman leather chamfron or ceremonial horse's head mask, for both decorating and protecting the head of a horse, 95-105 AD, in the Vindolanda Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. The holes once held elaborate metal studs and a rectangular name tag or tabula ansata is just below the eye holes. 3 chamfrons have been excavated at Vindolanda. 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 Vindolanda Museum is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a horse, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone sculpture discovered in 1993 at Isomes along the Roman road between Langres and Genevre, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. This sculpture was discovered at one of the rest stops along the Roman road, along with other horse sculptures, possibly originally a chariot group. The place is thought to be home to a cult to the Gallic goddess Epona, protector of horses. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black horse and famine holding scales, from the opening of the third seal, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the third seal, the black horse and famine holding scales, and St John and evangelist symbols holding phylactery, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 15 : A detail of a sculpture on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. This statue of a horse's head is to be found in the Museum at Corinth. The horse shows great spirit and sports a curling mane. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Black horse and famine holding scales, from the opening of the third seal, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the third seal, the black horse and famine holding scales, and St John and evangelist symbols holding phylactery, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death with a scythe and bow and arrows, riding a horse, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, climbing a hill in the centre of a fountain, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower and Olympiastadion, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the fourth seal, the pale horse of the apocalypse ridden by death, with hell behind, and St John revealing the scene, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the first seal, the winner with bow and crown on a white horse, with angel holding scroll and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the first seal, the winner with bow and crown on a white horse, with angel holding scroll and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pale horse of the apocalypse ridden by death, from the opening of the fourth seal, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of Western women wearing white dresses with a horse and carriage, in front of the Goupil residence, photograph, early 20th century, by F Homes, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged cherub with a hobby horse, hitting it with a whip, representing childhood games and the fact that everything is not what it at first seems - we must look beyond the virtual to reality, 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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  • Statue of Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, climbing a hill in the centre of a fountain, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco detail of a winged horse, from the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. 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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  • The Glockenturm or clock tower, built for the 1936 Summer Olympics and modernised in 2006, on the western edge of the Maifeld, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Visitors can now take a glass elevator to the viewing platform at the top of the tower. In the foreground are 2 Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower and Olympiastadion, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower and Olympiastadion, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower and Olympiastadion, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower and Olympiastadion, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossefuhrer or horse holder sculptures by Josef Wackerle, on the Reichsportfeld near the clock tower, with the Olympiastadion behind, built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The stadium itself was rebuilt and reinaugurated in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life Guard on duty, Horse Guards building, 1751 - 1753, by John Vardy and William Kent, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel des Gaules, a cottage built by Bulliot in 1870, as lodging for the archaeologists, in the garden of Domus PC1, an aristocratic Roman house in the Parc aux Chevaux or Horse Park area (where horses were grazed during the Beuvray fairs), excavated in 1868 and 1988 by Jacques Gabriel Builliot and Joseph Dechelette, aerial view, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pale horse of the apocalypse ridden by death, from the opening of the fourth seal, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the first seal, the winner with bow and crown on a white horse, with angel holding scroll and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Domus PC1, an aristocratic Roman house in the Parc aux Chevaux or Horse Park area (where horses were grazed during the Beuvray fairs), excavated in 1868 and 1988 by Jacques Gabriel Builliot and Joseph Dechelette, aerial view, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. In the garden is the Hotel des Gaules, a cottage built by Bulliot in 1870, as lodging for the archaeologists. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a mosaic of a horse and a man lying in a bed in the Villa of the Aviary, detail of Mosaics Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 30, 2008, in the morning. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today the site is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villa of the Aviary, with its octagonal garden set in a peristyle courtyard, is known for its fine mosaics depicting birds. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Opening of the fourth seal, the pale horse of the apocalypse ridden by death, with hell behind, and St John revealing the scene, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Opening of the first seal, the winner with bow and crown on a white horse, with angel holding scroll and St John, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble relief, with wild beast attacking horse and rider raising sword, detail, from a tomb at the Gaitor Ki Chhatriyan, or Royal Gaitor tombs, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The site is the royal crematorium grounds for the Kachwaha dynasty, founded in the 18th century, and houses cenotaphs for the maharajas of Jaipur. The city was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II, the Raja of Amer, and planned and designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and the 10th most populous city in India. Jaipur is listed as the Pink City of India UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Mort, or Death, card no. 13, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. A woman riding a horse is the Grim Reaper. Death represents renewal and the great mystery of life. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A knight holding a standard on a harnessed rearing horse, with 2 other men holding weapons, on a carved stone capital, 42x45cm, found near the Tour Thibaud or Thibaud Tower, built 12th century, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The men have strange swollen legs, which may refer to the miracle of the bees of St Generic. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shoppers, shops and horse and cart in Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse and boy (detail), Fontana del Nettuno, originaly fontana dei Calderari (fountain of Neptune, originally called the fountain of the kettle makers), 1576, Giacomo della Porto, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. The fountain remained uncomplete until the 19th century when a few marine deities were added along with the statue of the god of the sea battling an octopus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis XIV on horseback, oil painting, c. 1675, by workshop of Pierre Mignard, 1612-95, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts or Fine Art Museum, founded 1794, Reims, Marne, France. The king is seated on a leopard skin wearing a classical breastplate on rearing horse, in a heroic pose. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse of Amenhotep II, detail from relief of the pharaoh on a chariot shooting arrows at a target,  with an inscription in hieroglyphs boasting of his strength and prowess, 18th dynasty, 1426-00 BC, red granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse decoration made from clam shells, 1st century BC, on the floor of a reconstructed house, in the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carving of a putto riding a horse, with stirrups and bridle, and a devil, at the La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga in late Gothic style, in Valencia, Spain. The Silk Exchange consists of the Sala de Contratacion or Contract Hall, the Pavilion of the Consulate where Tribunal del Mar was held, the prison and the Orange Garden. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse's head, symbolising obedience, victory over sin and senses tamed by reason, in the Porch, with 5 arches at the entrance to the chapter house from the cloister, covered with carvings including of bones, skulls and instruments of the Passion, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diagram of the 'Gondole Knights' burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Geometric floor mosaic, late 1st century BC, from the Parc aux Chevaux or Horse Park area, excavated 2014, in the dining room of domus PC1, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The mosaic was originally 13x4m between the triclinia of the room. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amphitheatre, or Parlaggio, built 1931-52 and used for concerts, seating 1500, aerial view, at the home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. Blue Horse, by Mimmo Paladino, was installed here in 2010. The house or La Prioria, on the right, was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A man driving a horse and carriage and shops selling local handicrafts on the Calle Arzobispo Merino, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of a horse, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Conquest Stone, a Roman tombstone depicting a cavalryman riding over the body of a native Briton, a common Roman political propaganda motif, 1st century AD, in Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, England. The inscription reads, 'To the venerated departed: here lies Flavinus, a horse soldier of the cavalry regiment of Petriana, standard bearer of the troop of Candidus, aged 25, of 7 years' Service'. 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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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, turns around on his horse to hear Baldwin announce the death of Roland, and his last exploits and words. His hand gesture indicates great sorrow. Section of Baldwin announcing the death of Roland, 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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  • Cherub and horse (detail), Fontana del Nettuno, originaly fontana dei Calderari (fountain of Neptune, originally called the fountain of the kettle makers), 1576, Giacomo della Porto, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. The fountain remained uncomplete until the 19th century when a few marine deities were added along with the statue of the god of the sea battling an octopus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the Puerta del Leon (Lion Gate), Real Alcazar, Seville, Spain, pictured on December 24, 2006, in the afternoon. In front of the gate a horse and carriage is waiting for tourists. The Real Alacazar was commissioned by Pedro I of Castile in 1364 to be built in the Mudejar style by Moorish craftsmen. The palace, built on the site of an earlier Moorish palace, is a stunning example of the style. The gate leads into the Patio de la Monteria (Hunting Courtyard). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a mosaic depicting a boy with a torch holding a horse in the Villa of the Aviary, Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 27, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villa of the Aviary, with its octagonal garden set in a peristyle courtyard, is known for its fine mosaics depicting birds. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Epona, Celtic goddess of riders, riding side-saddle on a horse, carrying a dog on her lap, with a child or slave at her side, Gallo-Roman wooden sculpture, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bonaparte franchissant le col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, oil painting, 1816, by Anne-Francois Arnaud, 1797-1846, after an original 1800-03 by Jacques-Louis David, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The painting depicts Napoleon on a rearing horse crossing the St Bernard alpine pass during the Second Italian Campaign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, detail of a fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse of Amenhotep II, detail from relief of the pharaoh on a chariot shooting arrows at a target, with an inscription in hieroglyphs boasting of his strength and prowess, 18th dynasty, 1426-1400 BC, red granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young man (the deceased) with his horse and parents, with Aphrodite on the neck, on a red figure volute krater, used for adding water to wine, Greek, c. 320 BC, by the Ganyede Painter or White Saccos Painter, 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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  • Votive relief of a hero wearing a chlamys (cloak) and petasus (hat) at an altar, with his horse and a woman wearing chiton (tunic), himation (cloak) and cecryphalus (headband), classical Greek, 4th century BC, from Delos, Cyclades, with modern restoration, 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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  • Andiron or bracket support, with horse head, ceramic, 325-225 BC, in the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Votive relief of Castor or Pollux, one of the Dioscuri, with horse and holding spear, Gallo-Roman, marble, 2nd century AD, excavated from the river Rhone at Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse, Roman fresco fragment, 4th century AD, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mahogany fireplace with horse sculpture by Jules Coutran, in the mayor's office (study of Eugene Bardou, mayor of Perpignan 1894-96), on the first floor of the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry, detail with slave, horse and llama, in the Salon de Compagnie, in the Intendant's apartments, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry, detail with slave, horse, llama, birds and fish, in the Salon de Compagnie, in the Intendant's apartments, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crowned knight with horse trampling a figure in front of a crowned woman, representing the victory of Christianity over Islam or paganism, with fleur de lys background, fresco, late 12th century, in the Templar Chapel at the Commanderie de Cressac or Commanderie du Dognon, at Le Temple, in Cressac-Saint-Genis, Charente, France. The chapel was built 1150-60 by the Templars on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route and was originally part of a commandery, providing funds to support the Knights Hospitallers in the crusades in the Holy Land. The chapel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abadon, depicted as a winged crowned King Edward III of England, riding a human headed horse, from the Fifth Trumpet, the star falls to earth, releasing smoke from which come a plague of locusts emerging as crowned creatures, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Trumpet, the star falls to earth, releasing smoke from which come a plague of locusts emerging as crowned creatures, with winged figure of Abadon depicted as King Edward III of England, riding a human headed horse, and 5th angel and St John, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life of St Eligius, detail of Eligius shodding a horse, bay 107b, stained glass window, 1230-35, in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Life of St Eligius, detail of Eligius shodding a horse, bay 107b, stained glass window, 1230-35, in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Trumpet, the star falls to earth, releasing smoke from which come a plague of locusts emerging as crowned creatures, with winged figure of Abadon depicted as King Edward III of England, riding a human headed horse, and 5th angel and St John, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble relief, with wild beast attacking horse and rider raising sword, from a tomb at the Gaitor Ki Chhatriyan, or Royal Gaitor tombs, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The site is the royal crematorium grounds for the Kachwaha dynasty, founded in the 18th century, and houses cenotaphs for the maharajas of Jaipur. The city was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II, the Raja of Amer, and planned and designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and the 10th most populous city in India. Jaipur is listed as the Pink City of India UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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