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  • Totem, 1 of a dozen information panels explaining the historical context of the slave trade on the city of Nantes, on the Rue Kervegan on Ile Feydeau, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting greatly from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. The Ile Feydeau area, a former island in the Loire, was developed from the 1720s with large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders. The Rue Kervegan is its main street, named after Nantes mayor and shipowner Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervegan, 1735-1817, and houses 20 such buildings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted cherubs with a medallion wreath, on the Southern facade of the Bureau des Finances, Place de la Cathedrale, Rouen, Normandy, France. The Bureau des Finances was formed in 1509 by Thomas Boyer and the building was constructed by Roulland le Roux in Renaissance style. It is now the Rouen tourist information centre and was listed as a historic monument in 1926. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted cherubs with a medallion wreath, on the Southern facade of the Bureau des Finances, Place de la Cathedrale, Rouen, Normandy, France. The Bureau des Finances was formed in 1509 by Thomas Boyer and the building was constructed by Roulland le Roux in Renaissance style. It is now the Rouen tourist information centre and was listed as a historic monument in 1926. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Totem, 1 of a dozen information panels explaining the historical context of the slave trade on the city of Nantes, on the Quai de la Fosse, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. This quayside area houses the large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders, but also previously housed many bars and a red light district frequented by sailors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Totem, 1 of a dozen information panels explaining the historical context of the slave trade on the city of Nantes, on the Quai de la Fosse, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. This quayside area houses the large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders, but also previously housed many bars and a red light district frequented by sailors. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition on the construction of medieval cathedrals, with models depicting the various stages of construction, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition of a cathedral model and panels describing life in medieval times, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition of a cathedral model and panels describing life in medieval times, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition on the construction of medieval cathedrals and model of a cathedral choir, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Children learning about construction methods in the exhibition on the trades and tools of builders, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Children learning about construction methods in the exhibition on the trades and tools of builders, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition on the trades and tools of builders, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Children learning about construction methods in the exhibition on the trades and tools of builders, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition of a cathedral model and panels describing life in medieval times, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition on the construction of medieval cathedrals and model of a cathedral choir, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilt statue of St George and the dragon, in the Cathedraloscope, a cathedrals interpretation centre on the Place de la Cathedrale in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The museum is next to the Cathedral Saint-Samson and provides information on its history and construction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of France detailing the various Services de Renseignements or Information Services during the Second World War, marked Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwriting indicating Top Secret classification on the back of a map of France detailing the various Services de Renseignements or Information Services during the Second World War, marked Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top Secret document listing 5 volumes of a report dated 1930-42, into information technology during the Second World War by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, including the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top Secret document listing 5 volumes of a report dated 1930-42, into information technology during the Second World War, by General Bertrand, by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, including the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period (Morrison Formation), 150 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Colorado dinosaurs are a camptosaurs, diplodocus and stegosaurus. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period (Morrison Formation), 150 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. These Colorado dinosaurs are a camptosaur and stegosaurus. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Pierre Sahle), 70 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Pteranodons flew in the skies above the Cretaceous Seaway and the ferocious pliosaurs lurked in the depth below. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting the large mammals of the Quarterly Period (Mesa Gravels), 25,000 years ago,  including long-horned bison, short-faced bears and mammoths, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. At higher elevations glaciers covered the modern Rocky Mountains. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Niobrara Formation), 80 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Ancient marine animal known as Plesiosaurs, along with sharks and relatives of the modern nautilus called ammonites, prowled the deep ocean waters of the Cretaceous Seaway, which then covered central Colorado. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Permian Period (Lyons Sandstone), 280 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Eroded sand from the Rocky Mountains formed towering dunes. A reptilian ancestor to mammals called Lycaenops is known to have prowled these dunes which became the Lyons Sandstone. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Permian Period (Lyons Sandstone), 280 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Eroded sand from the Rocky Mountains formed towering dunes. A reptilian ancestor to mammals called Lycaenops is known to have prowled these dunes which became the Lyons Sandstone. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustrated information panel depicting past geological volcanic activity, with hot springs, mud pools, lava flows and volcanic eruptions, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from the side of Information Board with details of the Glasshouse ecosystem. In the background are Selaginella plants.
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  • Salle Manolo, an exhibition space in the Office du Tourisme in the village of Ceret, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Ceret is the capital of the historical Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Ceret developed under the Kingdom of Majorca, and was fortified with defensive town walls with 2 gates, the Porte de France and the Porte d'Espagne. In the early 20th century, several artists lived and worked here, including Chagall, Dali, Matisse and Picasso. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chemin du Fauvisme, with reproduction of Portrait of Matisse, 1905, by Andre Derain, at the Office du Tourisme in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Matisse and Derain both painted here in 1905, giving rise to the Fauvist style, celebrated in this guided walking trail around the town, with 19 reproductions of their paintings. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Timeline in the exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Timeline in the exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in an old reservoir, or large underground water storage tank, at MUHBA Casa de l'Aigua or Water House, a water treatment plant built in 1917 by the Compania de Aguas de Barcelona, the municipal water company, to provide clean water to the city, at Trinitat Nova, Nou Barris, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The reinforced concrete building is in catalan Modernist style, designed by Felip Steva i Planas and Joan Sitjes. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona, providing leisure and cultural activities for the local communities. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street of ruined houses in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iberian site with ruins of a necropolis, workshops and fortified village, aerial view, at Coll del Moro, also used as an observatory of the rebel command during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, at Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The site offers a panoramic view of Corbera d'Ebre, Horta de Sant Joan and the Cavalls and Pandols mountain ranges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iberian site with ruins of a necropolis, workshops and fortified village, at Coll del Moro, also used as an observatory of the rebel command during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, at Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The site offers a panoramic view of Corbera d'Ebre, Horta de Sant Joan and the Cavalls and Pandols mountain ranges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iberian site with ruins of a necropolis, workshops and fortified village, aerial view, at Coll del Moro, also used as an observatory of the rebel command during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, at Gandesa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The site offers a panoramic view of Corbera d'Ebre, Horta de Sant Joan and the Cavalls and Pandols mountain ranges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading to first floor exhibition rooms, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic inscription in latin characters, 'Martialis, son of Dannotalos, offered Ucuetis this building and that with blacksmiths who honor Ucuetis in Alesia', discovered in 1839 near the forum, in the collection of the Musee Municipal d’Alise, displayed in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Combats, detail, sculpture with Romans in red and Gauls in blue, at the entrance to the permanent exhibition space in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mother goddess, statue in limestone, 2nd century AD, from the collection of the Fond Society des Sciences de Semur, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on the Battle of Alesia, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman torsion powered siege engines or catapults, the scorpio (left) and the onager or stone-thrower (right), in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. The onager applies the principle of distortion with a lever arm lowered by force and rising abruptly,  launching balls of different calibres cut on the spot. The scorpio is a kind of giant crossbow firing long arrows with huge force. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on the Battle of Alesia, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on the Roman army, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, aerial view, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, aerial view, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from the file on the German armoured divisions from 1940-43, listing their movements and equipment, dated 1st February 1940 and stamped Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with carved inscriptions from Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions have been uncovered at this site, including the Letoon trilingual, in Lycian Greek and Aramaic, which is held at the Fethiye Museum. The large monoliths with Lycian script are the most important source of knowledge of this lost ancient language. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with carved inscriptions in the Lycian language found near the Temple of Apollo, built 4th century BC, at Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions have been uncovered at this site, including the Letoon trilingual, in Lycian Greek and Aramaic, which is held at the Fethiye Museum. The large monoliths with Lycian script are the most important source of knowledge of this lost ancient language. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with carved inscriptions from Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions have been uncovered at this site, including the Letoon trilingual, in Lycian Greek and Aramaic, which is held at the Fethiye Museum. The large monoliths with Lycian script are the most important source of knowledge of this lost ancient language. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Octagon, vaulted burial chamber, 1st century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The chamber rests on a rectangular base and holds the skeleton of a young woman in a marble sarcophagus. It is thought to be a monument to Ptolemy Arsinoe IV, the youngest sister of the famous Cleopatra VII, who was murdered in Ephesus in 41 BC. Two letters written by Emperors Valens, Valentinianus and Gratianus in the 4th century AD to the people of Ephesus are carved on the blocks which face the road on the lower part of the podium, on Curetes Street. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitors listen to a tourists guide showing a map of the Olympic Park with in the background the London Olympic Stadium, Populous (formerly HOK Sport), 2011, London, United Kingdom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the route taken by the Holy Family in their Flight Into Egypt when escaping from Herod, outside the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscription on a sign, indicating access to a private street with restricted access, perhaps to reach a tomb, High Empire, 1st - 3rd century AD,  limestone, discovered in the ramparts of Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. 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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  • Covid-19 poster asking visitors to wear a mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus, in October 2020, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The poster depicts the bronze statue of Salvador Dali, 1972, by Ros Sabate, b. 1936, and given to the town by John Peter Moore, former secretary to Dali, on the seafront at Platja Gran. Many famous artists spent time in Cadaques during the 20th century, including Dali and Picasso. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, with cast concrete walls, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, in cast concrete, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, in cast concrete, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, in cast concrete, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition space at the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, with cast concrete walls, designed by Julian Bonder, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground outside are set 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street of ruined houses in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, aerial view, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase leading to first floor exhibition rooms, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Combats, sculpture with Romans in red and Gauls in blue, at the entrance to the permanent exhibition space in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Combats, sculpture with Romans in red and Gauls in blue, at the entrance to the permanent exhibition space in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic inscription in latin characters, 'Martialis, son of Dannotalos, offered Ucuetis this building and that with blacksmiths who honor Ucuetis in Alesia', discovered in 1839 near the forum, in the collection of the Musee Municipal d’Alise, displayed in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Onager or stone-thrower, a Roman torsion powered siege engine or catapult, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. The onager applies the principle of distortion with a lever arm lowered by force and rising abruptly, launching balls of different calibres cut on the spot. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Earthenware platter from Creil, detail, with Vercingetorix Saviour of the Fatherland, printed <br />
decoration of a Gallic cavalry charge, 1870-80, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Combats, sculpture with Romans in red and Gauls in blue, at the entrance to the permanent exhibition space in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Vercingetorix, Gallic chieftain, plaster, 1864, by Aime Millet, 1819-91, model for the huge statue erected in 1865 on the Western point of the oppidum of Alesia,  in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kantharos or wine cup, from Alesia, 1st century BC, partially gilded silver, from the collection of the Musee d’Archeologie Nationale Domaine de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, gift of Napoleon III in 1867, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diorama in the permanent exhibition rooms in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, cylindrical in form with wooden herringbone slats on the facade, on the site of the Roman army position during the Battle of Alesia, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old aviary (recently restored), in the Zone Europe, in the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vegetation in the Zone Madagascar of the Great Glasshouse, in the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old aviary (recently restored), in the Zone Europe, in the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with carved inscriptions in the Lycian language from Letoon, near Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Many inscriptions have been uncovered at this site, including the Letoon trilingual, in Lycian Greek and Aramaic, which is held at the Fethiye Museum. The large monoliths with Lycian script are the most important source of knowledge of this lost ancient language. The Letoon or Sanctuary of Leto was the sacred cult centre of Lycia, its most important sanctuary, and was dedicated to the 3 national deities of Lycia, Leto and her twin children Apollo and Artemis. Leto was also worshipped as a family deity and as the guardian of the tomb. The site is 10km South of the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, near the modern-day village of Kumluova, Fethiye. Founded in the 6th century BC, the Greek site also flourished throughout Roman times, and a church was built here in the Christian era. The site was abandoned in the 7th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Honorary inscription by the Lycian League for the city of Patara, 1st century AD, from Patara, Antalya, Turkey. The Lycian League was the earliest known democracy. It was formed in 205 BC of 23 member states, each of whom could elect a representative to the senate which met at the Bouleuterion in Patara. The inscription reads, "The Lycian League has honoured again the people of Patara with a golden wreath and a colossal bronze statue because from the beginning they have been working in the best way for the political advantage of the Lycian League and made an important contribution towards achieving the goodwill of the divine Augusti." Patara was a maritime Greek and Roman city on the South West Mediterranean coast of Lycia near modern-day Gelemis. It was said to be founded by Patarus, son of Apollo, and was famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo. It was a leading city of the Lycian League. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man reading information panel entitled 'Treize Chibanis Harkis', an exhibition of paintings inspired by harki families from North Africa who fled to France and were interned at Rivesaltes and other camps, in Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of posters and information on transport, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of posters and information on transport, in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from Le Journal de Sable, a weekly newspaper, with information about a social event and notes on the black market, published during the German occupation of France during the Second World War, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. The Journal de Sable praises the institutions and social systems of Germany in a wildly enthusiastic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page, dated 22nd October 1943, with a note to forward information to Rivet (and signed by Rivet), from the file of the Service des Renseignements on the conflict between Paul Rivet and Jacques Soustelle and the subordination of the SR (Paul Rivet was the director of the SRSM or Services de Renseignements et de Securite Militaire) to the DGSS (Soustelle was the head of the Special Services of Free France or DGSS), 1943-44, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People exploring the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, or Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas, a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold, opened in 2005, Friedrichstadt, Berlin, Germany. The monument consists of 2711 concrete stelae of different heights arranged in a grid over a sloping site and the information centre contains a list of the names of all known Jewish holocaust victims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, or Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas, a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold, opened in 2005, with the American Embassy on the right, Friedrichstadt, Berlin, Germany. The monument consists of 2711 concrete stelae of different heights arranged in a grid over a sloping site and the information centre contains a list of the names of all known Jewish holocaust victims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, or Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas, a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold, opened in 2005, Friedrichstadt, Berlin, Germany. The monument consists of 2711 concrete stelae of different heights arranged in a grid over a sloping site and the information centre contains a list of the names of all known Jewish holocaust victims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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