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  • Interior of St Peter's Basilica, a Renaissance church designed by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini and built 1506-1626, in the Piazza San Pietro or St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Beneath the dome is the baldacchino by Bernini, made of bronze in Baroque style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of a dome, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man working at the bar in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through the kitchen hatch to a seating area, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area seen from above, in a bathroom with seating in the bathtub, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area seen from above, with a mobile made from string and old keys, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with somebody taking a photograph, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area seen from above, in a bathroom with seating in the bathtub, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area in a bathroom with 2 women sitting in the bathtub, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working on a laptop in the kitchen seating area, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working on a laptop in the kitchen seating area, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through a hatch into the kitchen seating area, where a woman in working, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with a mural, key mobile and missing ceiling, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area in a bedroom, with a canopied bed and bookshelves, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with colourful furniture and enormous mural, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with colourful furniture and a slot in the wall, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with colourful furniture and enormous mural, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe seating in the bathtub, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bathroom with mirrors and sink, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe area with colourful furniture and enormous mural, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sitting room, with wood burning stove and mismatched chairs and wallpaper, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Femme cousant dans un interieur, or Woman sewing in an interior, oil painting, 1905, by Felix Vallotton, 1865-1925, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, inaugurated 1982, in the former Episcopal Palace, built 16th and 17th centuries, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum holds French painting collections from the mid 19th century to 1960s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Forest of Columns, supporting catenary arches, and glazed interior patios to either side, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the oldest shop in London, previously a snuff seller, at 34 Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, England, UK. The building dates to the mid 18th century, and the shop has 2 protruding bay windows. To the right is a door leading to the accommodation above. The original tobacconists, Fribourg & Treyer, occupied the shop from 1754 until 1982, and it is now a gift shop. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chancel of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, or Great St Bart's, an Anglican church founded 1123, in the City of London, London, England. The building was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123, and adjoins St Bartholomew's Hospital. It is a Grade I listed building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of interior of Rukhabad Mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 18, 2010, in the afternoon. The Rukhabad Mausoleum (Abode of the Spirit) was built by Timur over the grave of the mystic Sheikh Burhan al-Din Sagarji. The mausoleum has three entrances. The simple interior walls are covered with alabaster plasterwork with a glazed tile band. A  19th century carved wooden door leads to the tomb. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of interior, Ibn Danan Synagogue, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 24, 2009 in the evening. The Ibn Danan Synagogue is a plainly decorated building with an interior of plaster-coated masonry, a beamed and painted wooden ceiling and walls wainscotted with blue figured Moroccan tiles. The carved wooden Torah Ark stretches the length of one wall which is decorated with intricately carved plaster work above the Ark. Opposite is a raised alcove, originally a seating area for distinguished members of the congregation, shielded by a carved wooden screen.  The synagogue was restored in the 1870s and 1990s. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of interior with Bimah in background, Ibn Danan Synagogue, 17th century, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 21, 2009 in the morning. The Ibn Danan Synagogue is a plainly decorated building with an interior of plaster-coated masonry, a beamed and painted wooden ceiling and walls wainscotted with blue figured Moroccan tiles. The carved wooden Torah Ark stretches the length of one wall which is decorated with intricately carved plaster work above the Ark. Opposite is a raised alcove, originally a seating area for distinguished members of the congregation, shielded by a carved wooden screen leading to the bimah which is topped by a wrought iron canopy with Islamic arches, floral decoration, and a crown. The synagogue was restored in the 1870s and 1990s. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of interior, Ibn Danan Synagogue, 17th century, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 21, 2009 in the morning. The Ibn Danan Synagogue is a plainly decorated building with an interior of plaster-coated masonry, a beamed and painted wooden ceiling and walls wainscotted with blue figured Moroccan tiles. The carved wooden Torah Ark stretches the length of one wall which is decorated with intricately carved plaster work above the Ark. Opposite is a raised alcove, originally a seating area for distinguished members of the congregation, shielded by a carved wooden screen.  The synagogue was restored in the 1870s and 1990s. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Hallway with catenary arches, and interior patio, in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of interior of dome, Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, in the afternoon. The mausoleum centres on the two-cupola shrine of Pahlavan Mahmud, Khiva's  patron saint (said to have been a poet, soldier, furrier, wrestler and healer of diseases), and is also the burial complex of the Qungrat Khans. 19th and 20th century remodeling extended the complex adding tombs, an iwan and summer mosque, Quran reading halls, a Madrasah, and three small chambers, the middle one accommodating a prayer hall entered from the shrine's central hall. The interior of the mausoleum is richly decorated with traditional woodcarving, ceramics and metalwork, including majolica tiles commissioned in 1825 by Allah Quli Khan. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Chiesa di San Salvatore in Onda, interior, looking towards altar, restored 19th century, Rome, Italy. The Church's name derives from the waters of the nearby River Tiber. Although the crypt dates to the 8th century and lower basements are Roman, the main church was rebuilt and restored many times. The interior, restored 1860-78 by Luca Carimini, has 3 naves divided by antique columns of varying marble. San Salvatore is the headquarters of the Pallottine movement founded by St Vicenzo Pallotti (1795-1850), who is buried beneath the altar. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Inn interior, oil painting on canvas, 18th century, by Jan Josef Horemans the Elder, 1682-1759, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of Les Halles, a covered market building in iron, cast iron and glass, designed by Edmond Bailly and opened 1874, selling fresh produce, meats and cheeses, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Marche des Halles houses 35 food shops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interieur, or Interior, oil painting in Fauvist style, 1906, by Maurice Marinot, 1882-1960, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, inaugurated 1982, in the former Episcopal Palace, built 16th and 17th centuries, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum holds French painting collections from the mid 19th century to 1960s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man driving oxen, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying equipment, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man using weighing scales, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona preaching and converting his listeners, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saints, angels and putti, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona receiving his Dominican habit from St Dominic de Guzman in the Convent of St Nicolas in Bologna in 1221, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona blessing a mute child, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes and sculptures of putti and acanthus leaves, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona as a child teaching the faith to his heretic uncle, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miracle of the 3 daughters, with St Nicholas of Bari saving them from prostitution, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Nicholas performing a miracle by resurrecting a young child, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glory of St Peter of Verona and St Nicholas of Bari, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of St Nicholas of Bari and St Peter of Verona, in a niche, detail from the main altar in the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter on his tomb, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure in a cloak and putto, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putto and acanthus leaves, sculptural detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of St Nicholas of Bari and St Peter of Verona, in a niche flanked by Solomonic columns, detail from the main altar in the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flight into Egypt, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from the Tabernacolo dei Linaioli, or Tabernacle of the Linaioli, a marble aedicula or small shrine designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1378-1455, made by Simone di Nanni da Fiesole, and painted 1432-33 by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The tabernacle was commissioned for the exterior of the headquarters of the Linaoli or linen manufacturer's guild, in the Old Market of Florence. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, Early Renaissance Italian painter, Baroque painting, by Carlo Dolci, 1616-86, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left, with angels leading the saved through a garden. In the centre are broken tombs of the risen dead. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned with St Zenobius (or St Augustine) and St Thomas, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 11, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of and scenes from the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, detail, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion (lance, sponge, cross, column), Judas kissing Christ, Peter and the handmaiden, the mocking of Christ, and with St Dominic and the Virgin below as witnesses. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion (lance, sponge, cross, column), Judas kissing Christ, Peter and the handmaiden, the mocking of Christ, and with St Dominic and the Virgin below as witnesses. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The saints are (left-right) St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian, St Mark, St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kiss of Judas, Renaissance fresco, 1441-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 33 in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. To the right is St Peter cutting off the ear of a servant of the high priest. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, the cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nailing of Christ to the Cross, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by an assistant of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 36, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Roman soldiers climb ladders to nail Christ to the cross, and below stand the grieving Virgin and Mary Magdalene, with the Sanhedrin on the right. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper: Communion of the Apostles, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 35, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 8, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the left is St Dominic in meditation, and on the right is Mary Magdalene and 3 women painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Noli Me Tangere, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 1 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1440, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned under an architraved frame, with angels and saints, including St Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist, St Mark, St Dominic, St Francis of Assisi, St Peter Martyr, St Cosmas and St Damian. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners being tortured and burned alive, and Satan eating bodies, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 3, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone architectural fragments on display in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, originally the Dominican Convent of St Mark in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Renaissance paintings on display in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, originally the Dominican Convent of St Mark in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, with the damned tortured by demons, detail, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, detail, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Virgin and Archangel Gabriel are depicted in an outdoor courtyard area with perspective architectural arcades. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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