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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Healing of Justinian by St Cosmas and St Damian, detail from the predella of the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1438-40, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, 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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  • The damned being tortured and taken to Hell, 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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  • Worshippers in procession, detail from Adoration of the Magi, 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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  • Magi, detail from Adoration of the Magi, 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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  • Sanhedrin council, detail from Nailing of Christ to the Cross, detail, 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. 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, detail, 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. 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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  • Christ feeding bread to an apostle, detail from 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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  • Coronation of the Virgin, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 9, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ in heaven crowns the Virgin, both robed in white. 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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  • St Dominic in thought, detail from 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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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, detail, 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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  • Angel Gabriel, detail from the Annunciation, Renaissance fresco, 1442-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, on the first floor 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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  • Carved stone capital decorated with mosaics, and behind, mosaic of the destruction of Sodom from the Genesis series in the nave of Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion of St Peter, mosaic from the new testament series in Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Last Supper, mosaic from the new testament series in Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitation, oil painting by Noel-Nicolas Coypel, 1690-1734, in the choir of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, a catholic church built 1878-79 in Neo Romanesque style by Gedeon Leblanc, 1832-1905, in Champlain, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roy, Quebec, Canada. The interior was designed in 1881 by Louis-Joseph Bourgeois, 1856-1930. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Catedral de Santa Cruz de Cadiz (Cadiz Cathedral), designed by Vicente Acero in Baroque and Neoclassical style and built 1722-1838, Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The cathedral interior is 85m long and 60m wide in a triple-nave Latin cross plan, with the tabernacle under the dome and gold pulpits to either side. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist interior of the balconied restaurant dining room in El Quatre Gats, on the ground floor of the Casa Marti, a Catalan Modernist building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896, on Carrer Montsio, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cafe, hostel, cabaret, pub and restaurant was opened by Pere Romeu, 1862-1908, in 1897, inspired by the Le Chat Noir cafe in Paris, and was frequented by many Modernist figures, including Ramon Casas i Carbo, Santiago Rusinol, Miguel Utrillo and Pablo Picasso. The cafe closed in 1903, but was reopened in 1978, with Casa Marti restored in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Crypta Guell, built 1898-1915, an unfinished church by Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in the Colonia Guell, a workers' colony set up by Eusebi Guell in Santa Coloma de Cervello, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The church is an organic hyperbolic paraboloid shape, with leaning pillars of basalt and brick and catenary arches supporting the structure and brick ribs vaults supporting the ceiling. The colony was begun in 1890 on Guell's estate Can Soler de la Torre, with a hospital, boardinghouse, schools, shops, theatres, chapel, factories and workers' housing. Gaudi was in charge of the project, collaborating with Francesc Berenguer, Joan Rubio and Josep Canaleta. Gaudi's crypt is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar of the renovated Chapelle Louis et Zelie Martin, dedicated to Therese de Lisieux parents, 2012 by Jacques Metailie with interior design by Felicie d'Estienne d'Orves, Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires (Basilica Notre-Dame-des-Victoires), founded in 1629 by King Louis XIII and finalized in 1737 by Sylvain Cartaud, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column meets Ceiling, Gothic choir, 15th century, Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Last Gothic Cathedral in Spain, commissioned by Carlos V (1500-58), after an earlier cathedral was damaged in the Revolt of the Comuneros, 1520. Cathedral consecrated, 1768. Ground plan has three naves surrounded by chapels. The interior is lit by Flemish windows, 16th-17th century, and centres on Gothic choir (15th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column meets Ceiling, Gothic choir, 15th century, Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. Last Gothic Cathedral in Spain, commissioned by Carlos V (1500-58), after an earlier cathedral was damaged in the Revolt of the Comuneros, 1520. Cathedral consecrated, 1768. Ground plan has three naves surrounded by chapels. The interior is lit by Flemish windows, 16th-17th century, and centres on Gothic choir (15th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior view from below of the apse with spolia columns and Byzantine style arcades, Chiesa di San Cataldo (Church of San Cataldo, La Cataldo), 1154, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The Romanesque church with Arab influences was founded by Maio of Bari, chancellor to William I, during the Norman occupation of Sicily. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of a street of Brick Lane area from the interior of a restaurant creating an optical effect of unstable architecture, Brick Lane area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of ornate tiled ceiling, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or Blue Mosque, 1609-16, by Mehmet Aga, Istanbul, Turkey. Built near the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque combines Byzantine style with Islamic architecture. The blue tiles of the interior inspired its popular name, The Blue Mosque. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from below of interior and domes showing Islamic elements in the ceiling,  Hagia Sophia, 532-37, by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a  Byzantine church and an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, commissioned by Emperor Justinian I, is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from below of interior and domes showing Islamic elements in the ceiling,  Hagia Sophia, 532-37, by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a  Byzantine church and an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, commissioned by Emperor Justinian I, is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view, interior, New Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010, showing the elegant high pillars supporting the decorated ceiling which leads to the Cupola. Salamanca, Spain's most important University city,  has two adjoining Cathedrals, Old and New. The old Romanesque Cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and the new in the 16th century. Its style was designed to be Gothic rather than Renaissance in keeping with its older neighbour, but building continued over several centuries and a Baroque cupola was added in the 18th century. Restoration was necessary after the great Lisbon earthquake, 1755. 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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  • Martyrdom of St Peter of Verona in 1252, 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 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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  • St Nicholas arguing with Arius at the Council of Nicaea, 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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