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  • Femme Assoupie sur un Lit, or Woman Dozing on a Bed, also known as The Indolent Woman, oil painting, 1899, by Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1947, exhibited in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heart of Troyes, stainless steel sculpture by Michele and Thierry Kayo-Houel beside the Haute-Seine canal in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The sculpture is lit with red lights triggered by spectators. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge lit up in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, built 1618, lit up at night, seen from under the Stari Most or Old Bridge, a 16th century Ottoman bridge over the Neretva river, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The newly erected Eiffel Tower lit up during the World Fair of 1889, painting. The Eiffel Tower was the symbol of the fair, serving as entrance arch to the main Champ de Mars site. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Clerecia Church,  Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night floodlit. The wall of the Casa de las Conchas iis visble on the right. The Baroque style Clerecia Church, originally the Royal College of the Company of Jesus, was commissioned in the 17th century, from architect Juan Gomez de Mora, by Queen Margarita of Austria, wife of Philip III of Spain. It comprises two sections: the Jesuit school and church, with its three-storey Baroque cloister, and private living quarters for the monks and now houses the Salamanca Pontificia University. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Convent of St. Stephen, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, floodlit.  Commissioned by order Juan Alvarez de Toledo, Bishop of Cordoba, and designed by Juan de Alava, the church was built 1525-1618. The main portal, c.1660, has a row of decorated arches and a tympanum with a relief of the "Martyrdom of St. Stephen", by Juan Antonio Ceroni. Above it is a frieze in Italian style, depicting Calvary crowned by the Eternal Father. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from behind of statue of Fray Luis de Leon, Patio de Escuelas, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the evening. Fray Luis de Leon (1527/8-91) was Thomas Aquinas Professor of theology at Salamanca from 1561. The statue, by Nicasio Sevilla, was erected in 1869. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Patio de Escuelas, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the evening. This Renaissance courtyard, its elaborate carvings beautifully floodlit, is the entrance to the University. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of Cloister, Escuelas Menores (Minor Schools), 1428, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the evening, floodlit. Elegant arches surround a grassy quadrangle. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of statue of Padre Vitoria, outside the Convent of St. Stephen, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, floodlit. Commissioned by order Juan Alvarez de Toledo, Bishop of Cordoba, and designed by Juan de Alava, the church was built 1525-1618. The main portal, c.1660, has a row of decorated arches and a tympanum with a relief of the "Martyrdom of St. Stephen", by Juan Antonio Ceroni. Above it is a frieze in Italian style, depicting Calvary crowned by the Eternal Father. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Convent of St. Stephen, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, floodlit. Commissioned by order Juan Alvarez de Toledo, Bishop of Cordoba, and designed by Juan de Alava, the church was built 1525-1618. The main portal, c.1660, has a row of decorated arches and a tympanum with a relief of the "Martyrdom of St. Stephen", by Juan Antonio Ceroni. Above it is a frieze in Italian style, depicting Calvary crowned by the Eternal Father. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of statue of Lazarillo de Tormes leading the blind man, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, flodlit. The novella, Lazarillo de Tormes, published anonymously in 1554, is credited with the founding of the picaresque literary genre. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Church of Santiago, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 at night, floodlit. Near the Roman bridge is the plain Romanesque church of Santiago, a modern reproduction (1980) of the original church. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of statue of Lazarillo de Tormes leading the blind man, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 19, 2010 in the evening. The novella, Lazarillo de Tormes, published anonymously in 1554, is credited with the founding of the picaresque literary genre. Casa Lis, the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Dco, is visible in the background. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oblique low angle view from behind of statue of Fray Luis de Leon, Patio de Escuelas, Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010 in the evening. Fray Luis de Leon (1527/8-91) was Thomas Aquinas Professor of theology at Salamanca from 1561. The statue, by Nicasio Sevilla, was erected in 1869. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada ("The golden city") because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral, on the Placa de la Mare de Deu, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000, and the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. On the right is L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick vaults in the Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casino La Amistad in the evening, a white neoclassical building built in 1870, originally a charity centre, and now a cultural centre with bar and restaurant, on the beach in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand-Moutier Cloister at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cloister, built to house virgin nuns, was originally Romanesque but was rebuilt in the 16th century. Renee de Bourbon renovated the south gallery in Gothic style in 1519, then Louise de Bourbon rebuilt the 3 other galleries in classical style 1530-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lake Palace, on Jag Niwas island in Lake Pichola at sunset, aerial view, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The building was originally built 1743-46 as the summer palace of the royal dynasty of Mewar, under Maharana Jagat Singh II. It is now a hotel. Udaipur was the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar and was founded in 1558 by Maharana Udai Singh II. It is known as the City of Lakes as it is surrounded by 7 artificial lakes made to supply irrigation and drinking water to the city. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crypte du puits, or Crypt of the Well, housing the well which was originally in the square in front of the church, where Saint-Germain residents drew their water, at the Eglise Saint-Sulpice, originally a 13th century Romanesque church rebuilt in Baroque style 1646-1870, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • City skyline of Manama, the capital and largest city in Bahrain, at night. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Montebello castle at night, built early 14th century for the Rusconi family, with a keep of 1313, and expanded 1462-90, in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. The castle is linked to the town by crenellated defensive walls. The castle is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and now houses the Archaeological and Civic Museum, opened 1974. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • British Museum, built in Greek Revival style by Robert Smirke, 1780-1867, on Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK. The central entrance portico with sculptures by Richard Westmacott, 1775-1856, was built in 1852 in Greek temple style, with columns with Ionic capitals and a pediment. The British Museum was established in 1753. It houses one of the largest public collections of art, history, culture and archaeology in the world and is the most visited museum in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Operations Pavilion, built 1902-12, topped with an angel sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main facade of Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The building is of brick on a stone plinth with decorative window surrounds, set in landscaped grounds. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medieval wine cellar, 300m long, with storage for barrels of wine, below the 19th century storage rooms built on earlier rooms of 1645, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. This was the venue for the famous annual wine auction  1926-58. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Well in the courtyard of Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Puerta del Puente, or Gate of the Bridge, built in Renaissance style with Doric columns and classical entablature by Hernan Ruiz III in 1572 to link the city to the Roman bridge, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sassi di Matera, the old part of town built on original prehistoric troglodyte dwellings, at Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy. The Sassi are thought to be the oldest human settlement in Italy, dating back to 7000 BC. The 52m bell tower of Matera Cathedral, built 1268ñ70, dominates the skyline. Matera is known as la Citta Sotterranea or the Subterranean City, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stari Most or Old Bridge at night, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stari Most or Old Bridge at night, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sebilj at night, a public fountain in Ottoman style made from wood on a stone base, built 1891, in Bascarsija Square, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Behind is the 16th century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque. The square is also called Pigeon Square as people sit in the cafes drinking coffee and feeding the many pigeons which congregate here. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina at night, the national library, designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Parik as the City Hall, and reopened as a library in 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This building, on the banks of the Miljacka river, is from the Austro-Hungarian period of the city. The building and many of its documents were damaged in 1992 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Seher-Cehaja Bridge in the evening, a 16th century Ottoman bridge crossing the Miljacka river, and the minaret of the Hadzijska Mosque or Vekil Harc Mosque, built 1541-61, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Seher-Cehaja Bridge in the evening, a 16th century Ottoman bridge crossing the Miljacka river, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Traffic and pedestrians on Tower Bridge at night looking North, built 1886-94, next to the Tower of London on the river Thames, linking the boroughs of Southwark and Tower Hamlets, London, England. The bridge is both suspension bridge and bascule bridge, with the lower section rising using hydraulic motors to allow for the passing of boats. It is 244m long with 2 65m towers built on piers in the river. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower Bridge at night, built 1886-94, seen from the South bank opposite the Tower of London on the river Thames, linking the boroughs of Southwark and Tower Hamlets, London, England. The bridge is both suspension bridge and bascule bridge, with the lower section rising using hydraulic motors to allow for the passing of boats. It is 244m long with 2 65m towers built on piers in the river. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western facade illuminated at night, 12th century, with its 2 towers and triple portal, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. After damage during the French Revolution, the facade was restored in 1853 by Emile Boeswillwald. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Comares Tower, built in the 14th century under Muhammad V, the tallest tower in the Alhambra and housing the Hall of the Ambassadors, Nasrid Palaces and the Palace of Charles V in the background, built by Pedro Machuca in the 16th century, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Behind are the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Comares Tower (left), built in the 14th century under Muhammad V, the tallest tower in the Alhambra and housing the Hall of the Ambassadors, and right, the Alcazaba or defensive zone of the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Church of San Salvador or Iglesia del Salvador, built  in 1527 in Mudejar style over the former main mosque of El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The chariot atop the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor at night with light display, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, with light display during the Festival of Lights, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument was designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war. It takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored cone reflecting light and spiralling access ramps in double-helix form to access the glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. The debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome, symbolising that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase seen through the windows of the Paul-Lobe-Haus, architect Stephane Braunfels, 2001, a government building for the new parliamentary complex in the new government quarter of Berlin, on the banks of the river Spree on Federal Row, Platz der Republik 1, Berlin, Germany. It is connected to the Chancellery and together with the Marie-Elisabeth-Luders House on the opposite side of the Spree it forms a formal and functional whole. The building contains more than 900 offices for the parliamentary deputies. It is named after Paul Lobe, 1875-1967, the last democratic president of the Weimar Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflection of a bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl in the windows of the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a Greek man with shield and sword at the gates of the Schloss Charlottenburg or Charlottenburg Palace, built 1695-1713 by Johann Arnold Nering in Baroque and Rococo style, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany. The original palace was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg and later Friedrich I of Prussia. Prussian rulers occupied the palace until the late 19th century. After being badly damaged in the war, the palace was restored and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor at night, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The German Chancellery or Bundeskanzleramt in the evening, a federal agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor, the head of the German federal government, opened 2001, with a steel sculpture, 2000, entitled 'Berlin' by Eduardo Chillida, 1924-2002, Willy-Brandt-Strasse, Berlin, Germany. The building was designed by Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes in post-modernist style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • reHuge glass dome designed by Norman Foster 1990-99, at the Reichstag building, opened 1894, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag,  Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets in the evening in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets with fiesta bunting in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets of the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets in the evening in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow stepped streets with new concrete staircases, metal handrails and modern lights in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedral of Saint Mary of Tortosa, begun 1347, seen from a drelict building plot in the old town or Casc Antic, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. The cathedral was designed by Benito Dalguayre and built on the site of a Roman forum and Romanesque church. It was consecrated in 1597 and is built in Catalan Gothic style, with 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses, and an 18th century Baroque facade. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the access corridor to the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss I, running alongside a courtyard (through the horseshoe arches) and with the minaret above, Moulay Idriss, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. The mausoleum was rebuilt by Moulay Ismail, 1672-1727, in the 17th century and is the site of an important moussem or pilgrimage festival each summer. The town was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. His body was moved to a tomb in the mausoleum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftops of the medina or old town of Tetouan in the evening, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sidi Saidi mosque, built 1609, next to the Bab Saida gate in the medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sidi Saidi mosque, built 1609, next to the Bab Saida gate in the medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dawn at the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view over the city of Prague, with Prague Castle, 10th - 14th centuries, the largest ancient castle in the world, and St Vitus cathedral, a Gothic Roman catholic cathedral founded 1344, in the distance, Prague, Czech Republic. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bubion, with floodlit mudejar style Church of La Virgen del Rosari, 16th century, gorge of the Poqueira river, Alpujarra, Andalucia, Southern Spain. Moorish influence is seen in the distinctive cubic architecture of the Sierra Nevada's Alpujarra region, reminiscent of Berber architecture in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Padern Castle or Chateau de Padern, 12th century Cathar castle, Padern, Corbieres, Aude, France. This nighttime view shows the castle illuminated against the night sky. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted room in the Navarre and Orval Towers, built 1512-19 as a double artillery tower to defend the city, at Champ de Navarre, Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The artillery tower is large with 4 storeys and walls up to 7m thick. It was used as a powder stores from 1825. Langres is a hill town fortified by the Romans and important through the Middle Ages due to its bishops and diocese, and in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods. The tower is listed as a historic monument and now houses an Architecture and Heritage Learning Centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canal du Trevois at night, dug in the 17th century, and in the centre, the Theatre de Champagne, designed by Henri Schmidt and built 1905, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The theatre is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archaeological Museum Of Macedonia at night, and the Bridge of Civilisations across the river Vardar, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. On the right is Gemidzii, a sculptural group of boatmen from Thessaloniki, erected 2010, depicting 7 members of the secret revolutionary group who carried out the Thessaloniki assassinations on the eve of the Ilinden Uprising. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restaurants in the evening, in the old town of Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Church of St Nicholas in the evening, a Serbian orthodox church built 1902-09 and designed by Ciril Ivekovic in Neo Byzantine style, on St Luke's square in the old town of Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. The church has 2 bell towers topped with gold crosses gifted by Russia, and its decorated with a Serbian flag. The Bay of Kotor area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Citadelle de Belfort, with the 17th century castle and the Lion of Belfort sculpture, 1880, by Auguste Bartholdi, dedicated to the defenders of the siege of 1870-71, above the town of Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. A castle was built in the 17th century by the Comte de la Suze to protect the Trouee de Belfort or Belfort Gap, and Vauban and Haxo added to the fortifications. In the 19th century the citadel formed part of the Sere de Rivieres system of French border defences. The citadel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gran Teatre del Liceu illuminated in the evening, an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original theatre was opened in 1837 but it moved here in 1847 in a former convent building, converted by Joaquim de Gispert d'Angli. The building was rebuilt in 1862 after it was damaged in a fire, although the facade was saved, and then again in 1994 after another fire, reopened 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cairo in the evening, seen across the river Nile from the Zamalek area of Gezira, an island in the river Nile, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Placa de la Mare de Deu in the evening, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. In the centre is the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Placa de la Mare de Deu in the evening, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. In the centre is the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection, sculptural group with Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, Mary Salome and the Angel, by Francesc Fajula, on the terrace between the stained glass window and the Passion facade, built 1954-2018, at night, at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, an unfinished catholic church designed in Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and begun in 1882 by Francisco de Paula del Villar, continued from 1883 by Gaudi, consecrated 2010 and still undergoing construction, in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed 2021. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Star of the Virgin Mary, installed 29th November and first illuminated 8th December 2021, atop the Tower of the Virgin Mary, at the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, an unfinished catholic church designed in Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and begun in 1882 by Francisco de Paula del Villar, continued from 1883 by Gaudi, consecrated 2010 and still undergoing construction, in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed 2021. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument au duc d’Orleans, bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orleans, son of King Louis Philippe, c. 1844, by Carlo Marocchetti, 1805-67, in the evening, at the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The statue was originally at the Louvre, then at Versailles from 1848, before being moved here. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basement, formerly the stables, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Supported by wide brick columns with tapered brick capitals, the basement contained stalls for horses, ramps for horses and people, a well and cistern and rooms for the coachmen and stable hands. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Castillet, a fortified building and city gate built 1368-1542, illuminated in the evening, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The structure consists of the grand castillet, the petit castillet and a polygonal bastion, now destroyed. The building now houses a museum, the Museu Catala de les Arts i Tradicions Populars, or Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a seated bishop in an arched niche in the church at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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