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  • Detail of Europe, Africa and Asia, from the Map of the world, 1574, painting by Giovanni Antonio Da Varese, in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of Europe, 1574, painting by Giovanni Antonio Da Varese, in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jerusalem, detail of the Madaba Mosaic Map, 6th century Byzantine mosaic floor, oldest extent map of Palestine, Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George, 1864, Madaba, Jordan. North-south Cardo and valley streets (lined with columns), the Damascus Gate plaza and pillar, the city walls, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Church of Holy Zion (Hagia Sion), and Justinian's "Nea" Church are depicted in the map. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the island of Martinique, German copy of the map by Guillaume Delisle, 1675-1726, by Matthieu Seutter, 1678-1757, after 1732, coloured engraving, from the Chatillon collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First printed map of the globe, 1507, by Martin Waldseemuller, 1470-1520, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of Navarre, Aragon and Catalonia, Kingdoms of France, 1685, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the city an university of Angers, 1576, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing the movement of armies during the Gallic Wars, in 52 BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the Island of Santo Domingo in the West Indies, engraving with watercolour, published 1723, by Nicolas de Fer, 1646-1720, in the Chatillon collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map and view of Cap Francais, founded 1670, capital of Santo Domingo in the West Indies until 1751, when Port au Prince became the capital, 1728, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of Western Europe, showing the transportation of slaves from ports between 1500 and 1815, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Liverpool shipped by far the largest number of expeditions, with 4894. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the route taken by the Holy Family in their Flight Into Egypt when escaping from Herod, outside the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the province of Anjou under Henri IV, 1512-94, engraving, by Gerard Kauffmann, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing Celtic villages, 3rd - 1st centuries BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. At this time the Celtic world consisted of groups of peoples with their own names and territories. Settlements were originally not fortified and craft/artisan based. Oppidums then developed, which were defensive and grew at a time of economic development. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the Pearling Path or Pearl Route, from a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1613 edition, depicting New France with Indian tribes and local flora, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Indian tribes and local flora, from a map of the voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1613 edition, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing the first settlements of the Spanish on Hispaniola 1492-1508, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the Roman Empire, in the French Grammar classroom of Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet and professor, in the Palacio de Jabalquinto, now the Universidad Internacional de Andalusia (UNIA), or International University of Andalusia, in Baeza, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The palace is listed as a historic monument and the Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing the routes of the slave trade through Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the Mexican Archipelago,  with Cuba, Santo Domingo and Jamaica, by P Coronelli and Tilemon 1688, in the Chatillon Collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the island of Martinique, watercolour engraving published c. 1762 in Nuremberg, with text explaining the island's history, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Martinique was occupied by the French in 1637, attacked by the Dutch in 1674 and the English in 1693 and taken by Amiral Rodney in 1762. On the left is the attack of the royal fort by the English fleet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the French Antilles, based on documents of Mr Petit, Engineer to the King, and  observations of Guillaume De Pifle of the Academy of Sciences and First Geographer to the King, July 1717, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506, Italian explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration of garlands and putti blowing trumpets, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506, Italian explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration of garlands and putti blowing trumpets, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinand Magellan, 1480-1521, Portuguese explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Zodiac and Constellations, 1574, ceiling fresco in the Hall of Maps by Giovanni de Vecchi, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Zodiac and Constellations, 1574, ceiling fresco in the Hall of Maps by Giovanni de Vecchi, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Zodiac and Constellations, 1574, ceiling fresco in the Hall of Maps by Giovanni de Vecchi, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, 1454-1512, Italian explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration of garlands and putti with trumpets, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, 1454-1512, Italian explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration of garlands, putti with trumpets and allegorical figures, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinand Magellan, 1480-1521, Portuguese explorer, with trompe l'oeil decoration of framework and putti blowing trumpets, fresco in the Hall of Maps, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Hall of Maps is also known as the Room of the World Map or Sala del Mappamondo and displays maps of the whole known world as well as of the heavens, in a ceiling fresco of the planets and constellations. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox basilica, behind the barrier, is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox church, behind the barrier, is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox church, behind the barrier, is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox church is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox church, behind the barrier, is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Construction of the Maricel Palace, including Miquel Utrillo on the left presenting a map of Maricel to Charles Deering, carved stone capital, 1917-20, by Pere Jou, 1891-1964, on the facade of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nautical chart, 1787, engraving and etching, with a map of the Ferrol, Coruna and Betanzos rivers, surveyed by Vicente Tofino de San Miguel, a brigadier in the Spanish Royal Navy, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map and nautical chart of the coast of Guinea from the Sierra Leonz river to Cape Lopes Consalvo, for use by a French slave ship, 1750, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. By the 18th century, Guinea was no longer used for slave sales, but remained a stop off point for slave ships off the African coast. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of France detailing the various Services de Renseignements or Information Services during the Second World War, marked Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front page of Le Canard Dechaine (the newspaper's headline was briefly changed to this after WWI to celebrate the end of military censorship of the press), issue number 176 & 177, 4th year, published 12th & 19th November 1919, with headline, 'La France a vote' (France has voted) and a map of France filled with political figures, referring to the legislative election, the first election after WWI, held on 16th and 30th November 1919. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celestial map of the Southern hemisphere on the side of the Astronomical Clock, built 1865-68 by clockmaker Auguste Verite, based on a model of the Strasbourg clock, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the epact (age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number. The cathedral itself consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Car fitted with Mappy equipment which scans and plots the area in order to create the map of the zoo, in the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing bombings in Barcelona and its system of air defences, in the Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Handwriting indicating Top Secret classification on the back of a map of France detailing the various Services de Renseignements or Information Services during the Second World War, marked Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Visitors listen to a tourists guide showing a map of the Olympic Park with in the background the London Olympic Stadium, Populous (formerly HOK Sport), 2011, London, United Kingdom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Imagined portrait of Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, explorer and cartographer who mapped Eastern Canada, reproduction of an engraving by Pierre Gandon, 1934, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Pierre Gandon's reproduction rights
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  • Detail of 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Candelabra, sculpture and framed maps in the Sitting Room, in the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The current building dates from 1865-72, when its owner, Henry Guy, rebuilt the chateau in Neo-Tudor style. Since 2009 the building has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail compass from 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail of compass, mermaids, ships and coats of arms, from 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail of 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A plan of the Mesolithic clay platform on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The plan shows the stakes of the dwellings. Pits have been cut into this feature and those coloured in pink have been emptied in antiquity leaving just a few feathers or fur to indicate their previous contents. Excavations here are led by archaeologist Jacqui Wood. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Audiovisual production relating the Battle of Gergovie between Vercingetorix and the Romans, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Christopher Columbus from the painting of Diego Colon with his father Christopher Colombus, detail, oil painting, 1957, by Rafael Pellicer, 1906-63, in Diego Colon's office, in the Alcazar de Colon, or Columbus Alcazar, built 1510-12 in Gothic Mudejar style, under Diego Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, who was 4th Governor of the Indies, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building houses the Museo Alcazar de Diego Colon, displaying Gothic and Renaissance European art. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nautical chart of the Mediterranean or Pas-Caart van de Middelandsche Zee, 1673, by Peter Goos, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Goos and Bleau represented a new era of printed cartography in the 17th century, spreading knowledge and discoveries more widely. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of accommodation block F, drawn on the wall of barrack no. 32 by an unknown inmate in 1941, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New nautical chart increasing in degrees, of he maritime coasts of Brittany and Poitou, from Croizie to Anse de St Gilles, and the river of Nantes with deep waters and sand banks, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge exhibition hall on the former factory floor at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge exhibition hall on the former factory floor at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of Palermo in the 12th century, on the majolica tiled floor of the Galeria del Ballo, or Ballroom, at the Palazzo Conte Federico, a 12th century Arabic Norman palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The Federico counts bought the palace in the mid 17th century and are responsible for commissioning many of the decorations in place today. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition of weapons, models and cartography, about the Battle of Gergovie in the Gallic Wars, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Audiovisual production relating the Battle of Gergovie between Vercingetorix and the Romans, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 239 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1966, featuring an article on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest and the retaking of Fort Douaumont in 1916. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing, 1630, depicting the town of Bellinzona and its castles, in the Museo Storico Archeologico, or Museo Castelgrande, in Castelgrande, a large defensive medieval castle in the Old Town of Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. A fortification has been in place here since the 1st century BC, although the current buildings date from the 12th and 15th centuries. The castle is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Diego Colon with his father Christopher Colombus, oil painting, 1957, by Rafael Pellicer, 1906-63, in Diego Colon's office, in the Alcazar de Colon, or Columbus Alcazar, built 1510-12 in Gothic Mudejar style, under Diego Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, who was 4th Governor of the Indies, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building houses the Museo Alcazar de Diego Colon, displaying Gothic and Renaissance European art. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Diego Colon with his father Christopher Colombus, detail, oil painting, 1957, by Rafael Pellicer, 1906-63, in Diego Colon's office, in the Alcazar de Colon, or Columbus Alcazar, built 1510-12 in Gothic Mudejar style, under Diego Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, who was 4th Governor of the Indies, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The building houses the Museo Alcazar de Diego Colon, displaying Gothic and Renaissance European art. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of the 2 saltworks in Salins-les-Bains, 19th century, exhibited in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Grande Saline, Musee du Sel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town of Salins-les-Bains blessed by Jesus and Saints, oil painting, 1629, by Nicolas Richard, in the Introductory Room of the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The painting measures 4x2m and was originally exhibited in the former Musee Max Claudet. It is displayed in a specially made temperature controlled cabinet. It demonstrates the importance of the Great Saltworks to the town in the 17th century. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition in the museum in the visitor centre at Tintagel Castle, built by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century, Tintagel Island, Cornwall, England. The ruined castle is linked with Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth cited it as the place of conception of King Arthur in his 12th century book, History of the Kings of England. The site is managed by English Heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A dilapidated desk in a room in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction 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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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting Ashkelon, from the cycle showing 15 major cities of the Holy Land from both east and west of the River Jordan, 756-785 AD, from the Church of St Stephen, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Six mosaic masters signed the mosaic floor, Staurachios from Esbus, Euremios, Elias, Constantinus, Germanus and Abdela. They completed the mosaics at the time of Bishop Sergius II in honour of St Stephen. The church has an apse and an elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting Eleutheropolis, from the cycle showing 15 major cities of the Holy Land from both east and west of the River Jordan, 756-785 AD, from the Church of St Stephen, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Six mosaic masters signed the mosaic floor, Staurachios from Esbus, Euremios, Elias, Constantinus, Germanus and Abdela. They completed the mosaics at the time of Bishop Sergius II in honour of St Stephen. The church has an apse and an elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting Kesaria (modern day Caesarea in Israel), from the cycle showing 15 major cities of the Holy Land from both east and west of the River Jordan, 756-785 AD, from the Church of St Stephen, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Six mosaic masters signed the mosaic floor, Staurachios from Esbus, Euremios, Elias, Constantinus, Germanus and Abdela. They completed the mosaics at the time of Bishop Sergius II in honour of St Stephen. The church has an apse and an elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting Neapolis (modern day Nablus), possibly with the Theotokos church on Mount Gerizim, from the cycle showing 15 major cities of the Holy Land from both east and west of the River Jordan, 756-785 AD, from the Church of St Stephen, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Six mosaic masters signed the mosaic floor, Staurachios from Esbus, Euremios, Elias, Constantinus, Germanus and Abdela. They completed the mosaics at the time of Bishop Sergius II in honour of St Stephen. The church has an apse and an elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting Sebastis (modern day Sebastia in the West Bank), from the cycle showing 15 major cities of the Holy Land from both east and west of the River Jordan, 756-785 AD, from the Church of St Stephen, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. Six mosaic masters signed the mosaic floor, Staurachios from Esbus, Euremios, Elias, Constantinus, Germanus and Abdela. They completed the mosaics at the time of Bishop Sergius II in honour of St Stephen. The church has an apse and an elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of the Punic city's harbour in the National Archaeological Museum. Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on February 1, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The National Archaeological Museum (Musee National de Carthage) houses an impressive collection of Punic and Christian relics found in the excavations, including stelae, jewellery, sarcophagi and reliefs. It also features maps, photographs and models of the ancient city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Transit, application available on a map traffic conditions in the city of Barcelona and see live images from traffic cameras. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transit, application available on a map traffic conditions in the city of Barcelona and see live images from traffic cameras. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator from St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. Here, Christ is seen with a teaching gesture and holding an open book. This Greek Orthodox church was built in 1884 when earlier Byzantine mosaics were discovered on the site, including the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted figure from the base of the Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, detail, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Louis S St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph in the National Archaeological Museum, depicting Punic Tombs, Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on February 1, 2008. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The National Archaeological Museum (Musee National de Carthage) houses an impressive collection of Punic and Christian relics found in the excavations, including stelae, jewellery, sarcophagi and reliefs. It also features maps, photographs and models of the ancient city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the remains of a Roman female statue in the garden of the National Archaeological Museum. Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 2, 2008, in the late afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The National Archaeological Museum (Musee National de Carthage) houses an impressive collection of Punic and Christian relics found in the excavations, including stelae, jewellery, sarcophagi and reliefs. It also features maps, photographs and models of the ancient city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of a sculpture of a Roman actor with a mask in the garden of the National Archaeological Museum. Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 29, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The National Archaeological Museum (Musee National de Carthage) houses an impressive collection of Punic and Christian relics found in the excavations, including stelae, jewellery, sarcophagi and reliefs. It also features maps, photographs and models of the ancient city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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