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  • Mosaic medallion with a circle of rare patterned marble, 1st century AD, on the floor of the tablinum of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. Surrounding this marble disc are mosaics of wildlife. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of floor in floral pattern using coloured marble and glass, in the Triclinium, probably used for lunches, a large room open to the garden, with walls painted on a white background with figures and plants and ornamental borders and floating figures of the seasons, in the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble Road, leading from the Great Theatre to the Library of Celsus, built 1st century AD and rebuilt 5th century AD, Ephesus Izmir, Turkey. The road follows the portion of the sacred way that leads past Panayirdagi to the Temple of Artemis. The western side of the road is enclosed by the agora wall, and a higher platform, built during the reign of Nero. The road was lined with statues of important people and letters from the Emperor were carved here into marble. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted detail from a marble sarcophagus showing figures fighting including one on horseback, at Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Ephesus was one of the most important centres in the ancient world for producing half-finished sarcophagi. They are of three types; garland, column or Attic. Many sarcophagi were found during the excavations of the area around Ephesus. In the necropolis are walled family tombs, monumental tombs, vauted tombs and sarcophagi within closed or open chambers. The sarcophagi were rectangular and were constructed of marble, stone, baked clay, or wood. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted detail from a marble sarcophagus at Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Ephesus was one of the most important centres in the ancient world for producing half-finished sarcophagi. They are of three types; garland, column or Attic. Many sarcophagi were found during the excavations of the area around Ephesus. In the necropolis are walled family tombs, monumental tombs, vauted tombs and sarcophagi within closed or open chambers. The sarcophagi were rectangular and were constructed of marble, stone, baked clay, or wood. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses, marble decoration by Marbreries Merbes-Sprimont after cartoons by Henri Sauvage, in the entrance hall of the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble plaque with Persian inscription on the building and reconstruction of an office for Sultan Qaitbay by Almir Maran Ibrahim Adham, 1226 Hj, and the name of the engraver Bogdady Ibrahim, with floral motifs, Turkish period, 19th century AD, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation scene with St Peter Martyr and 3 Donors, marble relief, c. 1340, by Giovanni di Balduccio, Italian, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. This relief was probably originally from the tomb of Uberto III Visconti, from the church of Sant' Eustorgio, Milan. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble female head found at the Qasr Al Bint temple excavation at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan, from the Petra Archaeological Museum. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Pan, at the entrance of the Santuario di Attis (Shrine of Attis), late 3rd century, Ostia Antica, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Antoninus Pius (Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius), Marcus Aurelius' adoptive father and predecessor as emperor, marble bust statue in the Castel Sant'Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian), 135-39 by Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138), Rome, Italy. The Castel Sant'Angelo later became a Papal fortress and is now a museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transport, marble decoration by Marbreries Merbes-Sprimont after cartoons by Henri Sauvage, in the entrance hall of the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Pan, at the entrance of the Santuario di Attis (Shrine of Attis), late 3rd century, Ostia Antica, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble basins used to wash the laundry , Cartoixa d'Escaladei (Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria d'Escaladei), 1194, Escaladei, at the foot of the Montsant range, Priorat, Tarragona, Spain. Cartoixa d'Escaladei was the first Carthusian monastery in the Iberian peninsula. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving, marble decoration by Marbreries Merbes-Sprimont after cartoons by Henri Sauvage, in the entrance hall of the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted marble frieze with satyrs, initials and fruit garlands, 1834, by Jean-Baptiste Louis Plantar, 1790-1879, in the antechamber of the Chapelle de la Trinite or Chapel of the Trinity, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy of Jeanne de France, 1350-71, daughter of Philippe VI de Valois and Blanche de Navarre, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, and (middle) Blanche de Navarre, 1332-98, second wife of Philippe VI de Valois, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, and (back) Charles, 1270-1325, count of Valois, son of Philippe III and Isabelle of Aragon, originally from the Eglise des Jacobins in Paris, brought to Saint-Denis in 1817, made early 14th century in marble, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy of Jeanne de France, 1350-71, daughter of Philippe VI de Valois and Blanche de Navarre, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, and (middle) Blanche de Navarre, 1332-98, second wife of Philippe VI de Valois, made 1371 in marble by the atelier of Jean de Liege, and (back) Charles, 1270-1325, count of Valois, son of Philippe III and Isabelle of Aragon, originally from the Eglise des Jacobins in Paris, brought to Saint-Denis in 1817, made early 14th century in marble, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, with altar, inlaid marble floor, striped marble columns, vaults painted with stars and frescos by Benedetto di Bindo, d. 1417, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child marble sculpture from the Antonello Gagini school, in a niche of polychrome marble, Chiesa San Giuseppe dei Teatini (San Giuseppe dei Teatini church), 17th century, Giacomo Besio, a Genoese member of the Theatines order, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonna dell'Immacolata (Column of the Immaculate), 1724 designed by Tommaso Maria Napoli and built by Giovanni Amico, Piazza San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The marble column stands on a marble pedestal and is topped by a bronze statue of the Immaculate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonna dell'Immacolata (Column of the Immaculate), 1724 designed by Tommaso Maria Napoli and built by Giovanni Amico, Piazza San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The marble column stands on a marble pedestal and is topped by a bronze statue of the Immaculate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gothic Cloister, white Ceret marble and Gerona stone, 13th century, built by Father Ramon Desbac (1261-1303), Abbaye Sainte-Marie, Arles-Sur-Tech, France. The first Gothic cloister in Northern Catalonia, a unique example of Languedoc Gothic. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of Asclepius, god of medicine and son of Apollo and Coronis, Greek, 2nd century BC, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The statue is made from 2 blocks, the bust made from marble from Paros and the body of Pentellic marble from Attica. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the living room with decorative stained glass windows and skylight by Jeroni Ferran Granell i Manresa, and marble work by Alfons Juyol, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Grotto, with marble bust of Gilberto V Borromeo wearing the Golden Fleece, in the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Emperor known as the 'Togatus' statue, Julio-Claudian dynasty, 27 BC - 68 AD, man wearing a tunic and toga, marble, found in a house in Langres in 1660, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. the sculpture was restored by Francois Girardon, 1628-1715, who added 2 arms, each holding a roll of parchment, and the smaller marble head of a barbarian. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chahar Bagh or Inner Garden in the palace courtyard within Amer Fort, built during the reign of Raja Man Singh, the Kachwaha King of Amer, in the 16th century, then expanded by Jai Singh I, above Maota Lake at Amer near Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. This is a mughal style garden with marble parterres in geometric patterns. The fort itself is constructed from red sandstone and marble and has many mughal influences. It was the palace of the Rajput maharajas and their families. The fort is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures on the fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, and behind, portrait of the Dowager Marquise de Croix, born Eugenie de Vasse, wife of Charles-Lidwine, marquis de Croix, by Claude Marie Dubufe, 1790-1864, in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, and right, portrait of the Dowager Marquise de Croix, born Eugenie de Vasse, wife of Charles-Lidwine, marquis de Croix, by Claude Marie Dubufe, 1790-1864, in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by  Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ceiling fresco is Day Chasing Night, by Paul Baudry. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherubs and column of flames on the funerary monument of Francois II, 1544-60, king of France 1559-60, son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, where his heart was buried, made 1572 by Primaticcio, in marble, originally from the Eglise des Celestins in Paris and moved to Saint-Denis in 1818, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. In front is the effigy of Isabelle of Aragon, 1247-71, wife of Philip III the Bold, made 1275 in marble. On the right is the effigy of Clovis II. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter, detail, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Striped marble columns, arches and plaster busts of popes, 15th - 16th century, in the nave of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Catherine, by Luigi Mussini, 1813-88, and striped marble columns and with carved capitals featuring birds and foliage, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, painting by Alessandro Casolani, 1552–1606, housed in a marble structure with columns and pediment, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the living room with decorative stained glass windows and skylight by Jeroni Ferran Granell i Manresa, and marble work by Alfons Juyol, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor of the living room with decorative stained glass windows by Jeroni Ferran Granell i Manresa, furniture by Gaspar Homar and marble work by Alfons Juyol, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaic of a garden scene with fountain and blossom trees by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance hall with staircase with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second floor of the main entrance hall with marble work by Alfons Juyol and mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The original skylight above was destroyed in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, and was restored in 1990 by Maria Font Rubin, the Carandell But workshop and Carmen Fernandez. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble bust of Gilberto V Borromeo wearing the Golden Fleece, in the Fifth Grotto of the Apartment of Grottoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The grottoes form a summer apartment for Vitaliano VI Borromeo, built 1689-1769 by Filippo Cagnola and Giulio Galliori. The walls and vaults of the 6 rooms are encrusted with stones, tufa, lava, coal, mica and marble, encased in stucco decorations of shells, nymphs, sirens, dolphins, fish and turtles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chahar Bagh or Inner Garden in the palace courtyard within Amer Fort, built during the reign of Raja Man Singh, the Kachwaha King of Amer, in the 16th century, then expanded by Jai Singh I, above Maota Lake at Amer near Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. This is a mughal style garden with marble parterres in geometric patterns. The fort itself is constructed from red sandstone and marble and has many mughal influences. It was the palace of the Rajput maharajas and their families. The fort is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, high relief, marble, detail from 1 of 2 holy water fonts, 1462-63, by Antonio Federighi, 1420-83, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the Innocents, 1481, by Matteo di Giovanni, detail from the marble inlaid floor in the transept of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul, detail, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Crescentius, martyred as a child under Diocletian, by Luigi Mussini, 1813-88, and striped marble columns and walls, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, with arches, striped marble columns and dome with trompe l'oeil coffers with gilded stars, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, painting by Alessandro Casolani, 1552–1606, housed in a marble structure with columns and pediment, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor of the living room with decorative stained glass windows by Jeroni Ferran Granell i Manresa, furniture by Gaspar Homar and marble work by Alfons Juyol, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor of the living room with decorative stained glass windows and marble work by Alfons Juyol, looking through to the hallway and its mosaics by Lluis Bru, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Intricately carved marble capital and stucco work behind, in the central courtyard of the Al-Attarine Madrasa, a religious school built 1323-25 by the Marinid Sultan Uthman II Abu Said, who ruled 1310-31, in the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. This courtyard has a central marble fountain, a zellige tiled floor and lower walls and carved stucco and wooden walls with horseshoe arches and pillars. The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female with bird, detail from the sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, with pink and white marble wall, semicircular portal and Mudejar-style door, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus entry into Jerusalem, detail, lintel in sculpted Carrara marble, c. 1175, by workshop of Biduinus, Italian, from the portal of the church of San Leonardo al Frigido, near Massa, Italy, displayed in the Fuentiduena Chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female with shawl and flowers, detail from the sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing Room, used by ladies after dinner, with sculpted Carrara marble fireplace, wallpaper and a portrait of Margaret Henry donated to the Benedictines by the Henry family, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Drawing Room, used by ladies after dinner, with sculpted Carrara marble fireplace, stucco ceiling and a portrait of Margaret Henry donated to the Benedictines by the Henry family, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • John The Baptist, by Igor Mitoraj (b.1946), Carrara Marble, 2006, Basilica di Santa Maria Degli Angeli e dei Martiri, Rome, Italy. Igor Mitraj, Polish artist, studied painting at the Academy of Art, Krakow, Poland, and took up sculpture after a trip to Mexico. Photograph by Manel Cohen.
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  • Entrance to the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, with pink and white marble wall, semicircular portal and Mudejar-style door, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, choir and high altar of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Rococo altar of 1758 is Rococo in style and consists of a base and 6 columns in red marble and a gilded oak canopy. The cathedral houses stained glass windows by Andre Robin from 1451, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman plaque, 110-130 AD, Carrara marble, with Latin text describing Barcino, the ancient name for Barcelona, founded 10 BC by Emperor Augustus, dedicated by the Divus Augustus priests, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The plaque comes from Placa de Sant Miquel, possibly fixed to a door or on the gate. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman plaque, 110-130 AD, Carrara marble, detail of Latin text describing Barcino, the ancient name for Barcelona, founded 10 BC by Emperor Augustus, dedicated by the Divus Augustus priests, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The plaque comes from Placa de Sant Miquel, possibly fixed to a door or on the gate. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman plaque, 110-130 AD, Carrara marble, with Latin text describing Barcino, the ancient name for Barcelona, founded 10 BC by Emperor Augustus, dedicated by the Divus Augustus priests, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The plaque comes from Placa de Sant Miquel, possibly fixed to a door or on the gate. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_417.jpg
  • Jesus entry into Jerusalem, lintel in sculpted Carrara marble, c. 1175, by workshop of Biduinus, Italian, from the portal of the church of San Leonardo al Frigido, near Massa, Italy, displayed in the Fuentiduena Chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone relief depicting a helmet and armour, on the Marble Road in front of the Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The Marble Road leads from the Library of Celsus to the Great Theatre. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peristyle house on the corner of Curetes Street and Marble Road known as the brothel, 2nd century AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This house is named because of the statue of Priapus with an oversize phallus found in the house. It is a 2 storey house with two entrances, one from the Marble Road and one from the Curetes Street. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unidentified marble structure thought to be either a fountain in a decorative enclosure with columns and pediment, or an altar, in the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital carved in pink marble depicting a lion, from Serrabone Priory, 11th century monastery, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, displayed at the Abbey of St Mary of Lagrasse. The priory has 25 capitals with over 600 sculpted designs of Eastern inspiration, cut from pink marble from quarries in the Conflent, by Romanesque craftsmen from the Roussillon area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Helena, 1905, marble statue by Raymond Sudre (1870 - 1962), Square Gambetta, Carcassonne, Aude, France. The statue was installed in the Square Gambetta in 2010 after restoration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of the twelve columns, Saadian tombs, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The tombs, near the Kasbah mosque, date from the reign of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, 1578-1603, and contain the mausoleums of members of the Saadi dynasty. The hall of the twelve columns contains the tomb of the Sultan's son Ahmad al-Mansur and contains a stele carved from cedar wood and worked with stucco. The monuments are of Italian Carrara marble and the walls are covered in glazed tiles and carved Koranic verses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, 1611, marble gisant sculpture by Michel Bourdin l'Aine, mausoleum, Eglise St Germain des Pres, Paris, France. Founded as an Abbey in 542 the building was destroyed several times by the Normans and reconsecrated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. Only the church survived the Abbey's destruction during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nymphe (Nymph), Marble, 1866, by Louis Auguste Leveque (1814-1875), Tuileries Gardens (Jardin des Tuileries), 1664, Le Notre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hiver (Winter), cast, 1993, from original marble, 1712, started by Jean Raon (1630-1707), finished by his son Jean-Melchior Raon, placed by the western pool of Tuileries Gardens, (Jardin des Tuileries) in 1722, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "La Comedie" (The Comedy), Marble, 1874, by Julien Toussaint Roux (1836-1880), Tuileries Gardens (Jardin des Tuileries), 1664, Le Notre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital carved in pink marble depicting a lion walking, from Serrabone Priory, 11th century monastery, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, displayed at the Abbey of St Mary of Lagrasse. The priory has 25 capitals with over 600 sculpted designs of Eastern inspiration, cut from pink marble from quarries in the Conflent, by Romanesque craftsmen from the Roussillon area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC13_FRANCE_MC357.jpg
  • Capital carved in pink marble depicting a wild animal probably a lion, from Serrabone Priory, 11th century monastery, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, displayed at the Abbey of St Mary of Lagrasse. The priory has 25 capitals with over 600 sculpted designs of Eastern inspiration, cut from pink marble from quarries in the Conflent, by Romanesque craftsmen from the Roussillon area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC13_FRANCE_MC356.jpg
  • Hall of the twelve columns, Saadian tombs, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The tombs, near the Kasbah mosque, date from the reign of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, 1578-1603, and contain the mausoleums of members of the Saadi dynasty. The hall of the twelve columns contains the tomb of the Sultan's son Ahmad al-Mansur and contains a stele carved from cedar wood and worked with stucco. The monuments are of Italian Carrara marble and the walls are covered in glazed tiles and carved Koranic verses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacred Tomb (La Sainte Tombe), blue Ceret marble, 4th century, and effigy of Guillaume de Gaucelme (d.1211) attributed to Ramon de Bianya (13th century), Abbaye de Sainte Marie, 8th and 13th centuries, Arles-sur-Tech, France. The tomb, carved with an X in a circle representing Christ, reputedly contains the relics of martyred Saints Abdon and Sennen and continually produces pure water, which is regarded as a miracle. Guillaume de Gaucelme was a benefactor of the Abbey. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Sacred Tomb (La Sainte Tombe), blue Ceret marble, 4th century, Abbaye de Sainte Marie, 8th and 13th centuries, Arles-sur-Tech, France. The tomb, carved with an X in a circle representing Christ, reputedly contains the relics of martyred Saints Abdon and Sennen and continually produces pure water, which is regarded as a miracle. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Marble and mosaics decoration of a wall of the Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel), 1130 - 1140, by Roger II, within the Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medee (Medea), marble, 1896, by Paul Gasq (1860-1944), Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France. Pinnacle of Musee d'Orsay visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nessus carrying Hercules wife, Deianeira, away on his back, Le Centaure Nessus Enlevant Dejanire (The Centaur Nessus Abducting Deianeira), marble, 1892, by Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (1848-1920), at the Tuileries Gardens since 1892, Jardin des Tuileries, 1664, Le Nôtre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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