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  • The Marquis of Turgot, governor of Cayenne, French Guiana, from 1763, receiving gifts from the Indians, oil painting, 18th century, by unknown artist, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Marquis of Turgot, governor of Cayenne, French Guiana, from 1763, receiving gifts from the Indians, oil painting, 18th century, by unknown artist, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene of the Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer famous for his sexual exploits, on a bed in his cell with a prostitute. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene of the Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer famous for his sexual exploits, on a bed in his cell with a prostitute. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene of the Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer famous for his sexual exploits, on a bed in his cell with a prostitute. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Atlante, on the main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade and main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel with trumpet and wreath, detail from the main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small oratory in Byzantine style, with plaster reliefs 1866 by Francisco Molinelli and allegorical ceiling paintings of the Virgin 1863 by Jose Brel, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary (patroness of the marquises), 1866, is by Jose Maria Garcia Martinez. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels, fruit and a snake, detail from the main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personification of a river, detail from the main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade and main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child with putti, detail of the main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bowl, 11th century with painted decoration of a deer, in Madinat al Zahra style, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ballroom, with painted decoration by Salustiano Asenjo Arozamena, and opulent neo-imperial decoration showing wealth, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians in a garden, detail, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians in a garden, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain.  Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personification of the City of Valencia kneeling in front of Jaime II, with figure in white representing the Christian faith, a politico-religious allegorical painting, 1866, by Salustiano Asenjo, on the ceiling of the ballroom, in the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Salon, with decoration by by Jose Brel Giralt, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, with canopied bed and painted wall panels, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of servants sewing and washing up in a kitchen, 1789, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Majolica plate with fish sgraffito decoration, 1951-54, by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putti, painted and gilded stucco decoration in the ballroom, in the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ballroom, with painted decoration by Salustiano Asenjo Arozamena, and opulent neo-imperial decoration showing wealth, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians playing drums and trumpets, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putti and gilded plasterwork in the ballroom, with painted decoration by Salustiano Asenjo Arozamena, and opulent neo-imperial decoration showing wealth, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bowl, 11th century with painted decoration of woman drinking, in Madinat al Zahra style, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling beams with polychrome decoration of sphinxes, urns and scrolls, 15th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Joaquim de Carcer i d'Amat, Marquis of Castellbell, 1900, by Miquel Blay, in the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid sculpture by Maria Llimona i Benet, 1894-1985, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Santa Clotilde Gardens, aerial view, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Conchino de Conchini, Marshall of France and Marquis of Ancre, Baron of Lesigny, Count of Penna, c. 1575-1617, favourite of Marie de Medici and husband of Leonora Dori, engraving, in the Billiards 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 chateau dates from 1865-72, when its owner, Henry Guy, rebuilt it 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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  • South facade of the Chateau de Cheverny, built 1624-30 in Classical style by Jacques Bougier for the owner Philippe Hurault, in the Loire Valley at Sologne, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is currently owned by the Marquis of Vibraye and is open to the public. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, known as Cardinal de Janson, cardinal and bishop of Beauvais (from the family of the marquis de Janson from Provence),<br />
1631-1713, by Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, French sculptor, 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 cathedral 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis holding a Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in the animal rearing section of the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Detail of ram's heads from a painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of woman's head on a decorative motif from a painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panel, 17th century, with winged sphinxes and putti holding a battle scene, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cala Boadella beach, aerial view, next to the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neoclassical marble bust, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition, with on the right, sculpture of the coat of arms of the city of Barcelona and of the Marquis of Campo (reverse), from the fountain on the Placa de Sant Pere, 19th century, exhibited 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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  • Coat of arms of the city of Barcelona and of the Marquis of Campo (reverse), from the fountain on the Placa de Sant Pere, 19th century, exhibited 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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  • Angels holding a coat of arms, sculptural detail above the architrave, on the Parador del Condestable Davalos, or Palacio del Dean Ortega (Palace of the Marquis of Donadio or Palace of Dean Ortega), commissioned by Fernando Ortega Salido and designed by Andres de Vandelvira in Renaissance style in the 16th century, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, Ubeda, 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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  • Allied ambassadors, left-right, Marquis Carlotti of Italy, David Francis of America, Albert Thomas of France and Sir George Buchanan of Great Britain at the Fourth Duma, 10th May 1917, in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph published on the front page of L'Illustration no.3874, 2nd June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South facade of the Chateau de Cheverny, built 1624-30 in Classical style by Jacques Bougier for the owner Philippe Hurault, in the Loire Valley at Sologne, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is currently owned by the Marquis of Vibraye and is open to the public. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of the Chateau de Cheverny, built 1624-30 in Classical style by Jacques Bougier for the owner Philippe Hurault, in the Loire Valley at Sologne, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is a small family chapel with stained glass windows, wood panelling and a painting of the Sacred Heart above the altar. The chateau is currently owned by the Marquis of Vibraye and is open to the public. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, known as Cardinal de Janson, cardinal and bishop of Beauvais (from the family of the marquis de Janson from Provence),<br />
1631-1713, by Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, French sculptor, 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 cathedral 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis holding a Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in the animal rearing section of the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis putting cricket eggs into an incubator in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis observing a viper in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis feeding a snail to a Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis) in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis holding an Amazonian frog coloured yellow to camouflage it amongst the leaves, in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis feeding a cricket to a lizard in the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Portrait of Antonio Canova, 1757-1822, marquis of Ischia and sculptor, pictured on his first visit to Paris, October - December 1802, by Adele Grasset, worked 1831-49, from the collection of the Chateau de Versailles et de Trianon, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Madame Scarron, the future Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, by Louis de Mornay, Marquis de Villarceaux, 1619-91, in the dining room of the upper chateau, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. Madame de Scarron was the mistress of Louis de Mornay for 3 years before secretly marrying Louis XIV. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panel, 17th century, with winged sphinxes and putti holding a battle scene, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panel, 17th century, with figures supporting a painting topped with horns of plenty, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of woman's head on a decorative motif from a painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of coat of arms from a painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room with paintings and painted ceiling imported from Italy, c. 1550, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seating area overlooking the sea, with a neoclassical marble bust, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms of the city of Barcelona and of the Marquis of Campo (reverse), from the fountain on the Placa de Sant Pere, 19th century, exhibited 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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  • Portrait of Jose Solano y Bote Carrasco y Diaz, marquis of Socorro, 1726-1806, officer in the Spanish Royal Marines, painting, in the Office of the Captain General, in the Museo de las Casas Reales, or Museum of the Royal Houses, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1973 to celebrate the history and culture of the Spanish inhabitants of the colony, and is housed in a 16th century colonial palace originally serving as governor's office and Audiencia Real or Royal Court. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South facade of the Chateau de Cheverny, built 1624-30 in Classical style by Jacques Bougier for the owner Philippe Hurault, in the Loire Valley at Sologne, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is currently owned by the Marquis of Vibraye and is open to the public. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South facade of the Chateau de Cheverny, built 1624-30 in Classical style by Jacques Bougier for the owner Philippe Hurault, in the Loire Valley at Sologne, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau is currently owned by the Marquis of Vibraye and is open to the public. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Francois-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, statesman, 1641-91, by Aime Millet, in the Henri IV Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zookeeper Olivier Marquis holding a Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in the animal rearing section of the Vivarium, a controlled area for observing and researching animals, at 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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  • Portrait of Madame Scarron, the future Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, by Louis de Mornay, Marquis de Villarceaux, 1619-91, in the dining room of the upper chateau, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. Madame de Scarron was the mistress of Louis de Mornay for 3 years before secretly marrying Louis XIV. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted trompe l'oeil ceiling with angel holding man in central medallion, 17th century, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panels, 17th century, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of painted wall panel, 17th century, with scene of couples walking in a garden and classical landscape, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of painted trompe l'oeil ceiling with angel holding man in central medallion, 17th century, in the rotunda boudoir, where lovers Louis de Mornay, marquis of Villarceaux, and Ninon de Lenclos would meet, in the manor house or lower chateau, 16th century, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid sculpture by Maria Llimona i Benet, 1894-1985, in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, at Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, Spain. The garden was commissioned by the Marquis of Roviralta in 1919 and created by Nicolau Maria Rubio i Tuduri. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, Boadella cove and Fenals beach. The garden is planted in catalan noucentisme style, seeking classical symmetry and order in its planting, using pine trees, ivy, lindens, poplars, Japanese mock-orange and cypresses, interspersed with fountains and sculptures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room of the upper chateau, built 18th century for Jean-Charles Baptiste du Tillet, marquis of Bussiere, by the architect Jean-Baptiste Courtonne, at the Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France. The domaine is on the site of an 11th century medieval castle and comprises a water garden, manor house and 18th century chateau. It is managed by the Regional Council of the Ile de France, with the owners, Fondation Leopold Mayer. The garden is listed as one of the Notable Gardens of France, and the domaine is a Monument Historique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in the Hotel SH Ingles, in the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. Through the window is the main entrance of the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, sculpted in alabaster in 1745 by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gaspard III de Coligny, 1584-1646, Protestant general and Marechal de Chatillon, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Abraham Duquesne, 1610-88, lieutenant general of the navy under Louis XIV, from a series of paintings of French naval admirals, on wooden panels carved by Jeanselme, 19th century, in the Salon des Amiraux, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. The Salon des Amiraux was restored 2007-9 and the building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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, 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 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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  • 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. On the left is the sculpture of Harmony on the mantelpiece, 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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  • Sculpture of Music by Eugene Delaplanche on mantelpiece, 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 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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  • 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 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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  • St Ursula asked to marry, tempera painting with gilt on wood, c. 1400-20, by Maitre d'Albocasser, Valencian School, from the Louvre collection, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Philippe d'Orleans, 1674-1723, duc de Chartres, future Regent, oil painting, 1689, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1659-1743, from the Louvre collection, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Homme de Gmar, oil painting, 1926, by Jean Lurcat, 1892-1966, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Retable de la Trinite or Trinity altarpiece, 1489, paintings on wood, by Maitre de la Loge de Mer, in the Gothic Perpignan exhibition in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The altarpiece was originally from the Chapelle de la Loge de Mer in Perpignan. The painting represents the commercial power of the city, with the Trinity in a dazzling mandorla surrounded by 12 biblical characters with phylacteries praising justice rendered by the sea consuls. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb effigy of Vicomte de Castelnou from the Couvent Saint Francois, 1200-50, in the Gothic Perpignan exhibition in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Etienne Terrus, 1857-1922, French artist, bronze, 1905-07, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Torse du Printemps, or Spring torso, 1911-12, bronze nude statue by Aristide Maillol and the founder Emile Godard, from the Musee d'Orsay Paris, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Fouquet's antechamber, 1 of 4 rooms in Nicolas Fouquet's private apartment, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The paintings are Venus and Cupid by Lambert Sustris, 1520-84, and Perseus saving Andromeda by Veronese, 1528-88. The Mazarin type writing desk features copper and ebony marquetry. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ladies riding in a horse-drawn carriage, detail from a portrait of Marie Leczinska Queen consort of France, wife of Louis XV, 1728, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South or garden facade of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the facade, fronted with a 2 storey portico. Steps and terraces lead down to the central path of the formal gardens. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South or garden facade of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is seen reflected in a pond in the gardens, with sculpture of a fish and a crown. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the facade, fronted with a 2 storey portico. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The wood panelling is painted with attributes of war and children's games, by Charles Le Brun. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural group with lion beneath the 2 storey portico with statues of Patience, Vigilance, Fidelity and Strength by Michel Anguier, 1612-86, on the South or garden facade of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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