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  • Church medallion, Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. This carved medallion depicts a crowned woman holding a church and a standard. The latin inscription quotes the Song of Songs and refers to the fire in 1120 which damaged the church and led to the construction of the present nave. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted medallion with allegorical scene of woman fishing, in the pediment above an oak door in the Grand Salle a Manger or Large Dining Room, decorated in Renaissance style, in the 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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  • Classical medallion with nude female figure riding on a dolphin, on the staircase off the vestibule, in yellow onyx, 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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  • Painted medallion with allegorical scene of woman as Diana the huntress, in the pediment above an oak door in the Grand Salle a Manger or Large Dining Room, decorated in Renaissance style, in the 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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  • Classical medallion with nude female figure riding on a dolphin, detail, on the staircase off the vestibule, in yellow onyx, 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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  • SG monogram medallion in the glazing of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SG monogram medallion in the glazing of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SG monogram medallion in the glazing of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SG monogram medallion in the glazing of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic with shield, helmet and weapons within a knotted medallion, from between the antecamera and the oecus or triclinium in South-East corner of the East wing of the Casa del Criptoportico, or House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, Italy. The house is one of the largest in Pompeii and was owned by the Valerii Rufi family and built in the 3rd century BC. It takes its name from the underground corridor used as a wine cellar and lit by small windows. 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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  • Mosaic of a flower within a medallion, from between the antecamera and the oecus or triclinium in South-East corner of the East wing of the Casa del Criptoportico, or House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, Italy. The house is one of the largest in Pompeii and was owned by the Valerii Rufi family and built in the 3rd century BC. It takes its name from the underground corridor used as a wine cellar and lit by small windows. 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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  • 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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  • Portrait medallion of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1781-1841, architect, by August Kiss, on his funerary stele in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, a late 18th century Protestant burial ground, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion relief of Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, French explorer and discoverer of Canada, next to one of his wife Catherine des Granges, on the facade of one of the oldest houses in the historic town centre, at the top of the Escalier de la Grille, in the walled city of Saint-Malo, on the coast of Brittany, North West France. The city itself was rebuilt 1948-60 after being largely destroyed during World War Two. It is a port which has traditionally been home to the corsairs, French privateers and sometimes pirates, and is heavily fortified with ramparts, a castle, fort and fortified tidal islands. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion relief of Catherine des Granges, wife of Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, French explorer and discoverer of Canada, on the facade of one of the oldest houses in the historic town centre, at the top of the Escalier de la Grille, in the walled city of Saint-Malo, on the coast of Brittany, North West France. The city itself was rebuilt 1948-60 after being largely destroyed during World War Two. It is a port which has traditionally been home to the corsairs, French privateers and sometimes pirates, and is heavily fortified with ramparts, a castle, fort and fortified tidal islands. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic  with flower shape within a medallion, from between the antecamera and the oecus or triclinium in South-East corner of the East wing of the Casa del Criptoportico, or House of the Cryptoporticus, Pompeii, Italy. The house is one of the largest in Pompeii and was owned by the Valerii Rufi family and built in the 3rd century BC. It takes its name from the underground corridor used as a wine cellar and lit by small windows. 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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  • Metalwork medallion inscribed with a menorah and Hebrew text, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a Byzantine floor mosaic depicting a lamb, Christian symbol, to the right of the dedicatory medallion with Greek inscription in front of the altar, dating the mosaics to 587 AD, from the Church of Bishop Sergius, built 586 AD in the time of Bishop Sergius of Madaba, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Jordan. It was built as a basilica with an apse and elevated presbytery and forms part of an ecclesiastical complex of 4 churches. Umm ar-Rasas is a rectangular walled city which grew from a Roman military camp in the Jordanian desert. Its remains date from the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods (3rd - 9th centuries), including 16 churches with mosaic floors. Excavations began in 1986, although most of the site remains unexplored. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orpheus, prince of Thrace, with his lyre, surrounded by animals and winged victories, Roman mosaic, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This is the central medallion of a 10x5m floor mosaic, which also includes Nilotic, acetic and hunting scenes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, early Christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms of the town of Collioure, mosaic in a medallion on the square of the Eglise Notre-Dame des Anges de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The coat of arms features 3 towers and a barque catalane, a traditional catalan lateen sailed fishing boat. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carving with medallion, head in profile and decorative foliage, detail, on the oak door to the Petit Salon, in the hall housing the staircase of honour, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion from the South rose window, or Rose du Midi, which depicts Jesus surrounded by saints, apostles and angels, originally designed by Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil in 1260, in the South transept of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window and its lancets were completely restored from 1861 under Viollet-le-Duc, by master glazier Alfred Gerente. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgo, sign of the zodiac, detail from the West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical relief medallion of Fortitude or Strength, on a door in the restaurant on the first floor of the 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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  • Painted ceiling, 17th century, by Francisco F de Araujo, with central medallion of St Catherine of Alexandria, representing wisdom and patron saint of students and teachers, in the Sao Miguel Chapel, or St Michael's Chapel, designed in Manueline style 1517-22 by Marco Pires and completed by Diogo de Castilho, on the site of a 12th century chapel in the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. The chapel was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries, with pulpit built by Manuel Ramos in 1684, tiled floor added 1613, Baroque organ with 2,000 pipes built 1733 by Fray Manuel de Sao Bento, chinoiserie painting by Gabriel Ferreira da Cunha in 1737, and Mannerist altarpiece designed by Bernardo Coelho in 1605 and made by sculptor Simon Mota, with paintings by Simon Rodrigues and Domingos Vieira Serrao. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The building is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco medallion of Agnus Dei or the Lamb of God, under the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, in the South side of the choir, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. The haloed lamb has wings and stands on a scroll. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winter, medallion from the Roman mosaic of the Four Seasons, in the dining room of the House of Dionysos, 3rd century AD, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Autumn, medallion from the Roman mosaic of the Four Seasons, in the dining room of the House of Dionysos, 3rd century AD, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman mosaic medallion of fish from the House of Ephebe, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built 217 AD by the city's governor Marcus Aurelius Sebastenus in honour of Emperor Caracalla, 188-217 AD, and his mother Julia Domna, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. The arch was reconstructed 1930-34 and was originally topped with a bronze chariot pulled by 6 horses. The medallion busts are portraits of Caracalla and Julia Domna. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, still wearing his spurs, has won the battle and is greeted warmly by Constantine at the gates of Constantinople. As Emperor of the West, Charlemagne wanted to be on equal terms with Constantine and bring West and East together in peace. The figure on the left is probably Roland. Medallion of Emperor Constantine receiving Charlemagne, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, leaves with a small group of mounted soldiers towards Spain, following the Milky Way. He turns to talk to his advisor, the bishop Turpin. The young soldier on a white horse is Roland. Medallion of Charlemagne leaving with his soldiers, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of a hunting medallion within an acanthus scroll from the border of the mosaic in the Eastern wing of the Burnt Palace, forming part of the Archeological Park of Madaba, Jordan. The Palace was a late 6th century private mansion destroyed by fire and earthquake in 749 AD. Its name stems from the thick ashy layer overlying the mosaic pavement when excavated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion mosaic of jaguar, Byzantine church, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Petra church was rebuilt in 450 AD over Nabatean and Roman ruins and the mosaics date from the 6th century. This jaguar is from the Northern Aisle. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion mosaic of camel-shaped giraffe, Byzantine church, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Petra church was rebuilt in 450 AD over Nabatean and Roman ruins and the mosaics date from the 6th century. This giraffe is from the Northern Aisle. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Frederic Chopin (1810-49), with medallion portrait and marble statue depicting Euterpe, goddess of music, La Musique en Pleurs (The music in tears), 1850, Jean-Baptiste Clesinger, Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise) Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Frederic Chopin (1810-49), with medallion portrait, Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise) Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Jude, painted and wearing medallion, in the abbey church of St Michael, now the parish church of Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, consecrated 1153, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceramic jug, Gallo-Roman, with medallion relief of a duel between Thelonicus, a retiarius gladiator, and Sedulus, a secutor gladiator, with referee, 1st century AD, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, Gallo-Roman early christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mnemosyne, goddess of memory and mother of the 9 Muses, Roman mosaic medallion, late 2nd century AD, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico, built 1st century AD, on the Calle de Sagasta in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The portico was originally decorated with medallion heads of Medusa and Jupiter Ammon, and also caryatids and corinthian capitals on fluted columns. The Forum forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic wall and medallion of the name Guell, on the wall bordering the park on Career d'Olot, at the Casa del Guarda or porter's lodge, built 1901-3, designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Catalan Modernist style as the home for the park keeper, currently used to exhibit photos and films about the park, at the entrance to Parc Guell, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Parc Guell and its buildings were commissioned by Eusebi Guell, it was built 1900-14 and opened to the public in 1926. The Casa del Guarda is owned by MUHBA (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona), and the site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic medallion of the name Guell, on the facade of the Casa del Guarda or porter's lodge, built 1901-3, designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Catalan Modernist style as the home for the park keeper, currently used to exhibit photos and films about the park, at the entrance to Parc Guell, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Parc Guell and its buildings were commissioned by Eusebi Guell, it was built 1900-14 and opened to the public in 1926. The Casa del Guarda is owned by MUHBA (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona), and the site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Birth of St Benito, oval medallion with polychrome relief, in the 18th century altarpiece by Pedro Duque Cornejo, in the Capilla de San Benito, in the Catedral de la Asuncion de Jaen, or Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen, in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Bishop Benito Marin, 1750-69, is buried in this chapel. The current cathedral was built in the 16th century on the site of an older building, and is known for its Renaissance chapter house and sacristy by Andres de Vandelvira and its Baroque facade by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail of a sculpted portrait medallion next to a curtain in the Ballroom, in the Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, commissioned by the prince and princess of Gangi, Pietro and Marianna Valguarnera, and built 1749-59, on the Piazza Croce dei Vespri in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The ballroom has a Baroque openwork vault designed by Andrea Gigante and enormous chandeliers, and was used to film the ballroom scene in Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard. The mansion was decorated in Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera and later in Neoclassical stye, with great opulence throughout. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Genius of Palermo, holding a medallion with the portraits of Ferdinando di Borbone and Maria Carolina, mosaic, 19th century, by Pietro Casamassima, above the door to the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone male bust in a medallion in the hall housing the staircase of honour, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone female bust in a medallion in the hall housing the staircase of honour, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion from the South rose window, or Rose du Midi, which depicts Jesus surrounded by saints, apostles and angels, originally designed by Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil in 1260, in the South transept of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window and its lancets were completely restored from 1861 under Viollet-le-Duc, by master glazier Alfred Gerente. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Leo, sign of the zodiac, detail from the West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scorpio, sign of the zodiac, detail from the West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gemini, the twins, sign of the zodiac, detail from the West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cupola of the Salon de Musique or Music Room, detail, with putti holding scroll and classical medallion, 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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  • Relief medallion of reclining female nude, possibly Venus with cupid, on the fireplace in the restaurant on the first floor of the 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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  • Central medallion of the glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central medallion of the glass dome of the Hall, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall, with balcony and bronze allegorical medallion and emblem of Clermont Ferrand, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall, with bronze allegorical medallion, 4 storeys high and topped with a pinnacled dome made from glass and a self-supporting steel structure, in the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The steel structure was made by Moysant-Laurent and Savey at the Imphy steelworks. The glazed 18m wide dome was made by Jacques Galand. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gold bracelet with 2 snake heads holding a portrait medallion, found on the arm of a female victim of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, in the House of the Golden Bracelet, or Casa del Bracciale d'Oro, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coming of the Messiah, fresco by Charles Soulacroix, 1825-99, in the fourth apse chapel, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The fresco depicts Jesus Christ in a medallion with his arms extended, descending from heaven, surrounded by angels. Charles Soulacroix, a sculptor, was commissioned in 1863-65 by Haffreingue to decorate the 6 apse chapels, these being his first frescoes. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coming of the Messiah, fresco by Charles Soulacroix, 1825-99, in the fourth apse chapel, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The fresco depicts Jesus Christ in a medallion with his arms extended, descending from heaven, surrounded by angels. Charles Soulacroix, a sculptor, was commissioned in 1863-65 by Haffreingue to decorate the 6 apse chapels, these being his first frescoes. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion relief of Paris, son of Priam in profile, wearing a helmet of a ram's head and horns, triangular pediment above a door in the Upper Courtyard of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. At the top of this triangle is depicted a ball of fire, either a reference to the fire of 1487, or perhaps a symbol of alchemy. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical trompe l'oeil fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, detail of the central medallion of the ceiling of the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic medallion with pygmies fishing in a boat on the river Nile, 1st century AD, from the triclinium of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. In this central section of the mosaic floor, a pygmy is falling from the boat while crocodiles and a hippopotamus with gaping jaws wait for him in the water. 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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  • Mosaic medallion with pygmies fishing in a boat on the river Nile, 1st century AD, from the triclinium of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. In this central section of the mosaic floor, a pygmy is falling from the boat while crocodiles and a hippopotamus with gaping jaws wait for him in the water. 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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  • Detail of a mosaic medallion with pygmies fishing in a boat on the river Nile, 1st century AD, from the triclinium of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. In this central section of the mosaic floor, a pygmy is falling from the boat while crocodiles and a hippopotamus with gaping jaws wait for him in the water. 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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  • Sculptural detail of a portrait medallion set in a garland, in the arcade of the Cloister, built in Manueline style by Diogo Boitac, Joao de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva, completed 1541, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The cloister wings have wide arcades with rectangular column and tracery within the arches. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman, possibly allegorical figure of Victory, holding the tower of Castile, fresco medallion, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of Johann Christian Bach, 1735-82, German Classical composer, after a drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1791. An allegorical figure stands on a plinth with a medallion portrait of Bach and a putto playing a lyre. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar del Trascoro, designed 1772-76 by Ventura Rodriguez and built by Eusebio Valdes with sculptures by Juan de Salazar of the Immaculate Conception, San Domingo de Guzman and San Juan Nepomuceno, in the Cathedral of the Incarnation of Almeria, or Catedral de la Encarnacion de Almeria, built 1524-62 in late Gothic and Renaissance styles after the original cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Above the main statues are a medallion of God the Father, angels and allegories of Faith and Hope. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spring, medallion from the Roman mosaic of the Four Seasons, in the dining room of the House of Dionysos, 3rd century AD, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure in a medallion from the Roman mosaic of the Four Seasons, in the dining room of the House of Dionysos, 3rd century AD, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion with figure possibly holding olive branches, from the Roman mosaic of the Four Seasons, in the dining room of the House of Dionysos, 3rd century AD, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built 217 AD by the city's governor Marcus Aurelius Sebastenus in honour of Emperor Caracalla, 188-217 AD, and his mother Julia Domna, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. The arch was reconstructed 1930-34 and was originally topped with a bronze chariot pulled by 6 horses. The medallion busts are portraits of Caracalla and Julia Domna. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built 217 AD by the city's governor Marcus Aurelius Sebastenus in honour of Emperor Caracalla, 188-217 AD, and his mother Julia Domna, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. The arch was reconstructed 1930-34 and was originally topped with a bronze chariot pulled by 6 horses. The medallion busts are portraits of Caracalla and Julia Domna. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built 217 AD by the city's governor Marcus Aurelius Sebastenus in honour of Emperor Caracalla, 188-217 AD, and his mother Julia Domna, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. The arch was reconstructed 1930-34 and was originally topped with a bronze chariot pulled by 6 horses. The medallion busts are portraits of Caracalla and Julia Domna. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: pilgrims are healed in front of a golden statue of the Virgin and child, they donate generously to the church; top: Virgin and child in majesty with 2 thurifer angels; right: pilgrims on a cart with a barrel of wine miraculously refilled by the Virgin; bottom: donor section of the butchers; left: pilgrims travelling to Chartres with offerings. Bottom medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting her miracles helping pilgrims, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: 4 clerks carry a reliquary while the faithful kneel; top: cured cripples discard their crutches; right: pilgrims kneel and pray or sing in front of a priest holding a processional cross; bottom: a paralysed man is healed; left: a bishop blesses the shrine and others kneel in prayer. Third medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting miracles of healing and the faith of pilgrims, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was destroyed in 1816 and restored in 1927 under Lorin. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: a statue of Our Lady of Chartres with 4 angels; top: 2 thurifer or incense-bearer angels above the Virgin; right and left: 2 prophets hold phylacteries; bottom: the bishops Yves of Chartres and Fulbert, Fulbert holds a model of the new cathedral. Top medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting the Glorification of the Virgin, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was destroyed in 1816 and restored in 1927 under Lorin. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, kneels before the altar at the imperial chapel at Aix-la-Chapelle, handing a relic, possibly the crown of thorns, to the abbot. Roland accompanies him, on the left. Medallion of Charlemagne donating his relics at Aix-la-Chapelle, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, haloed and crowned, on horseback, gives orders to masons and workmen building a church. Porters carry a block of stone, a mason lays a stone and a surveyor checks the levels. The building is thought to represent either the cathedral of St Jacques de Compostela, or maybe Chartres cathedral itself. Medallion of the building of a church, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The giant Ferragut on the right in battle with Roland, whose shield buckles the lance of the giant. The symmetry of the scene represents the equality of the 2 day contest, which is finally won by Roland. The horses' bodies extend beyond the circular borders, expressing movement and power. Medallion of the feat of Roland, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Reverend Canon Henri Noblet, depicted dressed as a canon, kneeling in prayer in front of Christ enthroned in majesty, who is holding a book, his hand raised in blessing. Donor medallion of Henri Noblet, who donated the window to the cathedral, situated at the bottom of the Lives of St Simon and St Jude stained glass window, 1220-25, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of a hunting medallion within an acanthus scroll from the border of the mosaic in the Eastern wing of the Burnt Palace, forming part of the Archeological Park of Madaba, Jordan. The Palace was a late 6th century private mansion destroyed by fire and earthquake in 749 AD. Its name stems from the thick ashy layer overlying the mosaic pavement when excavated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion mosaic of wild boar, Byzantine church, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Petra church was rebuilt in 450 AD over Nabatean and Roman ruins and the mosaics date from the 6th century. This boar is from the Northern Aisle. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion mosaic of African man holding a jug surrounded by grapes and vine leaves, Byzantine church, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Petra church was rebuilt in 450 AD over Nabatean and Roman ruins and the mosaics date from the 6th century. This man is from the Northern Aisle. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medallion mosaic of camel-shaped giraffe, Byzantine church, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Petra church was rebuilt in 450 AD over Nabatean and Roman ruins and the mosaics date from the 6th century. This giraffe is from the Northern Aisle. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus of the Spouses, or Sarcophagus of the Trinity, Gallo-Roman early christian, with a relief depicting the deceased in a medallion, and scenes from the bible, from a mausoleum of a senatorial family, early 4th century AD, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wallpaper, with landscape medallion, detail, in the Salle a Manger, or Dining Room, in the Intendant's apartments, 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. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tympanum with the Three Temptations of Christ, 1150–75, from Unciti, Navarre, Spain, 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 limestone tympanum shows Jesus tempted 3 times by the devil and angels presenting him with food after the ordeal. The lintel was found in the village of Errondo and depicts angels holding a medallion of the lamb of God. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West rose window, originally made 1225, with the Virgin in the central medallion and around, the labours of the months, signs of the zodiac, Virtues and Vices and prophets, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rose window was completely restored 1844-67 under Jean Baptiste Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, by master glaziers Alfred Gerente, Louis Steinhel, Antoine Husson, Charles Laurent Marechal and A N Didron the Elder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Door with carved and painted decoration including allegorical relief medallion, in the restaurant on the first floor of the 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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  • Central medallion of the painted ceiling, with St Catherine of Alexandria representing wisdom and patron saint of students and teachers, 17th century, by Francisco F de Araujo, in the Sao Miguel Chapel, or St Michael's Chapel, designed in Manueline style 1517-22 by Marco Pires and completed by Diogo de Castilho, on the site of a 12th century chapel in the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. The chapel was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries, with pulpit built by Manuel Ramos in 1684, tiled floor added 1613, Baroque organ with 2,000 pipes built 1733 by Fray Manuel de Sao Bento, chinoiserie painting by Gabriel Ferreira da Cunha in 1737, and Mannerist altarpiece designed by Bernardo Coelho in 1605 and made by sculptor Simon Mota, with paintings by Simon Rodrigues and Domingos Vieira Serrao. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The building is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a medallion with winged heraldic figure from a stained glass window by Rigalt Granell i Cia on the first floor of the main living room, in Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a medallion with winged heraldic figure from a stained glass window by Rigalt Granell i Cia on the first floor of the main living room, in Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a mosaic medallion with pygmies fishing in a boat on the river Nile, 1st century AD, from the triclinium of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. In this central section of the mosaic floor, a pygmy is falling from the boat while crocodiles and a hippopotamus with gaping jaws wait for him in the water. 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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