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  • Moon rising and a cloud catching the colours of sunset, at Dhermi in Vlore in the Albanian Riviera on the Ionian Coast, Southern Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central face of the Astronomical Clock with the number 12 named midnight with a crescent moon, built 1865-68 by clockmaker Auguste Verite, based on a model of the Strasbourg clock, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the epact (age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number. The cathedral itself consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimney Rock (left) and Companion Rock (right), with a full moon rising, at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. Every 18.6 years, the moon pauses and rises in the same place for 3 years, between Chimney Rock and Companion Rock as viewed from the Great House Pueblo, in a Major Lunar Standstill. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Howard Rowe / Manuel Cohen
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  • Central face of the Astronomical Clock depicting Christ surrounded by the 12 apostles, built 1865-68 by clockmaker Auguste Verite, based on a model of the Strasbourg clock, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the epact (age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number. The cathedral itself consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Lune, or the Moon, detail, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The moon represents creative flow, imagination and illusion. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Lune, or the Moon, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The moon represents creative flow, imagination and illusion. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted detail of an angel holding a coat of arms with 3 crescent moons, in the chapel of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and the moon in its various phases is a common hermetic symbol. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Faces of the Astronomical Clock with 52 dials displaying the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times, built 1865-68 by clockmaker Auguste Verite, based on a model of the Strasbourg clock, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The central face depicts Christ and is surrounded by the 12 apostles. The clock also displays the epact (age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number. The cathedral itself consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Faces of the Astronomical Clock with 52 dials displaying the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times, built 1865-68 by clockmaker Auguste Verite, based on a model of the Strasbourg clock, in the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The central face depicts Christ and is surrounded by the 12 apostles. The clock also displays the epact (age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number. The cathedral itself consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90, illuminated at night, with a full moon, inside the defensive walls of the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A computer manipulated image of solar eclipse, how earth, moon and sun come into straight line. (Picture by Avantis/Manuel Cohen)
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Four-wheeled vehicle in the middle of a wide sandy valley, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sandstone, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shadows of people standing on Natural sandstone Arch Burdah Rock Bridge, silhouetted against a sandstone mountain, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mushroom shaped rock formation, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Natural sandstone Arch Burdah Rock Bridge, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massive mountain with towering cliffs emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountains of sandstone and granite emerging from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sandstone rock, Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rock formation called "the chicken", Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA), Wadi Rum National Park, also known as The Valley of the Moon, 74,000-hectare, UNESCO World Heritage Site, desert landscape, southern Jordan, Middle East. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the quais of Bordeaux, with the 18th century buildings forming the Port de la Lune or Port of the Moon, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, as seen from the Pont de Pierre, an arched bridge built 1810-22 over the river Garonne. The riverside buildings of the Port de la Lune are listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of the groom Apollinaris, with portrait relief and moon in the apex, Gallo-Roman limestone relief, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, excavated at Chancelade, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passion Cross, c. 1600, Italian, cross with instruments of the Passion or Arma Christi, in the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The instruments include the True Cross, Crown of Thorns, pillar, whip, Holy Sponge set on a reed, Holy Lance, reed, INRI, Holy Grail, dice, rooster, ladder, hammer, pincers, vessel of myrrh, moon, lantern and sword. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moon symbols representing Marie Turin, wife of Jean Cottereau, who owned the castle in the early 16th century, on the arcade capitals on the facade of the logis principal or main building, overlooking the Cour d'Honneur or main courtyard, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation of the coming of Christ, with pilgrim child sitting on moon facing sun, stone relief on the arches at the entrance to the Salle Capitulaire or Chapter House from the cloister, covered with carvings, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of the Grapes, or Vierge aux Raisins, early 16th century statue of the Virgin and child with a bird eating a bunch of grapes, by Troyes School, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The Virgin is crowned and smiling, standing on a crescent moon, and the Christ child holds a vine, while a bird eats the grapes. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of Diana, goddess of the moon, from a series of reliefs of classical Greek gods on the intrados (underside of the arch) of the main portal, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of the Coronation of the Virgin, depicting the Virgin standing on a moon accompanied by angels and being crowned by God, tympanum above the entrance of the Iglesia de San Pablo, or Church of St Paul, begun in Visigothic times and completed in the 18th century, on the Plaza Primero de Mayo, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The church 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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  • The Welcome from Christ the Judge, sculptural detail from the upper level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. This level of the tympanum depicts Christ enthroned flanked by angels holding the instruments of the Passion, and seen here, an angel with a crescent moon. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Assumption of the Virgin, oil painting on wood, by Gonzalo de Castro, 16th century, originally from the Capilla del Pozo in Cuenca Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace and Saint Julian, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The painting depicts the Virgin standing on a moon, escorted to heaven by angels. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Dawn, in the central Oval Room, with a figure of Twilight with 2 torches pointing to night and dawn, with the moon on a cart pulled by oxen, and Mercury holding the Caduceus, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The fresco was probably painted by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, following an iconographic programme by Annibale Caro. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone shrine with carving of Diana, goddess of the moon and hunting, reaching for an arrow with her bow poised, with a hunting dog and a stag watching, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale at night, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Quai de Queyries seen from the Quai Richelieu, on the banks of the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The riverside buildings of the Port de la Lune or Port of the Moon are listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Richelieu jetty on the Quai Richelieu, 18th century buildings along the river Garonne, with the Quai Louis XVIII in the distance, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The quays form part of the Port de la Lune or Port of the Moon, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are also listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings of the Quai Richelieu, 18th century buildings along the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The quays form part of the Port de la Lune or Port of the Moon, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are also listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings and gardens of the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherub on the Fountain of the Three Graces by Visconti, in the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved face of a negro on the facade of the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Bordeaux was a major slave trading port, deporting 130,000 African slaves to French territories abroad. With 508 slavery expeditions, Bordeaux was the second slave trading port in France after Nantes. The royal square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, seen from the Bastide district across the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The royal square is a symmetrical rectangular space with the Stock Exchange to the North, Farms Hall to the East, a central building to the West and the Garonne River to the South. The buildings are reflected in the Miroir d'Eau, a 130x42m reflecting pool by Michel Corajoud and J M Llorca, inaugurated in 2006. The square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved face of a negro on the facade of the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Bordeaux was a major slave trading port, deporting 130,000 African slaves to French territories abroad. With 508 slavery expeditions, Bordeaux was the second slave trading port in France after Nantes. The royal square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved face of a negro on the facade of the Place de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Square) or Place Royale, built 1730-55 by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel during the reign of King Louis XV, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Bordeaux was a major slave trading port, deporting 130,000 African slaves to French territories abroad. With 508 slavery expeditions, Bordeaux was the second slave trading port in France after Nantes. The royal square forms part of the Port of the Moon and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the buildings are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central statue of the Virgin of the Assumption, standing on the moon surrounded by angels, from the altarpiece of the high altar, Renaissance, 1490-1503, in the  Collegiate Church of Santa Maria la Mayor, originally a 10th century Islamic fortress, then a 12th century Romanesque church and Priory of the Royal Abbey of Montearagon, then collegiate church built 1541-59 by Pedro de Irazabal, at Bolea, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. The altarpiece consists of 20 painted panels and wooden polychrome statuettes. The design and ornamentation are by Flemish master Gil de Brabant, and the paintings by Master of Bolea, an unknown Spanish artist. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central section of the Rose window of the North transept, c. 1240, with God the Father surrounded by the sun, moon and angels, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph's dream, a sleeping Joseph dreams of the sun, moon and 11 stars, representing his parents and brothers, and to the left, the donor window of money lenders, shown weighing out gold coins, from the Life of Joseph stained glass window, 13th century, 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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  • Detail of a carved and painted wooden panel on the ceiling of the Ballroom or Galerie Henri II, with a letter, possibly H for Henri, or C for Catherine de Medicis or D for Diane de Poitiers, mistress of the King, at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The crescent moon is a royal symbol of the House of Angouleme and of the King, with its imperial connotations. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Astrological clock, 1525-28, by Jehan Texier or Jean de Beauce, telling the time, the day of the week, the month of the year, the time of sunrise and sunset, the phase of the moon and the current sign of the zodiac, on the chancel screen of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Its inner workings were partially destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution, and the face and mechanisms have been restored 2006-2010. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Astrological clock, 1525-28, by Jehan Texier or Jean de Beauce, telling the time, the day of the week, the month of the year, the time of sunrise and sunset, the phase of the moon and the current sign of the zodiac, on the chancel screen of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Its inner workings were partially destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution, and the face and mechanisms have been restored 2006-2010. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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