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  • Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Row of columns of the quadriportico, planned by Luigi Poletti and concluded by Guglielmo Calderini, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Row of columns of the quadriportico, planned by Luigi Poletti and concluded by Guglielmo Calderini, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Paul, by Giuseppe Obici (1807-1878), Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. The colossal statue stands right at the centre of the quadriportico, 70 meters long and composed of 150 columns, planned by Luigi Poletti and concluded by Guglielmo Calderini. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy.
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  • Christ flanked by the Apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and Luke, Apse mosaic (1220) made by Venetian artists. Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ flanked by the Apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and Luke, Apse mosaic (1220) made by Venetian artists. Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave and apse, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ flanked by the Apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and Luke, Apse mosaic (1220) made by Venetian artists. Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), 4th century, totally restored after a great fire in 1823, shrine of Saint Paul, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden tiki sculpture outside the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden tiki sculpture outside the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Leonardo da Vinci, 1868, marking the place in the old church where he was buried, outside the Chapelle Saint-Hubert, built 1491-96 in Flamboyant Gothic style, at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau was rebuilt as a Gothic palace under Charles VIII and Renaissance and Italianate additions were installed under Francois I and Henri II. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Leonardo da Vinci, 1868, marking the place in the old church where he was buried, outside the Chapelle Saint-Hubert, built 1491-96 in Flamboyant Gothic style, at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau was rebuilt as a Gothic palace under Charles VIII and Renaissance and Italianate additions were installed under Francois I and Henri II. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying grapes, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wine makers, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wine makers, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tour de la Miotte, an observation tower built 1840 at the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The tower was destroyed in the Siege of Belfort in 1870-71 and again in 1940, but rebuilt each time. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tour de la Miotte, an observation tower built 1840 at the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The tower was destroyed in the Siege of Belfort in 1870-71 and again in 1940, but rebuilt each time. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from a first floor window of the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. In the distance is the Tour de la Miotte, an observation tower built 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mausoleum of the Julii, built c. 40 BC as the tomb of the parents of 3 Julii brothers (left), and Triumphal Arch, c. 10 AD (right), built just outside the north city gate of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, aerial view, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moorish style entrance gate to the main square in Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Through the arch is the bell tower, rebuilt 1766, of the Iglesia Parroquial de la Asuncion de Nuestra Senora, built on the old Moorish castle in 1516. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man walking up a narrow steep street in Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wrought iron balcony with integrated reversed bench, designed for viewing the decorative facade, outside the main living room at El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre dels Escipions, or Scipio's Tower, a Roman funerary tower built 1st century AD, on the Via Augusta outside Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The tower is 3 storeys high and has 2 reliefs of the Phrygian god Attis. 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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  • Outside cafe in the Plaza de la Virreina, designed in 1878 by the architect Josep Artigas, in the Gracia district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Per Adriano, bronze sculpture by Igor Mitoraj, b. 1944, installed 2004 outside the new Musee des Beaux Arts on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family outside their house on a street in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Udaipur was the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar and was founded in 1558 by Maharana Udai Singh II. It is known as the City of Lakes as it is surrounded by 7 artificial lakes made to supply irrigation and drinking water to the city. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deckchairs outside Le Centquatre Paris, a public arts space opened in October 2008 on the rue d'Aubervilliers, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 104 space features screening rooms, event spaces, exhibition spaces and office space. It is used for performing arts, audiovisual arts, theatre and dance, with shows, concerts, exhibitions and classes, markets and pop-ups, with the public welcome. The building was originally designed by Edouard Delebarre de Bay and Godon and built 1870-74 as a municipal undertakers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deckchairs outside Le Centquatre Paris, a public arts space opened in October 2008 on the rue d'Aubervilliers, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 104 space features screening rooms, event spaces, exhibition spaces and office space. It is used for performing arts, audiovisual arts, theatre and dance, with shows, concerts, exhibitions and classes, markets and pop-ups, with the public welcome. The building was originally designed by Edouard Delebarre de Bay and Godon and built 1870-74 as a municipal undertakers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paving stones with 'pave a fendre', at 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The pave a fendre or cracked paver, is a paving stone larger than the surrounding ones, used to split the logs which were delivered in the streets for fuel for houses. People split the long logs outside on these larger stones to avoid damaging the cobblestones. This practice was in place from the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paving stones with 'pave a fendre', at 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The pave a fendre or cracked paver, is a paving stone larger than the surrounding ones, used to split the logs which were delivered in the streets for fuel for houses. People split the long logs outside on these larger stones to avoid damaging the cobblestones. This practice was in place from the 17th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dominique Anract, baker, holding a loaf of bread outside his bakery La Pompadour, on the Rue de la Tour in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Dominique Anract comes from a family of bakers and this is his third bakery, where he employs 30 people and 8 apprentices, housed in a building built in 1868 under Napoleon III. He is also president of the Confederation Nationale de la Boulangerie-Patisserie Francaise, or National Confederation of French Bakery, tasked to protect the quality and integrity of French bakery and patisserie. Photographed on 16th January 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palacio Consistorial, originally built 1502-04 as the mayor's residence, and remodelled in the 19th century in Neoclassical style, with the clock tower added in 1913, in Columbus Park, Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. On the right is a bust of Pope John Paul II, commemorating his first visit to the Americas in 1979, on the Plaza de Colon outside the cathedral. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Smiling Tiki, stone carved male tiki sculpture with smiling face, 93cm tall, wearing a bonnet, with facial features and tattoos in relief and hands on the belly, at the meae or religious sanctuary of Utukua, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Smiling Tiki, stone carved male tiki sculpture with smiling face, 93cm tall, wearing a bonnet, with facial features and tattoos in relief and hands on the belly, at the meae or religious sanctuary of Utukua, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Pauto, in red keetu or volcanic tuff, carved into a small paepae or platform of a tomb, 80cm tall, with crowned and patterned head, tattooed mouth, pierced right armpit, hands on either side of the belly, and male genitalia, on the tomb of the daughter of the chief, at Tohua Pehekua, a small cemetery with 4 tombs of chief Te Hau Moea and his family, who died in the early 20th century, near the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses or tombs as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Pauto, in red keetu or volcanic tuff, carved into a small paepae or platform of a tomb, 80cm tall, with crowned and patterned head, tattooed mouth, pierced right armpit, hands on either side of the belly, and male genitalia, on the tomb of the daughter of the chief, at Tohua Pehekua, a small cemetery with 4 tombs of chief Te Hau Moea and his family, who died in the early 20th century, near the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses or tombs as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pauto and Mani Tikis, in red keetu or volcanic tuff, carved into a small paepae or platform of a tomb, with Pauto (left), 80cm tall, with crowned and patterned head, tattooed mouth, pierced right armpit, hands on either side of the belly, and male genitalia, and Mani (right), 77cm tall, with crowned head, tattooed face, hand resting under the chin and broken male genitalia, on the tomb of the daughter of the chief, at Tohua Pehekua, a small cemetery with 4 tombs of chief Te Hau Moea and his family, who died in the early 20th century, near the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses or tombs as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with blunt facial features, wearing a crown and with hands on either side of the belly, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved female tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with finely carved features - a tattooed and pierced right ear, Mata-related motifs on the face, tattooed lips, a crescent moon diadem, and a hand resting under the chin, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been part of a facade on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reflections in a glass window on Wall St, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, including the New York Stock Exchange, designed by George B Post in Neoclassical style, and built in 1903, at 11 Wall St, and the bronze statue of George Washington, 1882, by John Quincy Adams Ward, outside Federal Hall National Monument. The facade of the NYSE features 2 square corner pillars and 6 columns with Corinthian capitals. The pediment features a sculptural scene by John Quincy Adams Ward entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief representing Jacques Coeur's departure into exile, on the base of the marble statue of Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, by Auguste Preault, 1809-79, 1874, inaugurated 1879, outside the Palais Jacques Coeur, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. He had his huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style although he never lived there. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, by Auguste Preault, 1809-79, 1874, inaugurated 1879, outside the Palais Jacques Coeur, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. He had his huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style although he never lived there. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giant logo of the Centre of New Industries and Technologies, or Centre des Nouvelles Industries et Technologies, known as Le CNIT, designed by Robert Edouard Camelot, Jean de Mailly and Bernard Zehrfuss, and the engineers Jean Prouve and Nicolas Esquillan, and built 1956-58, at La Defense, Paris, France. In 1988 the interior of the building was completely rebuilt, and it now holds a conference centre, shops, offices, a hotel and a business school. La Defense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district, situated just outside the city of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the palace and Great Portico, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the House of Yafar, or portico of the prime minister, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The portico consists of 3 horseshoe arches supported by 4 columns, surrounded by a rectangular frame with carved decoration. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Mangeurs de Poussiere, or The Dust Eaters, sculptural and video installation by Nathalie Demaretz, May/June 2015, exhibited at the La Place Gallery, as part of the LOOP Festival, Barcelona, Spain. The installation consists of figures made from plaster masks draped with clothes and with film projected onto their backs. The work explores the theme of exile, inspired by tales of migrants and the movement of peoples across the globe. The figures were displayed inside the gallery and outside in the streets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarajevo Tunnel or Tunel Spasa, built May 1992 - November 1995 during the Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War by the Bosnian army, to link the besieged Sarajevo city to Bosnian and UN held areas outside the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arms, food and humanitarian aid passed through the tunnel, and people could also escape the city. The building and tunnel are now preserved as the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Sarajevo Tunnel or Tunel Spasa, built May 1992 - November 1995 during the Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War by the Bosnian army, to link the besieged Sarajevo city to Bosnian and UN held areas outside the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arms, food and humanitarian aid passed through the tunnel, and people could also escape the city. The building and tunnel are now preserved as the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Discus Throwers statue, 1935-37, by Karl Albiker, outside the Olympiastadion on the Reichssportfeld, now Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture of Adam and Eve by Rolf Biebl outside the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of an Amazon on horseback by Louis Tuaillon, 1862–1919, outside the Neues Museum or New Museum, with the Alte Nationalgalerie or Old National Gallery, designed in 1863 by Friedrich August Stuler and opened in 1876, in the background, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse's head from, "Kämpfende Amazone" (Fighting Amazonian Woman) by August Kiss, 19th century, outside the Altes Museum or Old Museum, housing the Antique collection of the Berlin State Museums, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The museum was built 1823-30 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Kämpfende Amazone" (Fighting Amazonian Woman) by August Kiss, 19th century, sculpture of a woman on horseback spearing a lion, outside the Altes Museum or Old Museum, housing the Antique collection of the Berlin State Museums, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The museum was built 1823-30 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bicycle parking at night, outside the Kunstbewerbemuseum or Museum of Decorative Arts, at the Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnade outside the Altes Museum or Old Museum, housing the Antique collection of the Berlin State Museums, Museum Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The museum was built 1823-30 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The buildings on Museum Island were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main square of Moulay Idriss at night, outside of the medina walls, seen from the rooftops of the medina, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main square of Moulay Idriss, outside of the medina walls, seen from the rooftops of the medina, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital with animal sculptures, Basilica de San Vicente (St Vincent's Basilica), 12th century, attributed to Giral Fruchel, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain.  Located just outside the city walls on the site of the martyrdom of St Vincent. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St. Paul outside of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grape harvester's basket, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • War memorial outside the town hall, commemorating villagers who died in WWI and WWII, in Hautvillers in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sun, grape vine and snake curled around a rod, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vine pruning shears, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coachman, painted wrought iron sign outside the Relais de Postes or post house, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grape harvester, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying grapes, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying grapes, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caveau Couten, painted wrought iron sign outside the champagne tasting cellar, Rue Henri Martin, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glass of champagne in vine wreath, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man pruning vines, with decorative vines, wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dom Perignon writing at desk, with decorative vines, wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. Dom Perignon, 1639-1715, was cellar master at the nearby Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Champagne bottle with parachute and vines, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vine pruner, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sun and bunches of grapes, painted wrought iron sign outside a building, explaining occupation of the owner, in the village of Hautvillers, in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Outside the museum are the flags of the United Kingdom, the USA, France and the Soviet Union. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi in Reims in 496 AD, by Daphne du Barry, commissioned by Champagne Louis Roederer on the 15th centenary of the event in 1996, outside the South Portal of the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi in Reims in 496 AD, by Daphne du Barry, commissioned by Champagne Louis Roederer on the 15th centenary of the event in 1996, outside the South Portal of the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the baptism of Clovis by St Remi in Reims in 496 AD, by Daphne du Barry, commissioned by Champagne Louis Roederer on the 15th centenary of the event in 1996, outside the South Portal of the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France. The 11th century, mainly Romanesque, church, contains the relics of St Remi, the Bishop of Reims, who converted Clovis, the King of the Franks, to Christianity. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountain outside the Spanische Hofreitschule or Spanish Riding School, where classical dressage is taught and Lipizzaner horses are trained, in the 18th century baroque Hofburg Palace, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, in Vienna, Austria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze deportation sculpture outside the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia, museum and multimedia centre commemorating the Holocaust and the history of Balkan Jews, opened 2011, in the Jewish quarter of Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. 98% of Macedonian Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscription 'Pro Patria' (For the Fatherland), commemorating the liberated prisoners of war who rebuilt the tower in 1947, on the base of the Tour de la Miotte, an observation tower built 1840 at the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The tower was destroyed in the Siege of Belfort in 1870-71 and again in 1940, but rebuilt each time. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Path leading to the Tour de la Miotte, an observation tower built 1840 at the Fort de la Miotte, or Fort Kleber, built 1831-35 by Haxo on the Miotte Hill, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The tower was destroyed in the Siege of Belfort in 1870-71 and again in 1940, but rebuilt each time. The fort defends the road to Colmar and forms part of the Belfort fortifications outside the citadel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mausoleum of the Julii, built c. 40 BC as the tomb of the parents of 3 Julii brothers (left), and Triumphal Arch, c. 10 AD (right), built just outside the north city gate of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mausoleum of the Julii, built c. 40 BC as the tomb of the parents of 3 Julii brothers (left), and Triumphal Arch, c. 10 AD (right), built just outside the north city gate of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Greeks and Trojans fighting for the body of Patroclus in the Trojan War, bas-relief on the Mausoleum of the Julii, built c. 40 BC as the tomb of the parents of 3 Julii brothers, built just outside the north city gate of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, aerial view, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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