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  • Passageway with pointed arches inside the main entrance gate of the fort, at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Passageway with pointed arches inside the main entrance gate of the fort, at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women walking down a passageway with pointed arches inside the main entrance gate of the fort, at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury.  Low angle view showing tarpaulins protecting the recently built passageway.
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  • Roof of the passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from above of the glass and metal structure with a pinnacle at its zenith.
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  • New passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury.  Low angle view showing tarpaulins protecting the recently built passageway.
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  • Man bearing his thigh, an alchemical symbol, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched passageway underneath the Temple of Trajan or Trajaneum, built 2nd century AD, Pergamon, modern-day Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. The stone arches are the foundations of the temple. It was built 117-138 AD by Hadrian, Trajan's successor, and both Emperors were worshipped here as they were thought to be divine. It was built on the site of a previous Hellenistic building. It is Corinthian in style and consists of a plan of 6x9 marble columns over a plot of 68x58m, surrounded on 3 sides by covered promenades. The Trajaneum occupies the highest level of the acropolis of Pergamon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from behind of a builder working on a new glass and iron door to the passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse and the incubators.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Strelitzia reginae plants, from South Africa, in front of the decorative glass and metal door leading to the passageway to the Incubators.
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  • Man holding a matras, a long necked jar used by alchemists, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hooded man holding a scroll, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man holding a matras, a long necked jar used by alchemists, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a passageway in the Mnajdra Temple complex, c.3600-3200 BC, Malta, pictured on June 5, 2008, in the morning. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. It has been ruled by Phoenicians (Malat is Punic for safe haven), Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Sicilians, Knights of St John, French and the British, from whom it became independent in 1964. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the well preserved Mnajdra Temple complex. Spectacularly sited on the Southern coast of Malta the three temples radiate from an oval forecourt. The lower temple is astronomically aligned so that the sun's rays shine straight through the doorway on the equinoxes. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of a passageway in the Mnajdra Temple complex, c.3600-3200 BC, Malta, pictured on June 5, 2008, in the morning. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. It has been ruled by Phoenicians (Malat is Punic for safe haven), Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Sicilians, Knights of St John, French and the British, from whom it became independent in 1964. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the well preserved Mnajdra Temple complex. Spectacularly sited on the Southern coast of Malta the three temples radiate from an oval forecourt. The lower temple is astronomically aligned so that the sun's rays shine straight through the doorway on the equinoxes. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Hooded man holding a scroll, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0645.jpg
  • Low angle view of a passageway in the Mnajdra Temple complex, c.3600-3200 BC, Malta, pictured on June 5, 2008, in the morning. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. It has been ruled by Phoenicians (Malat is Punic for safe haven), Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Sicilians, Knights of St John, French and the British, from whom it became independent in 1964. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the well preserved Mnajdra Temple complex. Spectacularly sited on the Southern coast of Malta the three temples radiate from an oval forecourt. The lower temple is astronomically aligned so that the sun's rays shine straight through the doorway on the equinoxes. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of renovation works on the glass and iron structure, seen through the door from a passageway. In the distance, through the glass wall, may be seen the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Man holding a matras, a long necked jar used by alchemists, sculptural detail in the vaulted passageway of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Strelitzia reginae plants, from South Africa, in front of the decorative glass and metal door leading to the passageway to the Incubators.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of renovation works on the glass and iron structure, seen through the door from a passageway. In the distance, through the glass wall, may be seen the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from behind of a builder working on a new glass and iron door to the passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse and the incubators.
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  • Roof of the passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from above of the glass and metal structure with a pinnacle at its zenith.
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  • The Gate of Mazeus and Mythridates, 40 AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The gate with 3 passageways to the right of the Library of Celsus was built by the slaves Mazeus and Mythridates for their emperor, Augustus, who gave them their freedom. Here we see the passages from the inside. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pavillon Sully, built by Jacques Lemercier (1586-1654), ordered by Louis XIII in 1639, Louvre Museum, Paris, France Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, built 1806-08, by Charles Percier (1764-1838) & Pierre Fontaine (1762-1853), reduced scale copy of the Arch of Septimus Severus in Rome; commemorates victories of Napoleon in 1805; surmounted by figures of Soldiers of the Empire and a bronze chariot group in 1828, created by François Joseph Bosio (1768-1845) & representing the Restoration of the Bourbons, Paris, France Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, Temple of Saturn (497 BC) in the background, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. General view of renovation works between the Plant History Glasshouse and the incubators. Worker, equipment and plants are laid out as if to form a still life picture.
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  • EXCLUSIVE (b/w photo) Oneway door n° 4, baked bricks archivolt - Southeast side of the wall of the city, opposite way of Sargon II palace, West of the decorated door n° 3 - Khorsabad, Iraq, Middle East. Picture by Victor Place n° 9 (1852)...Additional info :..Khorsabad, La porte simple n° 4 - Enceinte de la ville, face SE, opposée au palais, à l'ouest de la porte ornée n° 3 - N.A. pl. 18 élévation, plan et coupe CL (pl. 12) (Archivolte de briques cuites non émaillées) - Portes n° 2, 4, 5 et 7 semblables - Cliché V. Place n° 9 (1852).
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Arch of Septimus Severus erected in 203 AD in memory of the glorious victories of the Mesopotamian campaigns, The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Incubators, restored 1995-97, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and passageway to  Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury. Oblique low angle view of the glass and iron passageway roof, through which is visble the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury. General view showing large door marked "passage interdit" or "No Entry". A worktable is in the foreground, and some scaffolding leans against the wall to the right, against the shadows of the metal and glass windows.
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  • Roof of passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s,  Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the rooftop pinnacle and the glass and metal stuctures of the Glasshouses. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Incubators, restored 1995-97, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and passageway to  Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury. Oblique low angle view of the glass and iron passageway roof, through which is visble the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury. General view showing large door marked "passage interdit" or "No Entry". A worktable is in the foreground, and some scaffolding leans against the wall to the right, against the shadows of the metal and glass windows.
    _MG_2755.jpg
  • Roof of passageway between the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, and the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s,  Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the rooftop pinnacle and the glass and metal stuctures of the Glasshouses. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from the front of the stairway arches, seen from the first floor of the passageway between the incubators and the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Passageway, Courtyard of the Lions, 1362 ? 1391, Muhammad V, Nasrid Palaces, The Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched passageway in the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. The theatre remains complete, with a horseshoe auditorium seating 7,000 and skene or stage building with a facade and a proscenium. Although settled before 1000 BC, Aspendos grew under the Greeks and subsequently the Persians and Romans, before declining in importance from the 4th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two winged creatures with human heads drinking from a vase, sculptural detail from the facade on the Rue Bourbonnoux, above the doorway to the vaulted passageway, at the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. High angle view, through the glass and metal structure, showing living quarters in the passageway between the New Caledonia Glasshouse and the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger.  The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
    Mnhn_GS_MCohen_028.jpg
  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of the lift wheel against the glass and iron roof lit by the sunset. The lift is located in the small passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse and the incubators.
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  • Passageway, Arch of Septimus Severus (203 AD), Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Arched passageway in the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. The theatre remains complete, with a horseshoe auditorium seating 7,000 and skene or stage building with a facade and a proscenium. Although settled before 1000 BC, Aspendos grew under the Greeks and subsequently the Persians and Romans, before declining in importance from the 4th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) built in the 1830s by Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing a worker installing a new door to the passageway to the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Glasshouses, 19th and 20th centuries, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France. Low angle view showing, left to right, incubators, restored 1995-97, by Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger. A workman is restoring a door in the passageway between the incubator and the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of the freight elevator machinery seen against the glass and iron wall, first floor, passageway between incubators and Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of glass and metal decorative door into the Plant History Glasshouse, seen from the passageway from the Incubators.
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  • Glass pyramid by I. M. Pel, view from Pavillon Richelieu's passageway, Pavillon Denon in the background, Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Inaugurated March 30, 1989. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low reliefs illustrating the Mesopotamian campaigns and passageway, Arch of Septimus Severus (203 AD), Temple of Saturn (497 BC) in the background, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Entrance to the Terme dei Sette Sapienti (Baths of the Seven Sages), 2nd century AD, Ostia Antica, Italy. The pediment above the passageway is decorated with garlands and skulls of goats. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) built in the 1830s by Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view showing renovation works on access ramp outside the passageway to the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, here reflecting late afternoon light, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Coffered vault of single passageway with relief frieze on the architrave depicting the triumph of Vespasian and Titus over the jews, Arch of Titus, built to commemorate taking of Jerusalem by Roman emperor Titus, 39-81 AD, in 70 AD, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe.
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  • Symbols of the longevity of the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator, Egyptian relief on polychrome sandstone, 221-205 BC, from the passageway of the gate of the Temple of Montu at Medamud, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glasshouses, 19th and 20th centuries, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France. Low angle view showing, left to right, incubators, restored 1995-97, by Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger. A workman is restoring a door in the passageway between the incubator and the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of the freight elevator machinery seen against the glass and iron wall, first floor, passageway between incubators and Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) built in the 1830s by Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing a worker installing a new door to the passageway to the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) built in the 1830s by Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view showing renovation works on access ramp outside the passageway to the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, here reflecting late afternoon light, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse) 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. High angle view, through the glass and metal structure, showing living quarters in the passageway between the New Caledonia Glasshouse and the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger.  The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of glass and metal decorative door into the Plant History Glasshouse, seen from the passageway from the Incubators.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from the front of the stairway arches, seen from the first floor of the passageway between the incubators and the Plant History Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of the lift wheel against the glass and iron roof lit by the sunset. The lift is located in the small passageway between the Plant History Glasshouse and the incubators.
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  • Inscription above the Gate of Mazeus and Mythridates, 40 AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The gate with 3 passageways to the right of the Library of Celsus was built by the slaves Mazeus and Mythridates for their emperor, Augustus, who gave them their freedom. Here we see a Greek inscription above the arch and a relief of Tyche, goddess of fortune and prosperity. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief depicting figure holding torches on the walls of the passage of the Gate of Mazeus and Mythridates, 40 AD, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This could be the goddess Hecate who was worshipped at Ephesus in the Temple of Artemis and who is often represented in triplicate holding 2 torches and a key. The gate with 3 passageways to the right of the Library of Celsus was built by the slaves Mazeus and Mythridates for their emperor, Augustus, who gave them their freedom. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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