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  • People on the sea wall in the old harbour in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People from various tribes in Saharan Africa wearing traditional dress, at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Traditional hut and people from Upper Tonkin, Vietnam, in the Indochinese Village (French Indochina was a colony 1887-1954), at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Laotian people and a traditional hut and waterwheel in the Indochinese Village (French Indochina was a colony 1887-1954), at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 in a morning of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 in a morning of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 in a morning of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People on Boujloud Square, including a man wearing the traditional djellaba, in the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People on a street in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen, including an old man wearing a djellaba and young boys in modern clothes, in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 at the end of a heatwave day, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Poor people calling on Death to relieve their suffering, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The man in the top left corner is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of the Areyto celebration on the ceremonial square, used by indigenous Taino people for sports and religious ceremonies, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. In the museum garden there is a reconstruction of a Yuba ceremonial square. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of indigenous people hunting a manatee for its meat and bones in a mangrove swamp, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Columbus confused this animal with a mermaid, calling it a sea cow in Montecristi in 1493. The manatees are now endangered and protected. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Berlin Wall depicting a detail of people crowded onto a boat from the painting Wir Sind Ein Volk or The World's People by Schamil Gimajew, damaged by graffiti, part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Berlin Wall depicting a detail of people crowded onto a boat from the painting Wir Sind Ein Volk or The World's People by Schamil Gimajew, damaged by graffiti, part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cafe Moskau, built by Josef Kaiser in the 1960s, with a mosaic mural entitled From the lives of the people of the Soviet Union by the painter Bert Heller, and a sputnik model on the roof given by the Soviet ambassador, on Karl Marx Allee, a monumental socialist boulevard built 1952-65 by the former East German state, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cave of the Seven Sleepers, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. According to legend, 7 early Christians who were living in Ephesus during the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius, fell asleep in this cave c. 250 AD and awoke 200 years later during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II. They were initially arrested but subsequently revered as holy people and the cave became a pilgrimage site. Another version tells of them being persecuted by Decius and locked up in the cave to die. A further version in the Quran refers to them as the People of the Cave. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying beneath the cooling water mister system of Paris Plage 2013 seen from the top, banks of the river Seine, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Djellabas in the shadows, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 22, 2009. The long rays of the evening sun create shadows and silhouettes as people walk through the streets in traditional costume. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO - MAY 10 : A wide angle view of Place Moulay Hasan on May 10, 2009 in Essaouira, Morocco. The wide square sweeps towards the distant wall and tower of the 18th century Skala of the Port, dwarfing the people walking in the morning sunshine. Essaouira, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Morocco, was re-built in the 18th century by French architect Theodore Cornut to the orders of Sultan Ben Abdullah. Surrounded by ramparts it is a charming small town now becoming more popular with tourists. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO - MAY 11 : A general view of rooftop communities on May 11, 2009 in Essaouira, Morocco. People and seagulls enjoy sun and companionship high above the town lit by the warm light of the sunset. Essaouira, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Morocco, was re-built in the 18th century by French architect Theodore Cornut to the orders of Sultan Ben Abdullah. Surrounded by ramparts it is a charming small town now becoming more popular with tourists. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism, designed by Dani Karavan and opened 2012, Simsonweg, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany. The Nazi genocide of Sinti and Roma peoples killed 220,000-500,000 people. The monument consists of a circular pool with a triangular stone upon which a fresh flower is laid daily. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Members of the public viewing the behaviour of Guinea Baboons (Papio papio) including babies in their enclosure, with the Grand Rocher or Great Rock in the background, in the Zone Sahel-Soudan at the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young Turkish woman eating while a family of Turkish tourists have their photograph taken at the Eminonu quayside, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. Eminonu is on the South bank of the Golden Horn at the Southern end of the Galata bridge. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People sitting in the square, Capileira, in the gorge of the Poqueira river, Alpujarra, Andalucia, Southern Spain. Moorish influence is seen in the distinctive cubic architecture of the Sierra Nevada's Alpujarra region, reminiscent of Berber architecture in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Photograph 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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  • People waving red and yellow striped Catalan flags for Catalan National Day on September 11, 2012, Barcelona, Spain. The severity of the worst economic crisis has fuelled separatism and highlighted fractures between Spain's northeast and the central government in Madrid. National Day, or Diada, in fact, marks the defeat of Catalan forces on September 11, 1714, at the hands of Philip V of Spain after a 13-month siege of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco pictured on December 27, 2009. An atmospheric view through a screen of people silhouetted as they pass through a gateway in the Old Town. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Djellabas in the shadows, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 22, 2009. The long rays of the evening sun create shadows and silhouettes as people walk through the streets in traditional costume. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medina, Tangier, Morocco pictured on December 18, 2009. Boys mooch around a semi-derelict area of the Old Town, which is picturesque with its old walls in earth colours, but evidently a tough environment for these young people. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO - MAY 8 : A low angle view of an evening by the sea on May 10, 2009 in Essaouira, Morocco. Taken from the Skala Medina it shows the rocky coast and  cloudy sky as dusk falls over the sea. Three people are watching as the sky darkens into night. On the windswept Atlantic coast of Morocco,  Essaouira was re-built in the 18th century by French architect Theodore Cornut to the orders of Sultan Ben Abdullah. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Submission of St Remi and the people of Reims to Clovis, detail of Clovis, oil painting by Charles Joseph Natoire, 1700-77, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings of Siena with people on a balcony watching the scenes below, detail of the Peaceful City from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • The glass dome of the Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament and meeting place of the Bundestag, originally opened 1894 but refurbished by Norman Foster 1990-99, Berlin, Germany. The dome is open to the public and has panoramic views over the city. Access is by 2 steel spiralling ramps in double-helix form and the debating chamber of the Bundestag can be viewed below the dome. The dome symbolises that the people of the reunified Germany are above the government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People walking past a section of the Berlin Wall depicting the painting Die Tanzenden or the Dancers by Sabine Kunz, damaged by graffiti, part of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km long section of the Wall on Muhlenstrasse painted in 1990 on its Eastern side by 105 artists from around the world, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Bahnhof or train station on Potsdamer Platz, with people riding bikes, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People walking in a street, painted blue, in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise), Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Many famous people are buried here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Chor Minor, 1807, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the morning. Chor Minor, or Four Minarets, is the gatehouse of a Madrasah built by Khalif Niyazkul, a rich merchant. The 17 metre high towers, capped with blue domes, are not true minarets as they have no galleries from which to call people to prayer. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the Arch of Septimius Severus, 205 A.D., with the landscape in the background, in Dougga, Tunisia, pictured on January 31, 2008, in the afternoon. Dougga has been occupied since the 2nd Millennium BC, well before the Phoenicians arrived in Tunisia. It was ruled by Carthage from the 4th century BC, then by Numidians, who called it Thugga and finally taken over by the Romans in the 2nd century. Situated in the north of Tunisia, the site became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The arch of the Roman emperor was constructed in 205 A.D. to commemorate the town's new status of Municipium. This status granted self-governance and full rights of Roman citizenship for its people. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • DELPHI, GREECE - APRIL 12 : A general view of 2 exedras located on the area of the Halos or threshing-floor with the mountains of the Mount Parnassus in the distance, on April 12, 2007 in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. An exedra is a semi-circular building with seats where people used to meet. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Presentation of Christ to the people, detail, fresco in oil and tempera, in Fontainebleau style, 16th - 17th century, in the Chapel of the Chateau de Villesavin, built 1527-37 in Renaissance style bu Jean le Breton, lord of Villandry, in Tour-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France. In the 17th century Jean Phelippeaux extended the chateau and added the chapel ceiling frescoes. The chateau houses the Musee du Mariage and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Christ to the people, fresco in oil and tempera, in Fontainebleau style, 16th - 17th century, in the Chapel of the Chateau de Villesavin, built 1527-37 in Renaissance style bu Jean le Breton, lord of Villandry, in Tour-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France. In the 17th century Jean Phelippeaux extended the chateau and added the chapel ceiling frescoes. The chateau houses the Musee du Mariage and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Submission of St Remi and the people of Reims to Clovis, oil painting by Charles Joseph Natoire, 1700-77, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People sitting on the sea defences along the Corniche, a busy promenade and road along the eastern harbour, designed in 1870 by Pietro Avoscani, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The road and promenade are over 10 miles long, reaching from Montana to the Citadel of Qaitbay. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People socialising in the Placa de la Vila de Gracia, with its bell tower, built 1862-64 by Antoni Rovira i Trias, in the Gracia district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The octagonal tower is 33m high and has a water fountain at its base. The Conscript's Revolt took place in this square in 1870. Gracia was an independent municipality 1626-1897 before being incorporated into the city of Barcelona. It is a vibrant district with wide boulevards and squares, with many boutiques and galleries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People in the bars and cafes of the Placa del Sol, in the Gracia district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The square was built in 1840 and is surrounded by 19th century buildings including some in Catalan Modernist style. Gracia was an independent municipality 1626-1897 before being incorporated into the city of Barcelona. It is a vibrant district with wide boulevards and squares, with many boutiques and galleries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People socialising in the Placa del Sol, in the Gracia district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The square was built in 1840 and is surrounded by 19th century buildings including some in Catalan Modernist style. Gracia was an independent municipality 1626-1897 before being incorporated into the city of Barcelona. It is a vibrant district with wide boulevards and squares, with many boutiques and galleries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boat on the beach at Es Pianc and people taking photographs, aerial view, at the town of Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. In the centre of town is the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century. Many famous artists spent time in Cadaques during the 20th century, including Dali and Picasso. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Costa Brava coast, with the Illes Medes on the right, seen from the 16th century castle at Begur, Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The Medes Islands are a group of 7 small runinhabited ocky islands in the Mediterranean Sea, near L'Estartit. They are a protected marine environment as the Parque Natural del Montgri, las Islas Medas y el Bajo Ter. The town of Begur is famous for its opulent private homes or Indianos mansions, built by local people who emigrated to Cuba to escape poverty, then returned with their newly made fortunes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People sunbathing and swimming at the beach, and behind, the Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In the foreground is a small beach, with people swimming and sunbathing. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People enjoying the view across the city of Barcelona to the Mediterranean Sea, from MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • MUHBA Fabra i Coats, in a former factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • MUHBA Fabra i Coats, in a former factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • MUHBA Fabra i Coats, in a former factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of noblewomen and a lute player, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows and a group of noblewomen, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corpses having been struck by Death's arrows, detail from Il Trionfo della Morte, or The Triumph of Death, late Gothic fresco, c. 1446, by an unknown artist, possibly catalan or provencal, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The fresco was originally in the Palazzo Sclafani and was commissioned by the Aragonese Kings of Naples. It depicts a garden with Death as a skeleton riding a skeletal horse, firing arrows and killing people from all walks of life. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doric temple, 430-420 BC, at Segesta, a settlement of the Elymians, an indigenous Sicilian people, in Sicily, Italy. The temple has 6x14 Doric columns on a 21x56m base, although a roof was never built. Segesta was one of the most important Siceliot (Sicilian-Greek) cities of ancient times, and was inhabited until the Middles Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doric temple, 430-420 BC, at Segesta, a settlement of the Elymians, an indigenous Sicilian people, in Sicily, Italy. The temple has 6x14 Doric columns on a 21x56m base, although a roof was never built. Segesta was one of the most important Siceliot (Sicilian-Greek) cities of ancient times, and was inhabited until the Middles Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People rowing in a rental boat on Lac Daumesnil in the Bois de Vincennes, the largest public park in Paris, created 1855-66 by the Emperor Napoleon III, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People sitting at an outdoor cafe watching runners on the newly renovated pedestrianised section of the Voie Georges Pompidou, a West-East roadway across Paris, on the Quai des Gesvres on the right bank of the river Seine, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is the Pont au Change, the Greffe du Tribunal de commerce de Paris and the Conciergerie, on the Ile de la Cite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The banner calls for Fem la Republica Catalana, or We Do the Catalan Republic. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers with the catalan flag painted on their cheeks, marching to celebrate catalan nationalism, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Behind are yellow ribbons tied to a gate, in support of activists jailed for their role in the push for catalan independence. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festival goers wearing the catalan flag, celebrating catalan nationalism, in front of a photograph of police brutality, on Diada, or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, Catalonia's National Day, on 11th September 2018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2018 saw the largest Diada march ever, organised by the Catalan National Assembly, with a million people taking to the streets, supporting secession and the reinstatement of the unrecognised Catalan Declaration of Independence after the referendum of 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings of Siena with people on a balcony watching the scenes below, detail of the Peaceful City from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Buildings of Siena with people on a balcony watching the scenes below, detail of the Peaceful City from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • People walking down the Via Pedamentina San Martino, a steep street with views over the city, in Naples, Campania, Italy. Naples is the second largest city in Italy and has been settled since the 2nd millennium BC. The historic city centre is the largest in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sudanese Village with people drumming and performing a war dance, from the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Laotian village and people, from the Cochinchina section of the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, (Cochinchina, now in South Vietnam, was a French colony 1862-1954), held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Congo Pavilion and West African people at the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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