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  • Self portrait of photographer Manuel Cohen reflected in a mirror, in the bathroom of an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self portrait of photographer Manuel Cohen reflected in a mirror, in the bathroom of an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presumed portraits of Raphael (far left) and Pinturicchio, from the Canonisation of Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II, detail of onlookers holding candles, Renaissance fresco, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael, depicting the life of Pius II, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal head of Octavian, or Caesar Augustus, 63 BC - 14 AD, first emperor of the Roman Empire, Roman bust in marble, 1st century AD, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossi of Memnon, 2 18m high colossal seated statues of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, built 1350 BC, New Kingdom, sandstone, at the Theban Necropolis, Luxor, Egypt. Smaller statues of Amenhotep's wife Tiye and mother Mutemwiya stand beside the statues. They were built to guard the entrance to Amenhotep's mortuary temple at Thebes. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hommage of peers to the new king at the coronation of Charles X in 1825, detail, oil painting, copy of Gerard's original at the Palais de Versailles, in the Musee du Tau in the Palais du Tau, the palace of the Archbishop of Reims, rebuilt 1498-1509 and modified 1671-1710, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Imperial Party, satirical political cartoon print of clashes between French, Prussians, Russians and Austrians, in the Musee Napoleon at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum is in the former Royal Military School where Napoleon trained. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, drypoint etching, 1954, by Valentine Hugo, 1887-1968, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, drawing, 1960, by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bonaparte franchissant le col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, oil painting, 1816, by Anne-Francois Arnaud, 1797-1846, after an original 1800-03 by Jacques-Louis David, 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. The painting depicts Napoleon on a rearing horse crossing the St Bernard alpine pass during the Second Italian Campaign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of General Morin, 1776-1814, oil painting, by Jean-Baptiste Couvelet, 1772-1830, in the Musee de l'Ardenne, on the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Jean-Baptiste Louis Morin was a revolutionary and Napoleonic commander, and brigadier general, born in Charleville-Mezieres. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miguel de Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer, statue, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Ramo, or The Bouquet, oil painting on canvas, c. 1925, by Lola Anglada, 1892-1984, from the collection of the Diputacio de Barcelona, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Seti I, 2nd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, 1323-1279 BC, alabaster, from Karnak in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue has been extensively restored by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopic jar lid with sculpture of queen Tuya, mother of Ramesses II and wife of Seti I, 19th dynasty, from a vessel which once contained her viscera, 1300-1250 BC, from the Valley of the Queens, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, with left fist closed suggesting the statue originally stood to the left of a doorway, 1403-1365 BC, granite, from the Luxor Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sphinx presenting offerings, 1347-36 BC, New Kingdom, with sphinx depicted as king Tutankhamun, wearing Nemes headdress and false royal beard, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The sculpture originally had human arms and held a vase. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Tuthmosis III, 6th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, false royal beard and kilt with buckle inscribed with his cartouche, 1490-36 BC, New Kingdom, greywacke sandstone, from the Karnak Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This statue is one of the finest in ancient Egypt, with the king eternally youthful and confidant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandia, 1510–72, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the Galeria Dorada, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Alfonso de Borja y Cavanilles, 1378-1458, later Pope Calixto III, 1586, oil painting on leather, by Juan de Juanes, c. 1507-79, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman emperor 161-180 AD, Roman, late 2nd century AD, from Methamis, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general and statesman, metal alloy over moulding of an original sculpture of unknown origin, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Julia Donna, 160-217 AD, Roman empress and wife of Septimius Severus, Roman, early 3rd century AD, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Augustus, 63 BC - 14 AD, first Roman emperor 27 BC - 14 AD, detail, Gallo-Roman, marble, late 1st century BC, from the central niche of the royal door of the Theatre at Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The 3m high statue used for imperial propaganda is of several fragments, and was originally encased in stone painted drapery. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait head of Gaius Caesar, 20 BC - 4 AD, grandson of Augustus, Gallo-Roman, marble, late 1st century BC - early 1st century AD, excavated at the Arles cryptoporticus in 1951, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus of the Spouses, or Sarcophagus of the Trinity, Gallo-Roman early christian, with a relief depicting the deceased in a medallion, and scenes from the bible, from a mausoleum of a senatorial family, early 4th century AD, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pablo Calatayud, founder of the vineyard, with the huge Almansa jars, 200-300 years old, which each store 300-400 litres of wine in underground cellars at the Celler del Roure, a vineyard in the area known as the Valencian Tuscany, at Mogente, Valencia, Spain. This family run vineyard was founded in 1995 and produces 5 different wines from 178 acres of vines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, 1510-72, accompanied by saints linked to his life, flanked by the Virgin and St Michael the archangel, painting, detail, from the ceiling of the Galeria Dorada or Golden Gallery, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The Golden Gallery was built in Valencia baroque style by the 10th duke of Gandia, Pascual Francis Borja Aragon y Centelles, to commemorate the canonisation of St Francis Borja. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Refectory, remodelled in the 18th century with brick floor tiles and then again in the 19th century by the Trenor family, in the west wing of the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated bronze statue of Gaudi, 1989, by Marco Herreros, on a stone bench opposite the rear facade of the building, 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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  • Portrait of Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, 1475-1521, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Clarice Orsini, Renaissance painting by Raphael, 1483-1520, in the Room of the Medici Popes, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, 1541-87, second Grand Duke of Tuscany, 17th century painting by Florentine artist, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinando I de Medici, 1549-1606, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1587, in the style of Pourbus, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner Room of the sons of Ferdinando I de Medici, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Marie de Medici, 1573-1642, wife of Henri IV of France, detail, 17th century Florentine painting, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici, 1519-74, as Grand Duke of Tuscany, detail, attributed to Domenico and Valore Casini, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacred Conversation, or The Medici as Holy Family, Mannerist painting, detail, 1575, by Giovanni Maria Butteri, 1540–1606, with portraits of Cosimo I de Medici's family, in the Sala Isabella, bedroom of Isabella de Medici, who was killed in the villa in 1576, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cosimo I de Medici introduces his son Francesco to the government, detail, fresco, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The scene is set in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, where Francesco, enthroned, receives the Florentine senators. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self portrait of the artist, detail from the fresco of Giuliano Duke of Florence, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Leo X meeting Francois I of France, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The meeting took place in 1515 in Bologna to agree possession of the duchies of Parma and Piacenza. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catherine de Medici with her children, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The children depicted are Francis II, Charles IX, Henry III, Francesco Ercole Duke of Alencon, Elizabeth Queen of Spain, Claudia Duchess of Lorraine, and Margaret wife of Henry of Navarre. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait de Cosimo III de Medici, 1642-1723, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of the groom Apollinaris, with portrait relief and moon in the apex, Gallo-Roman limestone relief, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, excavated at Chancelade, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Anne-Marie Louise D’Orleans, or Mademoiselle de Montpensier, known as La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-93, by Gilbert de Seve, 1618-98, donated by Albert Court in 2013, in the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. She was the niece of Louis XIII, granddaughter or Henri IV and cousin of the future Louis XIV. She moved to Eu in 1661 and worked on the chateau until 1665. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Isabelle d'Artois, 1288-1344, daughter of Isabelle de Melun, with recumbent effigy and coat of arms, in the crypt of the Collegiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, in Eu, Normandy, France. The young girl wears a long dress with a tight bodice and diamond trim, with a pearl necklace and pearl hairband, with 2 greyhounds at her feet. The crypt was redesigned by Louis Philippe after it was damaged during the French Revolution. The church was originally founded in 925 by Guillaume I, comte d'Eu, and became an abbey in the 12th century, which was destroyed during the French Revolution. Only the collegiate church remains, which is owned by the Chateau d'Eu. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Jean d'Artois, d. 1386, son of Robert d'Artois, with recumbent effigy and coat of arms, in the crypt of the Collegiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, in Eu, Normandy, France. The crypt was redesigned by Louis Philippe after it was damaged during the French Revolution. The church was originally founded in 925 by Guillaume I, comte d'Eu, and became an abbey in the 12th century, which was destroyed during the French Revolution. Only the collegiate church remains, which is owned by the Chateau d'Eu. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galerie des Guise, a large first floor reception room displaying since 2000 the portrait collection of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, added to by King Louis Philippe, in the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. This room was destroyed by fire in 1902, the coffered ceiling was restored in 2001, and the parquet floor and painted panelling from 2010. Also displayed is furniture from the Mobilier National. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Henri de Lorraine, 3rd duke of Guise, plaster, commissioned by King Louis Philippe, in the Galerie des Guise, a large first floor reception room, in the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. This room was destroyed by fire in 1902, the coffered ceiling was restored in 2001, and the parquet floor and painted panelling from 2010. Also displayed is furniture from the Mobilier National and the portrait collection of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Anne-Marie Louise D’Orleans, or Mademoiselle de Montpensier, 1627-93, known as La Grande Mademoiselle, by Gilbert de Seve, 1618-98, donated by Albert Court in 2013, in the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. She was the niece of Louis XIII, granddaughter or Henri IV and cousin of the future Louis XIV. She moved to Eu in 1661 and worked on the chateau until 1665. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre Doree, bedroom of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans on the first floor of the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. This room contains original 17th century decorative wooden panelling with the monogram of the Grande Mademoiselle, and a fire screen embroidered by herself. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petit Salon, in the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. On the wall are portraits of the count and countess of Paris, 1866, by Charles-Francois Jalabert. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Alfonso II el Liberal, or Alfonso III of Aragon, 1265-91, 1427, by Jaume Mateu, tempera on wood, from a group of 15 portraits of the kings and queens of Aragon, which decorated the Council Chamber of Valencia City Hall, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Peter III the Ceremonious, or Peter IV of Aragon, 1319-87, 1427, by Jaume Mateu, tempera on wood, from a group of 15 portraits of the kings and queens of Aragon, which decorated the Council Chamber of Valencia City Hall, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Teresa Amatller, on a table by Gaspar Homar i Mezquida, 1870-1953, in her bedroom, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Antoni Barcelo, 1717-97, Spanish mariner and admiral of the Royal Armada, by Vicente Urrabieta, 1854-56, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casimi Casaramona, industrialist who commissioned the building of the factory, date unknown, exhibited at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room, where visitors were received, with sculptures and paintings, including artwork by Modest Urgell and Ramon Marti Alsina, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Antonio de Capmany, 1742-1813, Spanish general, philosopher, historian, economist and politician from Barcelona, 1947, by Frederic Mares i Deulovol, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The bust was commissioned by the museum on the occasion of the opening of a garden under his name. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman with red scarf, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Antoni Barcelo, 1717-97, Spanish mariner and admiral of the Royal Armada, by Vicente Urrabieta, 1854-56, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salvador Dali, bronze statue, 1972, by Ros Sabate, b. 1936, and given to the town by John Peter Moore, former secretary to Dali, on the seafront at Platja Gran, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. 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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  • Thomas Dulac, mountain guide and manager of the Refuge des Cortalets, in the bar of the refuge, beside the footpath ascending the Pic du Canigou, in Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Canigou stands at 2784m and is the highest of the Eastern peaks of the Pyrenees. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self Portrait with Turban, oil painting, 1698, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1659-1743, from the Louvre collection, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claire Bauby at work hand painting ceramics in the workshop at Ceramiques Saint Vincens, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The ceramics centre was founded in the 1930s by Firmin Bauby, and produces traditional catalan ceramics which are glazed and hand decorated. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Gustave Fayet, painting by George Daniel de Monfreid, 1856-1929, in the library of Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. In 1908 the abbey was bought by Gustave Fayet, an art collector and wine grower, who renovated many of the rooms and commissioned artworks. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Laure d'Andoque, co-manager of Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, in the abbey cloister, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. In 1908 the abbey was bought by Gustave Fayet, an art collector and wine grower, who renovated many of the rooms and commissioned artworks. Today the abbey estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Laure d'Andoque, co-manager of Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, in the abbey cloister, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. In 1908 the abbey was bought by Gustave Fayet, an art collector and wine grower, who renovated many of the rooms and commissioned artworks. Today the abbey estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Pierre-Andre de Suffren, 1729-88, detail, from a series of paintings of French naval admirals, on wooden panels carved by Jeanselme, 19th century, in the Salon des Amiraux, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. The Salon des Amiraux was restored 2007-9 and the building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Petite Chatelaine, bronze bust, 1895, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, in the Salle des Beaux-Arts, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The model was the daughter of Mme Courcelle, owner of the Chateau de l'Islette, near Azay-le-Rideau, where the sculptor stayed in 1892. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anne de Melun as canoness of Mons in Belgium, 1619-79, painting, early 17th century, by unknown artist, founder of the Hotel-Dieu de Bauge, a hospital opened 1650 by Marthe de la Beausse and Anne de Melun, in Bauge-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The women ran the hospital with the Hospital Nuns of Saint-Joseph. A second ward was built in 1772 and the hospital remained open until 1991. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Rene kneeling in prayer before going hunting, stained glass window, 15th century, painted by Andre Robin, originally in the Abbaye du Louroux-en-Vernantes or Abbaye de Louroux, a Cistercian abbey founded 1121 in Vernantes, then moved to the Eglise Notre-Dame in Vernantes in 1812, then in 1951 to the Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chateau d'Angers in the Loire Valley was founded in the 9th century by the counts of Anjou, and expanded in the 13th century. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Anne Jules, Duc de Noailles, Peer and Marshal of France, 1650-1708, painting, in the Grande Galerie, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, is a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jacques de Noailles, or Bailli de Noailles, lieutenant general of the galleys, 1653- 1719, detail, painting, in the Grande Galerie, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, is a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Just Comte de Noailles, Duc de Poix, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi Grand d'Espagne, Ambassadeur en Russie, 1777-1856, painting, in the Grande Galerie, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, is a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jean de Noailles, knight, killed at Agincourt in 1415, painting, in the Grande Galerie, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, is a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francoise d'Aubigne, 1635-1719, future Marquise de Maintenon, detail, by French School, 17th century, painting, in the antechamber of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, 1552-1630, French poet and soldier and grandfather of Madame de Maintenon, painting by French School, 17th century, in the bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Adrien Maurice, Duc de Noailles, Marechal de France Grand d'Espagne, 1678-1766, in the bedroom of the Marechal de Noailles, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV, painting by the workshop of Rene-Antoine Houasse, 1645–1710, copy, donated in 1987 by the Raindre family on their 30th wedding anniversary, in the bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The original painting of 1674 was copied offered to foreign ambassadors during the reign of Louis XIV. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francoise d'Aubigne, 1635-1719, future Marquise de Maintenon, by French School, 17th century, painting, in the antechamber of Madame de Maintenon, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. At the end of the gallery is a cenotaph in memory of Madame de Maintenon. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cenotaph in memory of Madame de Maintenon, behind closed doors, at the end of the Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Galerie, or Salon des Portraits, a huge gallery featuring portraits of the Noailles family, who owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century, in the grands appartements in the round tower, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Antechamber of Madame de Maintenon, with a sedan chair, sofa, wallpaper and painted portraits, and her bedroom seen through the open door, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The sedan chair is painted with 18th century scenes, and the portrait behind it is Francoise Adelaide de Noailles, b.  1704, by Frances d´Armagnac. The painting on the right is Portrait of Madame de Maintenon dressed as St Francoise Romaine, painting after Pierre Mignard, copy, 18th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Krystel Gualde, author of Nantes and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 2017, and scientific director at the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Behind is the plan, profile and layout of the Nantes slave ship Marie Seraphique, outfitted by Gruel, captained by Gaugy, 1769, by Rene L'Hermitte, and views of the Nantes coast in the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King of Monomotapa, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Monomotapa is on the coast of present-day Mozambique, trading since the 10th century with the Middle East and India, and in the 16th century with the Portuguese. French slave traders came here after 1693 when the West coast kingdoms no longer supplied so many slaves. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Dominique Deurbroucq, detail, oil painting, 1753, by Pierre-Bernard Morlot, 1716-80, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The Dutch-born Nantes trader is in his study with his young African slave boy, symbol of his success. Deurbroucq worked as a slave trader twice, in 1734 and 1742, and otherwise traded in armaments and colonial goods. In 1777, there were 700 individuals of Creole or African origin in Nantes. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Rene kneeling in prayer before going hunting, stained glass window, 15th century, painted by Andre Robin, originally in the Abbaye du Louroux-en-Vernantes or Abbaye de Louroux, a Cistercian abbey founded 1121 in Vernantes, then moved to the Eglise Notre-Dame in Vernantes in 1812, then in 1951 to the Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The Chateau d'Angers in the Loire Valley was founded in the 9th century by the counts of Anjou, and expanded in the 13th century. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Petit Musee Vigny, in the former dining room, exhibiting documents, photographs and paintings of Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, 1797-1863, French poet, writer, playwright and Romantic, at Le Maine Giraud, a 16th century manor house and country estate, in Champagne-Vigny, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The property belonged to Alfred de Vigny 1827-63, who restored it and bought the surrounding land, and later to Louise Lachaud, who ran a Parisian literary salon. In 1938 it was bought by the Durand family who planted the vineyard and produce pineau and cognac. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Jose Marti, 1853-95, Cuban politician, inaugurated 2018, at the old Fabra i Coats 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 remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the foreground in the Cour Colbert is the Monument a Colbert, a bronze statue, 1894, by Jean-Paul Aube, 1837-1916, of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-83. On the left is the house of Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, French artist and first director of the Gobelins under Louis XIV. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell<br />
c. 1300–50, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The tomb was originally from the monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes, Catalonia, Spain, founded by Ermengol VII, who died in 1184. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell<br />
c. 1300–50, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The tomb was originally from the monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes, Catalonia, Spain, founded by Ermengol VII, who died in 1184. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Don Alvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell, from his double tomb with his wife Cecilia of Foix, c. 1300–50, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. This tomb of parents of Ermengol X was originally from the Monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes in Catalonia, Spain. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cecilia of Foix, from the double tomb of Don Alvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and his wife Cecilia of Foix, c. 1300–50, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. This tomb of parents of Ermengol X was originally from the Monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes in Catalonia, Spain. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reliquary bust of St Juliana, sculpture with copper, gilding, gesso and tempera, c. 1376, by the workshop of Giovanni di Bartolo, Italian, in the Treasury of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dog sculpture from the foot of the tomb effigy of a boy, probably Ermengol IX, Count of Urgell, early 14th century, in the Gothic Chapel, a 13th century chapel in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The painted limestone tomb was in Church of Santa Maria, Castello de Farfanya, Catalonia, Spain. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Innocent V, first Dominican pope, 1225-76, St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, 1170-1221, Pope Benedict XI, 1240-1304, (left-right), detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Above is the skull of Adam beneath Jesus' cross. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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