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  • Reconstruction of an Early Type burial mound from Madinat Hamad, a tribal Dilmun grave with skeleton of a man and Arabian clay painted pot containing food remains, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a Late Type Dilmun grave, with the skeleton of a man on his side, remains of a lamb or sheep, and many offerings in the form of clay pots containing food and liquids, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a Middle Dilmun underground grave from Madinat Hamad, containing several connected chambers reused over many generations, with human bones and clay pots, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a Gaulish cellar, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The original cellar was destroyed by fire in 20 BC and archaeologists removed sediments and found imprints of the wooden frame to reveal the construction of the room. The underground cellars were used to house cereals and wine imported from Southern countries. The houses above lined the main avenue of Bibracte and had galleried facades and wood shingle roofs. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of an Early Type burial mound from Madinat Hamad, a tribal Dilmun grave with skeleton of a man and Arabian clay painted pot containing food remains, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Temples of Dilmun, drawing, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Temples of Dilmun, drawing, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. 5 temples have been excavated, at Sar, Diraz, Umm as-Sujur and Barbar, with architecture in the Sumerian Mesopotamian style. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a Middle Dilmun underground grave from Madinat Hamad, containing several connected chambers reused over many generations, with human bones and clay pots, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a section of the facade of the Berlin City Palace or Stadtschloss, which is currently being rebuilt on Spree Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The original palace dates from the 15th century and was largely rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century by Andreas Schluter, but was largely destroyed in the Second World War. The rebuilding began in 2013 and is scheduled to be completed in 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prussian eagle on a reconstruction of a section of the facade of the Berlin City Palace or Stadtschloss, which is currently being rebuilt on Spree Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The original palace dates from the 15th century and was largely rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century by Andreas Schluter, but was largely destroyed in the Second World War. The rebuilding began in 2013 and is scheduled to be completed in 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a section of the facade of the Berlin City Palace or Stadtschloss, which is currently being rebuilt on Spree Island, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The original palace dates from the 15th century and was largely rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century by Andreas Schluter, but was largely destroyed in the Second World War. The rebuilding began in 2013 and is scheduled to be completed in 2019. Behind is the Fernsehturm or Television Tower, built 1965-69. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a house for a builder of Stonehenge, based on the remains of buildings excavated at Durrington Walls, at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. The archaeological site consists of the stone circle, earthworks and hundreds of burial mounds dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is managed by English Heritage. The site is linked to Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain in the 12th century, that the stone circle was built by the wizard Merlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden shack, possibly a reconstruction of the garrison houses within the fort, at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the work area of Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, in the construction site of La Sagrada Familia, where he based himself for several years, with a reproduction of Gaudi’s desk and table, made by the architect himself with material from the construction site, on Level 2, an exhibition space entitled Gaudi the Innovator, in the Gaudi Centre Reus (Centro de Interpretacion Reus), Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The Gaudi Centre is a museum dedicated to Antoni Gaudi. The building was designed by architects Joan Sibina, Toshiake Tange and Gabriel Bosques and was opened in May 2007. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the work area of Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, Catalan Modernist architect, in the construction site of La Sagrada Familia, where he based himself for several years, with a reproduction of Gaudi’s desk and table, made by the architect himself with material from the construction site, on Level 2, an exhibition space entitled Gaudi the Innovator, in the Gaudi Centre Reus (Centro de Interpretacion Reus), Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The Gaudi Centre is a museum dedicated to Antoni Gaudi. The building was designed by architects Joan Sibina, Toshiake Tange and Gabriel Bosques and was opened in May 2007. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic house in Lattara, 3rd - 2nd century BC, reconstructed with mud walls following plans from excavations, at the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The house consists of 2 rooms and an outer porch and was built with adobe on stone foundations, with a wooden roof. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House from the late Iron Age, reconstructed with mud walls following plans from excavations, at the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clay oven in outdoor cooking area under a porch, in a Gallic house in Lattara, 3rd - 2nd century BC, reconstructed with mud walls following plans from excavations, at the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The house consists of 2 rooms and an outer porch and was built with adobe on stone foundations, with a wooden roof. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stairwell lined in concrete, leading to the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room with dining table and chairs by the windows, and study behind, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen with integrated appliances, and living room with furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall with concrete pillar supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, and living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, and concrete pillar in the hallway supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Study, with red wall, early 1950s furniture and modern typewriter, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the facade of an apartment block on the corner of Avenue Foch and Rue Sery, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The relief sculpture, 1953, is by Jean-Marie Baumel and his wife Marthe Schwenck, and shows a man in classical style playing a lyre representing Music, with inscribed names of artists, Andre Caplet, Pierre Beauvalet, Pierre Maumont and Henry Woollett. Avenue Foch is one of the widest avenues in Europe and forms part of the 'Monumental Triangle' at the heart of Le Havre's reconstruction plans. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the facade of the apartment block at 50 Avenue Foch, with stone relief by Pierre Colombo, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Avenue Foch is one of the widest avenues in Europe and forms part of the 'Monumental Triangle' at the heart of Le Havre's reconstruction plans. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the facade of the apartment block at 50 Avenue Foch (right), designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Avenue Foch is one of the widest avenues in Europe and forms part of the 'Monumental Triangle' at the heart of Le Havre's reconstruction plans. Seen between the buildings is the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret and Raymond Audigier. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Porte du Rebout, main entrance to the walled city, with a high stone wall and deep ditch, reconstruction, aerial view, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. This 19m wide entrance is in the internal 5.2km long rampart, built in the 1st century BC in the Murus Gallicus style, reconstructed by archaeologists using cut stone and timbers. An older 7km long wall built 2nd century BC is protected in the forest. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Porte du Rebout, main entrance to the walled city, with a high stone wall and deep ditch, reconstruction, aerial view, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. This 19m wide entrance is in the internal 5.2km long rampart, built in the 1st century BC in the Murus Gallicus style, reconstructed by archaeologists using cut stone and timbers. An older 7km long wall built 2nd century BC is protected in the forest. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Porte du Rebout, main entrance to the walled city, with a high stone wall and deep ditch, reconstruction, aerial view, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. This 19m wide entrance is in the internal 5.2km long rampart, built in the 1st century BC in the Murus Gallicus style, reconstructed by archaeologists using cut stone and timbers. An older 7km long wall built 2nd century BC is protected in the forest. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Porte du Rebout, main entrance to the walled city, with a high stone wall and deep ditch, reconstruction, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. This 19m wide entrance is in the internal 5.2km long rampart, built in the 1st century BC in the Murus Gallicus style, reconstructed by archaeologists using cut stone and timbers. An older 7km long wall built 2nd century BC is protected in the forest. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a 16th century perfumer's laboratory at the Chateau de Chamerolles, Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Loiret, Centre, France. The laboratory contains an upper and lower furnace for distilling liquids at varying temperatures. The glass condensing bottles can collect liquids of different densities. The Renaissance castle was built in the 16th century by Lancelot I du Lac under Francois I and was listed as a Monument Historique in 1927. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amphitheatre of the Sanctuary of the Three Gauls in Lugdunum, built 1st century BC, watercolour painting by Jean-Claude Golvin, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of part of the 'Gondole Knights' burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo, and behind, screen depicting Julius Caesar, general of the Roman army in the Battle of Gergovie, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hochhaus an der Weberwiese, a residential block designed by Hermann Henselmann and built 1951-52, on Machlewskistrasse overlooking the Weberwiese park, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany. The building is in Socialist Realist style and is considered the first socialist high-rise in Berlin, with thousands of ordinary people helping in the construction as part of the National Reconstruction Program. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Hochhaus an der Weberwiese, a residential block designed by Hermann Henselmann and built 1951-52, on Machlewskistrasse overlooking the Weberwiese park, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany. The building is in Socialist Realist style and is considered the first socialist high-rise in Berlin, with thousands of ordinary people helping in the construction as part of the National Reconstruction Program. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Charlotte de La Marck and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne signing their marriage contract in the 16th century, reconstruction, in the Salle a la Colonne or Column Room, in the princes' apartments built c. 1550 by Robert IV de la Marck, in the museum in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Originally a manor house, the chateau was fortified and extended over the centuries, with cannon terraces, bastions and a curtain wall. It now houses a hotel and a museum and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • World War One trench reconstruction in the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium. The citadel was originally built by Nithard prince-bishop of Liege and rebuilt several times, latterly by the Dutch in the 19th century. It is 1 of 4 Meuse Citadels along the river valley. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a World War One trench tilted in partial collapse, in the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium. The citadel was originally built by Nithard prince-bishop of Liege and rebuilt several times, latterly by the Dutch in the 19th century. It is 1 of 4 Meuse Citadels along the river valley. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prussian soldier in uniform in a reconstruction of the Franco-Prussian war, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diorama reconstruction of an attack on a German trench, February 1915, in WWI, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of an anti-aircraft position (DCA) near Berlin, Germany, 1944, WWII, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arches from the Chamois Cloister of the Cathedrale de Notre-Dame de Reims, 13th and 15th century, reconstruction, in the Lower Room or Salle Basse, formerly a crypt dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt 15th century, in the Palace of Tau or 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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  • Amphorae, 75-60 BC, in a boat, reconstruction, illustrating how wine was packed and transported by sea to reach Lattara, in the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden tiki sculpture outside the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy', on the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition inside the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, a traditional 2-storey hut, part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square nave of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall octagonal tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure of Victory on the Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. On the left are apartment blocks designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue de Paris, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar beneath the octagonal tower in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel with crucifix sculpture in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spiral staircase leading to the organ on the first floor, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner of the apartment blocks on the Boulevard Clemenceau (left), and the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with tall thin stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beach and city of Le Havre, Normandy, France. In the centre is the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier. Either side are the apartment blocks at Porte Oceane, completed 1956, also designed by Perret, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pedestrians walking along the Chemin de la Mer, at Le Havre, Normandy, France. Behind is the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier. Either side are the apartment blocks at Porte Oceane, completed 1956, also designed by Perret, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Havre Cathedral, or Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre, built in the 16th and 17th centuries and made cathedral in 1974, on the Rue de Paris in Le Havre, Normandy, France. The facade is Baroque in style and the bell tower dates to 1520. This is one of the few buildings in the town to survive the bombings during the Second World War, although it did sustain heavy damage. Either side are apartment blocks designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue de Paris, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square nave of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall octagonal tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of a prehistoric canoe made from a hollowed out tree trunk. Image taken from the filming of 'Paris la ville a remonter le temps' written by Carlo de Boutiny and Alain Zenou, directed by Xavier Lefebvre, a Gedeon Programmes production. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Charlotte de La Marck and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne signing their marriage contract in the Salle a la Colonne or Column Room, reconstruction, in the princes' apartments built c. 1550 by Robert IV de la Marck, in the museum in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Originally a manor house, the chateau was fortified and extended over the centuries, with cannon terraces, bastions and a curtain wall. It now houses a hotel and a museum and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columbarium, reconstruction of a Roman building with niches housing funerary urns, in Room VII of 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 Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral, relief from the altarpiece of St Augustin, reconstruction, made by alabaster sculptors based at Sant Joan in the 14th century, at the Monestir Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of St Augustin, reconstruction, made by alabaster sculptors based at Sant Joan in the 14th century, at the Monestir Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. 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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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden tiki sculpture outside the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy', on the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden lintel on the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved wooden lintel on the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy', on the reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, a traditional 2-storey hut and home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the Maison du Jouir or House of Pleasure, home to French artist Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, from 1901 to his death, now part of the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, a museum which opened in 2003, in Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The building is a traditional 2-storey hut with a wooden lintel carved by Gauguin in 1901 with the inscription, 'Be mysterious. Be loving and you will be happy'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross sitting at a desk and writing in a book with a quill pen, in a reconstruction of his cell, using his original table, an 18th century habit and a bench from the the Hospederia de la Carmelitas Descalzas de Beas de Segura, where St John stayed many times, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of Tintagel Castle, built by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century, Tintagel Island, Cornwall, England, as it may have looked in 1240, illustration by Aaron Watson, in the museum at the castle's visitor centre. The castle had two outer wards, and an inner ward containing lodgings and a great hall. The ruined castle is linked with Arthurian Legend, as Geoffrey of Monmouth cited it as the place of conception of King Arthur in his 12th century book, History of the Kings of England. The site is managed by English Heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castle Rock Pueblo, inhabited 1250-1275, reconstruction (no structures are visible today), watercolour drawing by Paul Ermigiotti, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Castle Rock Pueblo was the site of an Anasazi settlement built 1250–1275, with Great Houses, 16 kivas, 40 rooms, 9 towers, and a D-shaped enclosure, at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden confessional with lattice in the shape of a cross, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, with spiral staircase, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar beneath the octagonal tower in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, with spiral staircase, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass by Marguerite Hure in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows in vertical strips, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anse des Regates marina and behind, the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church's 107m tall tower acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with tall thin stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. To the right is Le Volcan or the Volcano, an auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre. Behind is an apartment block designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, with spiral staircase, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the octagonal tower studded with stained glass by Marguerite Hure, with spiral staircase, in the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with geometric stained glass windows, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0589.jpg
  • Looking up at the tower of Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The church is built from pre-cast concrete, with tall thin stained glass windows by Marguerite Hure, a Neo-Gothic interior and a 107m tall tower which acts as a beacon from out at sea. Perret was mentor to Le Corbusier and specialised in the use of concrete. He led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment block at Porte Oceane, completed 1956, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. This monumental complex consists of 6-storey buildings and 2 13-storey towers, symbolising the entrance gates to the city. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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