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  • Marble Road, leading from the Great Theatre to the Library of Celsus, built 1st century AD and rebuilt 5th century AD, Ephesus Izmir, Turkey. The road follows the portion of the sacred way that leads past Panayirdagi to the Temple of Artemis. The western side of the road is enclosed by the agora wall, and a higher platform, built during the reign of Nero. The road was lined with statues of important people and letters from the Emperor were carved here into marble. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platform, sign, railway track and brick wall, FINCHLEY ROAD tube station, 1879, Jubilee Line, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman road with large boulder forming a roundabout at an intersection, in the Area Arqueologica de ​​Moreria, an area in the Moreria suburb of Merida which has been excavated to reveal Roman remains including city walls, roads and houses, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. In this 12,000m square site, amidst contemporary urban buildings, town planning can be seen through the ages, from Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, medieval Christian, and modern times. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via della Fontana (Road of the Fountain) seen from the South, Ostia Antica, Italy. This road runs from the Decumanus towards the Tiber. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paved Roman road with ruts worn by the wheels of chariots, leading from the forum to the south gate in the ramparts, in the upper town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman road with large boulder forming a roundabout at an intersection, aerial view, in the Area Arqueologica de ​​Moreria, an area in the Moreria suburb of Merida which has been excavated to reveal Roman remains including city walls, roads and houses, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. In this 12,000m square site, amidst contemporary urban buildings, town planning can be seen through the ages, from Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, medieval Christian, and modern times. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dirt road leading to the village of Llanos de la Concepcion, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Fuerteventura is a volcanic island with semi-desert steppe and long sandy beaches. The island was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey branch of fashion retailer AllSaints, 2009, furnished with antique Singer sewing machines, Portobello Road Antiques Market, Notting Hill, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Road to Siena, with people on foot and horseback, detail of the countryside from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Road to Siena and hunters in the fields, detail of the countryside from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Detail of the countryside, with traders on the road to Siena, from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Country road in Andria, Puglia, Southern Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Berlin street scene at night, with tram lines in the road, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Road to Siena, with people on foot and horseback, detail of the countryside from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Laden donkeys on the road to Siena and hunters in the fields, detail of the countryside from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Road from the theatre with drainage channel at Assos, Turkey, with the Aegean Sea in the background. The city was founded from 1000 to 900 BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos. Aristotle (joined by Xenocrates) went to Assos, where he was welcomed by King Hermias, and opened an Academy in this city, where he led an influential group of philosophers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins between the Tetrapylon and the Temple of Aphrodite along a paved road, Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boîte à sable, Sand box, used to store sand used by city road cleaners for spreading on streets affected either by snow and ice, or by manure from horse drawn transport, on the Place Georges Guillaumin, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Around the arch is the motto of the City of Paris, who paid for the sandbox, and the laurel and oak branches are the emblem of the city. It now serves as a ventilation chimney for the city road menders who have a cloakroom, toilet and kitchen underneath the square. From 1880, sand was replaced by salt. In the background is a statue of Honore Balzac, by Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boîte à sable, Sand box, used to store sand used by city road cleaners for spreading on streets affected either by snow and ice, or by manure from horse drawn transport, on the Place Georges Guillaumin, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Around the arch is the motto of the City of Paris, who paid for the sandbox, and the laurel and oak branches are the emblem of the city. It now serves as a ventilation chimney for the city road menders who have a cloakroom, toilet and kitchen underneath the square. From 1880, sand was replaced by salt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A general view of the Lechaion Road, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. The marble paved road, seen here in the early morning light with the mountains in the background, linked Corinth to the port of Lechaion and was lined with shops. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Traffic at night on the Peripherique or Paris ring road at the Porte Doree, 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. The Boulevard Peripherique was built 1958-73 to relieve pressure on Paris' roads and serves as the boundary between Paris and its banlieux. It is one of the busiest roads in Europe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Road junction on the Domitian Way Roman road, aerial view, between the forum and the Pont Ambroix, in Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, and the Musee des Ursulines, originally a school, the Ecole des Ursulines, on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Houses on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. On the far right is the dome of the Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, and the Musee des Ursulines, originally a school, the Ecole des Ursulines, on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Red House, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Left-right, house on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, the Red House or Monastere des Ursulines, and the Musee des Ursulines, originally a school, the Ecole des Ursulines, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • : A general view of the Lechaion Road,  in Corinth, Greece. The marble paved road, seen here with the mountains in the background, linked Corinth to the port of Lechaion and was lined with shops. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC.
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  • Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, and the Musee des Ursulines, originally a school, the Ecole des Ursulines, on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A general view of the Fountain of Peirene at the head of the Lechaion Road, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. The Fountain of Peirene, seen in the afternoon light by the steps of the Lechaion Road, is said to mark the spot where the nymph Peirene was turned into a spring by the tears she shed in mourning for her son. This chief source of water for Ancient Corinth was remodelled by the Romans into a fountain complex, with Ionic colums which were added in the 3rd century AD. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC.
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 15 : A view from above Fountain of Peirene at the head of the Lechaion Road, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. The Fountain of Peirene, seen in the afternoon light by the steps of the Lechaion Road, is said to mark the spot where the nymph Peirene was turned into a spring by the tears she shed in mourning for her son. This chief source of water for Ancient Corinth was remodelled by the Romans into a fountain complex, with Corinthian colums which were added in the 3rd century AD. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 15 : A general view of the Fountain of Peirene at the head of the Lechaion Road, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. The Fountain of Peirene, seen in the afternoon light by the steps of the Lechaion Road, is said to mark the spot where the nymph Peirene was turned into a spring by the tears she shed in mourning for her son. This chief source of water for Ancient Corinth was remodelled by the Romans into a fountain complex, with Corinthian colums which were added in the 3rd century AD. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Odos Ippoton, or Street of the Knights, a 600m long medieval road connecting the port to the acropolis, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. The road ends at the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello. It houses 7 16th century inns with decorated facades, reflecting the home nations of the masters of the knights. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Corniche, a busy promenade and road along the eastern harbour, designed in 1870 by Pietro Avoscani, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The road and promenade are over 10 miles long, reaching from Montana to the Citadel of Qaitbay. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Corniche, a busy promenade and road along the eastern harbour, designed in 1870 by Pietro Avoscani, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The road and promenade are over 10 miles long, reaching from Montana to the Citadel of Qaitbay. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People sitting on the sea defences along the Corniche, a busy promenade and road along the eastern harbour, designed in 1870 by Pietro Avoscani, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The road and promenade are over 10 miles long, reaching from Montana to the Citadel of Qaitbay. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Corniche, a busy promenade and road along the eastern harbour, designed in 1870 by Pietro Avoscani, on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The road and promenade are over 10 miles long, reaching from Montana to the Citadel of Qaitbay. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Road up to the entrance of the Castell Menor at the Castillo de Xativa, or Xativa castle, a double fortress consisting of the Castell Menor and Castell Major, which has been built on and added to throughout Roman, Carthaginian, Andalusian, Iberian, Gothic and Islamic periods, at Xativa, Valencia, Spain. The Castell Menor is the oldest part of the castle, dating from Iberian and Roman times, and the Castell Major is medieval and Islamic. The castle is situated on the Via Augusta, the Roman road leading from Rome to Cadiz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont Tournant de la Grange-aux-Belles, a road bridge which rotates to allow canal boats to pass, in the Marais basin, between the Quai de Valmy and Quai de Jemmapes, over the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind the road bridge is the Passerelle de la Grange-aux-Belles, a cast iron arched pedestrian footbridge built late 19th century. The Canal Saint-Martin is a 4.6km long waterway between the Canal de l'Ourcq and river Seine, built 1802-25 to provide a fresh water source to the city and provide a trade route for canal barges. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circus of Maxentius, built by emperor Maxentius 306-312 AD on the Via Appia or Appian Way, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. The circus forms part of the Parco Regionale Appia Antica, or Appian Way Regional Park. The Appian Way was a road built from Rome to Brindisi 312-264 BC, one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circus of Maxentius, built by emperor Maxentius 306-312 AD on the Via Appia or Appian Way, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. The circus forms part of the Parco Regionale Appia Antica, or Appian Way Regional Park. The Appian Way was a road built from Rome to Brindisi 312-264 BC, one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Via Appia, or Appian Way, a Roman road built from Rome to Brindisi in 312-264 BC, one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Via Appia, or Appian Way, a Roman road built from Rome to Brindisi in 312-264 BC, one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of the Via Appia, or Appian Way, a Roman road built from Rome to Brindisi in 312-264 BC, one of the most important roads in the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de Bercy, a road and metro bridge opened 1992, and behind, the Ministere des Finances Bercy, new Ministry of Finance building inaugurated 1989, on the rue de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Colbert building, seen here, resembles a huge viaduct between the river Seine and the Gare de Lyon, with 2 70m long arches. The headquarters consists of 3 buildings (Colbert, Vauban and Necker), designed by Paul Chemetov, Borja Huidobro, Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinsky, and is the workplace of 6,000 civil servants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cacti lining a dirt road in the desert landscape of the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone relief depicting a helmet and armour, on the Marble Road in front of the Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The Marble Road leads from the Library of Celsus to the Great Theatre. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a Decumanus in the Park of the Roman Villas, Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 29, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today the site is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villas were constructed on the site of a Punic cemetery. A Decumanus is  an east-west orientated road through a Roman city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view of the Decumanus below the Villa of the Aviary, Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 28, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today the site is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villa of the Aviary, with its octagonal garden set in a peristyle courtyard, is known for its fine mosaics depicting birds. The Roman Villas were constructed on the site of a Punic cemetery. A Decumanus is an east-west orientated road through a Roman city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of a Decumanus in the Park of the Roman Villas, Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 27, 2008, at noon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villas were constructed on the site of a Punic cemetery. A Decumanus is an east-west orientated road through a Roman city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Road to Calvary, fresco, 1304-6, by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, in the Cappella degli Scrovegni, or Scrovegni Chapel, at the Monastero degli Eremitani, in Padua, Veneto, Italy. The chapel was built by Enrico Scrovegni as a private oratory and funerary monument, consecrated 1303. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wool and linen woven textile fragment, with animal design, 5th - 6th century AD, from Egypt, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samite silk textile with birds standing in pairs with haloes, on a red ground, used as a wall hanging, made in Central Asia, 7th - 8th century AD, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samite fragment, silk fabric with lion frieze motif, <br />
from Sogdia in Central Asia, 7th - 8th century AD, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samite silk textile with bird with halo in a medallion on a yellow floral background, made in Central Asia, 7th - 8th century AD, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de Bercy, a road and metro bridge opened 1992, and behind, the Ministere des Finances Bercy, new Ministry of Finance building inaugurated 1989, on the rue de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Colbert building, seen here, resembles a huge viaduct between the river Seine and the Gare de Lyon, with 2 70m long arches. The headquarters consists of 3 buildings (Colbert, Vauban and Necker), designed by Paul Chemetov, Borja Huidobro, Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinsky, and is the workplace of 6,000 civil servants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de Bercy, a road and metro bridge opened 1992, and behind, the Ministere des Finances Bercy, new Ministry of Finance building inaugurated 1989, on the rue de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Colbert building, seen here, resembles a huge viaduct between the river Seine and the Gare de Lyon, with 2 70m long arches. The headquarters consists of 3 buildings (Colbert, Vauban and Necker), designed by Paul Chemetov, Borja Huidobro, Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinsky, and is the workplace of 6,000 civil servants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de Bir-Hakeim, or Bridge of Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, or Passy Bridge, built 1903-05, designed by Jean-Camille Formige, over the river Seine in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. The bridge connects the 15th and 16th arrondissements via the Ile aux Cygnes, and has 2 levels, a road and pedestrian level below and a metro rail level above. It was renamed in 1948 after the  Battle of Bir Hakeim in Libya in WWII. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Nautes, or Sailors, sculpture, c. 1900, by Gustave Michel, 1851–1924, on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, or Bridge of Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, or Bridge of Passy, built 1903-05, designed by Jean-Camille Formige, over the river Seine in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. The bridge connects the 15th and 16th arrondissements via the Ile aux Cygnes, and has 2 levels, a road and pedestrian level below and a metro rail level above. It was renamed in 1948 after the Battle of Bir Hakeim in Libya in WWII. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, aerial view, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DRN_LC21_FRANCE_MC_1384.jpg
  • Transport hub, aerial view, with 3 inns, forge, temple and publicus cursus administration building, Gallo-Roman, 1st century BC, in the lower town of Ambrussum, on the Domitian Way Roman road, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transport hub, aerial view, with 3 inns, forge, temple and publicus cursus administration building, Gallo-Roman, 1st century BC, in the lower town of Ambrussum, on the Domitian Way Roman road, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement founded 4th century BC, which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DRN_LC21_FRANCE_MC_1387.jpg
  • Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Postcard of the Pont Ambroix, or Ambroix bridge, a Roman bridge built 1st century AD crossing the Vidourle on the Domitian Way Roman road, in the ancient town of Ambrussum, in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The bridge originally had 11 arches and was 150m long, although only 1 arch remains today. The illustration shows the bridge when it had 2 arches. Ambrussum was a Celtic Iron Age settlement which grew under the Romans from the 2nd century BC. The bridge is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paved road running north to south with sewage and water drains, in the northern quarter of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallo-Roman building with apse (right) and Attis house (left) in the northern quarter of Glanum, a Celto-Ligurian oppidum founded by the Salyens tribe in the 6th century BC, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, in the Alpilles mountains, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. In the centre is a paved road running north to south with sewage and water drains. The town had a strong Greek and Hellenistic influence before becoming a Roman town in the 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military marker recording a distance of 21000 steps from Langres, Gallo-Roman, 97 AD, with an inscription dedicating it to the emperor Cesar Augustus Nerva, discovered along the Roman road between Langres and Naix, at Argeville-Esnouveaux, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via ferrata at Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, men attached to life line climbing steep rock face, with road in the valley below, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The via ferrata is a rock climbing course, with participants attached by a harness to a life line, with steps, ladders and stairs in the rock to aid progress. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via ferrata at Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, men attached to life line climbing steep rock face, with road in the valley below, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The via ferrata is a rock climbing course, with participants attached by a harness to a life line, with steps, ladders and stairs in the rock to aid progress. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved inscription on a stone at the intersection of the 2 main colonnaded streets, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_011.jpg
  • Shop along the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Perga, seen from the acropolis, with intersection of the colonnaded streets, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street with open water channel, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shop along the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre (foreground), with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone with carved inscription and behind, a shop, on the colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_052.jpg
  • Colonnaded main street and behind, the nymphaeum or Nympahion of Kestros, a monumental fountain under the acropolis, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_050.jpg
  • Colonnaded main street leading down the hill, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_053.JPG
  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre (foreground), with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_054.jpg
  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre (foreground), with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_056.JPG
  • Perga, seen from the acropolis, with intersection of the colonnaded streets, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Intersection of the 2 main colonnaded streets, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre, with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_TURKEY_MC_064.jpg
  • Colonnaded main street, in Perga, an ancient Pamphylian city ruled by the Persians, Greeks and Romans, in Antalya, Turkey. Perga has 2 main streets intersecting to divide the city into 4. The main street is 480m long and 22m wide and was used by pedestrians and vehicles. Shops with porticoes with mosaic floors line the limestone road, and an open water channel lies along its centre (shown here), with sewage systems underground. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • East Gate, with an arch over the road to the agora, at Aspendos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Province, Turkey. Although settled before 1000 BC, Aspendos grew under the Greeks and subsequently the Persians and Romans, before declining in importance from the 4th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strada Latriscata, the Cardo Maximus or main street, Roman, 1st century AD, to the East of the forum, running North-South, in Roselle, an ancient Etrurian city near Grosseto, in Tuscany, Italy. Grooves made by cart wheels are visible in the road. The city grew in the 7th and 6th centuries BC in the late Archaic period, and became Roman in the 3rd century BC. It was abandoned in the Middle Ages and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strada Latriscata, the Cardo Maximus or main street, Roman, 1st century AD, to the East of the forum, running North-South, in Roselle, an ancient Etrurian city near Grosseto, in Tuscany, Italy. Grooves made by cart wheels are visible in the road. The city grew in the 7th and 6th centuries BC in the late Archaic period, and became Roman in the 3rd century BC. It was abandoned in the Middle Ages and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strada Latriscata, the Cardo Maximus or main street, Roman, 1st century AD, to the East of the forum, running North-South, in Roselle, an ancient Etrurian city near Grosseto, in Tuscany, Italy. Grooves made by cart wheels are visible in the road. On the right are the ruins of the forum, and in the foreground, ongoing archaeological excavations. The city grew in the 7th and 6th centuries BC in the late Archaic period, and became Roman in the 3rd century BC. It was abandoned in the Middle Ages and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Avenue de France, in the Paris Rive Gauche development in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The road was reworked in 1995-2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings on the Rue Giordano Bruno, in the Porte de Vanves district of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The road is named after the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned as a heretic in 1600 for converting to Calvinism. It borders the Petite Ceinture, a circular railway track completed in 1869 under Napoleon III, connecting all the Parisian villages, and developed from 2013 into a park managed by the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pont de la Rue de l'Ourcq, a steel road bridge on the Quai de l'Oise, and Marins d'Eau Douce rental electric boats, at the Canal de l'Ourcq in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Canal de l'Ourcq is a 108.1km waterway begun in 1802 between Port-aux-Perches and the Canal Saint-Martin via the Bassin de la Villette or La Villette Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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