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  • Throne Room, Creto-Mycenaean period, used by king Minos and his priests as a council hall or law court, with alabaster throne, benches, porphyry basin and frescoes of griffins, at the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Karaitos valley near Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilisation, built on an older Neolithic settlement. The first palace built c. 2000 BC was destroyed c. 1700 BC, the second palace rebuilt and destroyed in 1350 BC. Excavations and restorations took place 1878 and 1900-31. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Green Room, with bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. Through the archway is the Red Room, then the Black Room, with the portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the distance. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Room, with bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, looking through archway to the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. IN the Black Room is the portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Green Room, with bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. Through the archway is the Red Room, then the Black Room, with the portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the distance. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling frescoes painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Red Room (top) and Black Room (bottom) of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. Through the archway is the Black Room. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral capital and lobed arches of the Diagonal room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This large room overlooking the Avinguda Diagonal was the family's main living room, with Moorish style arches, floral decorations, a coffered ceiling and stained glass gallery. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral capital and lobed arches of the Diagonal room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This large room overlooking the Avinguda Diagonal was the family's main living room, with Moorish style arches, floral decorations, a coffered ceiling and stained glass gallery. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral capital and lobed arches of the Diagonal room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This large room overlooking the Avinguda Diagonal was the family's main living room, with Moorish style arches, floral decorations, a coffered ceiling and stained glass gallery. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted coffered wooden ceiling with corbels carved as animals, in the Diagonal room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This large room overlooking the Avinguda Diagonal was the family's main living room, with Moorish style arches, floral decorations, a coffered ceiling and stained glass gallery. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is furnished with a 17th century day bed in blue fabric, a Louis XIV style footstool, a tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, with 3 potiches and 2 vases in porcelain dating to the 18th century, and a 'doll's head' clock made c. 1650 by Balthazar Martinot. The painting is The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room (left), looking through to the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. Through the archway is the Black Room. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. Through the archway is the Black Room. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Great Room of Acts, or Sala dos Capelos, or Red Room, decorated in the 17th century by master builder Antonio Tavares and reworked in the 18th century, with ceiling panels by Jacinto Pereira da Costa, part of the University of Coimbra in the royal palace or Paco Real, Coimbra, Portugal. Originally the throne room of the palace, and now used for University ceremonies, the room houses many large paintings of successive Kings of Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The buildings are listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oval Dining Room of prince Eugene de Beauharnais, decorated in Neoclassical style 1810-11 by Giuseppe Borsato and 1854-56 by Giovanni Rossi, with influences of Pompeii, in the Sissi apartments, in the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The room has an umbrella vaulted ceiling and marks the junction between the public rooms and the royal apartments. The busts are of Napoleon and his second wife Marie Louise of Austria. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919, and restored 2000-22. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala delle Regine or Queens' Room, formerly the Room of the two Alcoves, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The walls are decorated with floral paintings on stone, mirrors and turquoise and gold stucco. In 1828, Maria Cristina di Savola, wife of the king of Sardinia Carlo Felice, stayed here, and the room changed its name. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Dining Room or Tapestry Room, used for formal banquets for the Savoy Monarchy, with neoclassical furniture, crystal chandeliers and 17th century Flemish tapestries, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rossello room, a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tortoiseshell veneered red cabinet with bone and ebony inlay by Pierre Gole, 1620-84, detail, in Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Great Room of Acts, or Sala dos Capelos, or Red Room, decorated in the 17th century by master builder Antonio Tavares and reworked in the 18th century, with ceiling panels by Jacinto Pereira da Costa, part of the University of Coimbra in the royal palace or Paco Real, Coimbra, Portugal. Originally the throne room of the palace, and now used for University ceremonies, the room houses many large paintings of successive Kings of Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The buildings are listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room, and of a gilded bird and garland from the archway between the Black and Red rooms, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal, above a portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, and bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Private audience room, decorated to celebrate the wedding of Carlo Emanuele II to Francesca d'Orleans-Valois 1663, with frieze painted by Emanuele Tesauro, then renovated under Carlo Alberto as the Audience Room of the King, in the Palazzo Reale di Torino, or Royal Palace of Turin, palace of the House of Savoy, built in the 16th century and renovated in baroque style by Filippo Juvarra under Christine Maria of France in the 17th century, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The boiserie, doors, furniture and fabrics are by Pelagio Palagi. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala delle Regine or Queens' Room, formerly the Room of the two Alcoves, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The walls are decorated with floral paintings on stone, mirrors and turquoise and gold stucco. In 1828, Maria Cristina di Savoia, wife of the king of Sardinia Carlo Felice, stayed here, and the room changed its name. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small sitting room, seen from the dining room, through a lobed triple arch structure separated by twisted columns with carved capitals, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small sitting room adjoining the dining room, with marble tiled floor, terracotta walls and a coffered wooden ceiling, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small sitting room adjoining the dining room, with marble tiled floor, terracotta walls and a coffered wooden ceiling, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capitals carved with fish on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadras family coat of arms on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Day bed with blue fabric, 17th century, in Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of the Duchess de Villars, allegorical painting by Charles Coypel, 1694-1752, in the King's Sitting Room, a state room in the Royal Apartments which became the study of Marshal de Villars after 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The duchess was Jeanne-Angelique Roque de Varangeville, wife of Claude-Louis Hector, Marshal de Villars. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's Sitting Room, a state room in the Royal Apartments which became the study of Marshal de Villars after 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The cabinet is 17th century, made from ebony with pewter and ivory marquetry with pierres paysageres, stone cut to resemble landscapes. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Annuncation to Manoah of the Birth of Samson to his Wife, painting by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, in Mme Fouquet's Sitting Room, originally a sitting room for Marie-Madeleine de Castille, then turned into a guest room in 1705, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painted Chinese motif on the bookcases with lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The table is inlaid with jacaranda wood and wood from Sri Lanka. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of panel from the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of panel from the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Green Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Green Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Green Room, with bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bookcase with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Green Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookcase with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal, above a portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, and bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of putti with drapery, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the scrolled columns on the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of angel with trumpet, putto and crown, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bookshelves with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Green Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of putto with drapery, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of putto with drapery, from the gilded sculptural motif of crown and angels exalting the King and Portugal, above the portrait of King John V or Joao V, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the scrolled columns of the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegorical trompe l'oeil fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, detail of the central medallion of the ceiling of the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Fortuna or wealth, from the allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Arts, from the allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Sacra Pagina or Theology, from the allegorical trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco painted by Antonio Simoes Ribeiro and Vicente Nunez, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of King John V or Joao V of Portugal, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silver tray with ink pot, pen holder and bell, on a table inlaid with Jacaranda wood and wood from Sri Lanka, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Table inlaid with Jacaranda wood and wood from Sri Lanka, and silver tray with ink pot, pen holder and bell, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The bookshelves were made, gilded and lacquered by Manuel da Silva and the portrait is of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels, exalting the King and Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted angel and portrait of King John V or Joao V of Portugal, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painted Chinese motif on the bookcases with lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of panel from the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Red Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room of the Casa Gasull, built 1910-12 and designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, in a mixture of Modernist and Noucentist styles, Calle de Sant Joan, Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Pere Roig Gasull, an olive oil merchant, as the headquarters of his business and home to his 2 children. The basement is a warehouse space used for storing oil and the ground floor is for industrial and commercial use. This room has a tiled floor and painted decorative frieze around the ceiling. The architect's son, Pere Domenech Roura, also worked on the building. The building is listed as a Cultural asset of local interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner of the main living room with furniture by Josep Prat, with the dining room seen through the stained glass doors, in Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chinese Dressing Room, originally the queen's dressing room, then antechamber to the Grand Gallery, then the king's study, with wall panels by Filippo Juvarra with chinoiserie paintings, 1736, by Pietro Massa, at the Palazzo Reale di Torino, or Royal Palace of Turin, palace of the House of Savoy, built in the 16th century and renovated in baroque style by Filippo Juvarra under Christine Maria of France in the 17th century, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room for week day lunches, also used as an antechamber to the Lombardy-Venetia Throne Room, rebuilt in 1836 with Neoclassical decoration by Giuseppe Borsato including candelabra wall paintings framed in marmorino and painted frieze of marine gods, in the Royal Rooms of the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stucco cherub, in Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. In the alcove is a large 18th century canopy bed, while the rest of the decor is Empire Style. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopy bed, 18th century, in a canopy in Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room, in Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The room was used by the Henrys to entertain guests. 2 portraits of King James II hang in the room, gifted by the king to the order in the 1680s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the double-height living room with furniture by Josep Prat, seen from the billiards room in Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. To the first floor is a balcony with balustrade and decorative ceiling, while the ground floor is tiled, with wooden furniture and an art nouveau feel. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lombardy-Venetia Throne Room, decorated in 1838 by Giuseppe Borsato, for Ferdinand I of Austria, king of Lombardy-Venetia, and restored 2012, with trompe l'oeil painted frieze, red and gold wall hanging, imperial furniture and 18th century Murano glass chandelier, in the Royal Rooms of the Royal Palace of Venice, now the Correr Museum, on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Veneto, Italy. The Napoleonic wing was built 1807-13 designed by Giovanni Antonio Antolini and Giuseppe Maria Soli and was used by Napoleon until 1814, the Emperor of Austria until 1866 and the king of Italy until 1919. The historic centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as Ruggieri Room, with cabalistic astrology symbols on the 16th century fireplace, and a 17th century canopy bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as Ruggieri Room, with cabbalistic astrology symbols on the 16th century fireplace, and a 17th century canopy bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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