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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the distance is downtown Manhattan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the distance is downtown Manhattan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Liberty, or Liberty Enlightening the World, copper neoclassical statue by Auguste Bartholdi with internal metal framework by Gustave Eiffel, inaugurated 28th October 1886, on Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the USA and symbolises freedom and democracy. The statue and island are listed as a National Monument and managed by the National Parks Service. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of colossal Roman Statue, Amman Citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. This hand fragment belonged to a colossal statue from the Roman period and was found near the Temple of Hercules. The statue is estimated to have stood over 13 metres high making it one of the largest statues from Greco-Roman times. Due to the massiveness of the statue, the temple was attributed to Hercules who was renowned for his physical strength. Downtown Amman cityscape visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of equestrian statue of Louis XIV (1638-1715) in the Cour Napoleon, Louvre,  Paris, France. The statue is a copy in lead, 1988, of original statue at Versailles, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (1598-1680). Louis XIV invited Bernini to Paris in 1665 to design a new wing of the Louvre in which he subsequently lost interest, but Bernini did design this sculpture of Louis as a Roman Emperor, resplendent on horseback. It was the idea of the architect of the Grand Louvre, I M Pei to place a copy of the statue in the Cour Napoleon, in the sightline of the Champs Elysees. It was placed there before the pyramid was built. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of Our Lady of Victories, 1809, in the Chapel of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Victories, or l’Archiconfrérie
de Notre-Dame des Victoires, in the Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Roman catholic convent church built 1629-1740 in Baroque style, on the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Place des Petits-Peres, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The statue was crowned in 1853 by request of Pope Pius IX to give thanks for the deliverance of Rome by French soldiers in 1849. Originally the chapel of the Augustinian fathers, the church was rebuilt from 1656 by Pierre Le Muet, consecrated in 1666 and finished by Sylvain Cartaud. The basilica was once a station on the Compostela pilgrimage route, and is famous for its ex voto offerings. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Saint Louis or King Louis IX of France, 1951, by Albert-Marius Patrisse, 1892-1964, Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was born in Poissy in 1214 and baptised in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy (next to this statue) in the same year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Charles I Gonzaga, 1580-1637, aerial view, bronze, inaugurated 1899, by Alphonse Colle, on the Rue Pierre-Beregovoy, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Charles I Gonzaga was the founder of Charleville and the first prince of Arche and Charleville. The statue was originally placed in the Place Ducale but was moved in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Charles I Gonzaga, 1580-1637, aerial view, bronze, inaugurated 1899, by Alphonse Colle, on the Rue Pierre-Beregovoy, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Charles I Gonzaga was the founder of Charleville and the first prince of Arche and Charleville. The statue was originally placed in the Place Ducale but was moved in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warrior on a Horse, monumental statue on plinth in a fountain, erected 2011, thought to represent Alexander the Great, on Plostad Makedonija or Macedonia Square, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. The controversial statue represents a reclaiming of the historical figure from its neighbour Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Solitude, detail, bronze statue of a black slave woman who was freed in 1794 and beaten to death while pregnant in 1802 after Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe, inaugurated 2022, by Didier Audrat, in the Jardin Solitude, Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is the first statue of a real black woman in Paris, and she is depicted defiantly protesting against slavery. It was inaugurated on 10th May 2022, the National Day to Commemorate Memories of Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Solitude, bronze statue of a black slave woman who was freed in 1794 and beaten to death while pregnant in 1802 after Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe, inaugurated 2022, by Didier Audrat, in the Jardin Solitude, Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is the first statue of a real black woman in Paris, and she is depicted defiantly protesting against slavery. It was inaugurated on 10th May 2022, the National Day to Commemorate Memories of Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Devil taking a selfie, bronze statue by Jose Antonio Abella, 2019, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. According to legend, the devil was persuaded by a local girl to erect the Acueducto de Segovia in a single night. The statue, erected to attract tourists to the city, has caused controversy as the devil appears smiling and friendly. Segovia's old town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hommage de la Ville de Perpignan au Maitre Pau Casals, 1876-1973, bronze statue, 1976, by Miquel Paredes i Fonolla, 1901-80, inaugurated 1977, on the Allees Maillol, or Esplanade des Platanes, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The statue represents a young girl walking towards Canigou, and is dedicated to the life and work of Pau Casals, a catalan composer and conductor. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jeanne de Laval kneeling in prayer, queen of Sicily, second wife of King Rene duke of Anjou, who died in 1498 at the Chateau de Beaufort, copy after a contemporary marble statue, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory with statue of St Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), by Raymond Rivoire, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Moulins, originally built as a Flamboyant Gothic collegiate church in the 15th century, and became a cathedral with a Neo-Gothic nave added by Jean-Baptiste Lassus, Eugene Millet and Paul Selmersheim in the 19th century, at Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. Behind, is the black Virgin statue, an 11th century Virgin and child sculpture originally from the Holy Land, in dark wood painted black, in the Chapel of the Black Virgin. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Priapus, god of fertility, with erect phallus, originally a fountain statue, found in the kitchen of the House of the Vettii, one of the largest houses in Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a bishop on top of the gable on the West facade of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Flanking the statue, the North tower was built in the 16th century and never completed, the South tower was built 13th - 17th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child on the altar, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The sculpture depicts the local legend of an unmanned boat carrying a statue of the Virgin appearing in the Boulogne estuary in the 7th century, which led to several miracles being performed in the church. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki statue in volcanic tuff, with prominent eyes and open mouth with tongue, 73cm tall, a protective statue representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man, from Raivavae in the Austral Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, by Francisco Palma Burgos, 1918-85, inaugurated in 1959, on the Plaza Primero de Mayo in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. San Juan de la Cruz, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. In 2009 the statue was restored by Manuel Martos Leiva. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Antipope Benedict XIII of Avignon, 1328-1423, known as 'El Papa Luna' or Pope Luna, 2007, by Sergio Blanco, in Peniscola, Valencia, Spain. Pope Luna moved the papal seat to Peniscola and lived in the Templar castle until his death in 1423. The statue is situated at the entrance to the Templar castle, Castell del Papa Luna. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Julius Caesar, 16th century, after a classical Roman 1st century AD statue, at Bellver castle, built in the 14th century for King James II of Majorca, at Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This is one of the few circular castles in Europe, and was built by architect Pere Salva in Gothic style, with towers attached to the walls and a separate keep tower reached by a high bridge over the moat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Marin Drzic, 1508-67, Croatian playwright and poet, outside the Rector's Palace in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Rubbing the nose of the statue is thought to bring good luck. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Pallas Athena holding a spear, in a niche inside the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Pallas Athena holding a spear, in a niche inside the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the god Mars, wearing a helmet and holding a sword and a shield, from the inside of the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze equestrian statue of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian nobleman, in the centre of Skanderbeg Square or Sheshi Skenderbej in Tirana, Albania. The statue is by Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paco and was inaugurated in 1968, on the 500th anniversary of his death. Tirana was founded by the Ottomans in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini and became the capital of Albania in 1920. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher, at the town entrance of Assos, Turkey. 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. The statue is broken and the right hand is missing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Equestrian statue of St Joan of Arc, bronze, 1895, by Paul Dubois, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The statue stands in front of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, built 1211-75, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Charles I Gonzaga, 1580-1637, bronze, inaugurated 1899, by Alphonse Colle, in the evening, on the Rue Pierre-Beregovoy, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Charles I Gonzaga was the founder of Charleville and the first prince of Arche and Charleville. The statue was originally placed in the Place Ducale but was moved in 1999. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warrior on a Horse, monumental statue on plinth in a fountain, erected 2011, thought to represent Alexander the Great, on Plostad Makedonija or Macedonia Square, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. The controversial statue represents a reclaiming of the historical figure from its neighbour Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Warrior on a Horse, monumental statue on plinth in a fountain, detail, erected 2011, thought to represent Alexander the Great, on Plostad Makedonija or Macedonia Square, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. The controversial statue represents a reclaiming of the historical figure from its neighbour Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Solitude, bronze statue of a black slave woman who was freed in 1794 and beaten to death while pregnant in 1802 after Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe, inaugurated 2022, by Didier Audrat, in the Jardin Solitude, Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is the first statue of a real black woman in Paris, and she is depicted defiantly protesting against slavery. It was inaugurated on 10th May 2022, the National Day to Commemorate Memories of Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group statue of Mersuankh, a triple statue showing the man, inspector of ka-priests during the 5th dynasty, at different ages, polychrome limestone, Old Kingdom, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue, marble, early Hellenistic, resembling Alexander the Great, with left turn of the neck, upward glance, moving posture, possibly by Lysippan School, from Alexandria, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The statue wears the royal diadem of Alexander-Dionysos and was probably originally holding a spear. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aion - Chronos, god of infinite time, bound by a snake and with a lion's head on his chest and goat's head next to his leg, Roman marble statue, 2nd century AD, from the Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue was associated with the cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian mystic religion. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceres, goddess of agriculture, crops and fertility, Roman marble seated statue, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue is from the stage of the Merida Roman Theatre and depicts Ceres wearing a veil, crown and sleeved tunic. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fiorenza, bronze statue, 1570, by Giambologna, 1529-1608, in the Saletta di Venere Fiorenza or Fiorenza's Room, with wall frescoes of country views, trompe l'oeil doors and windows, 1589, by Pocetti, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The statue was part of the Labyrinth Fountain in the garden, designed and sculpted 1538-48 by Niccolo Pericoli called Il Tribolo for Cosimo I de Medici. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, copy of an original 1st century AD sculpture, behind the scenae frons of the Roman theatre, built 16-15 BC under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 63-12 BC, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The original statue is in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano. The theatre forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Asclepius, god of medicine and son of Apollo and Coronis, Greek, 2nd century BC, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The statue is made from 2 blocks, the bust made from marble from Paros and the body of Pentellic marble from Attica. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1659-1743, artist from Perpignan, 1959, by Roger Maureso, in the Place Rigaud, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The statue replaces the original from 1890, by Jean-Baptiste Belloc, which was destroyed 1941-42 when metals were requisitioned for the war effort. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Vercingetorix, Gallic chieftain, plaster, 1864, by Aime Millet, 1819-91, model for the huge statue erected in 1865 on the Western point of the oppidum of Alesia,  in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Denis preaching, 1722, by Nicolas Coustou, 1658-1733, commissioned by Louis-Antoine de Noailles, archbishop of Paris 1695-1729, in the North transept of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. St Denis was the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of Paris. The statue was commissioned for the altar of the St Denis chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Graces, copy of a Roman statue based on a Hellenistic Greek statue of 4th - 2nd century BC, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three Graces, copy of a Roman statue based on a Hellenic Greek statue of 4th - 2nd century BC, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The library is covered in Renaissance frescos, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250, by Emanuele Caggiano, 1837-1905, on the main facade of the Palazzo Reale de Napoli, on the Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Campania, Italy. Beneath the statue is the excommunication bubble launched by Pope Gregory XI and a series of manuscript codes, and reference to the foundation of Studio Napoletano in 1224, now the University of Naples Federico II. The Royal Palace of Naples was a residence of the Bourbon Kings, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Italian Baroque and Neoclassical styles. Naples is the second largest city in Italy and has been settled since the 2nd millennium BC. The historic city centre is the largest in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250, by Emanuele Caggiano, 1837-1905, on the main facade of the Palazzo Reale de Napoli, on the Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, Campania, Italy. Beneath the statue is the excommunication bubble launched by Pope Gregory XI and a series of manuscript codes, and reference to the foundation of Studio Napoletano in 1224, now the University of Naples Federico II. The Royal Palace of Naples was a residence of the Bourbon Kings, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Italian Baroque and Neoclassical styles. Naples is the second largest city in Italy and has been settled since the 2nd millennium BC. The historic city centre is the largest in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child on the altar, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The sculpture depicts the local legend of an unmanned boat carrying a statue of the Virgin appearing in the Boulogne estuary in the 7th century, which led to several miracles being performed in the church. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki statue in volcanic tuff, a protective statue representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man, from Raivavae in the Austral Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki statue in volcanic tuff, a protective statue representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man, from Raivavae in the Austral Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki statue in volcanic tuff, a protective statue representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man, from Raivavae in the Austral Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, by Francisco Palma Burgos, 1918-85, inaugurated in 1959, on the Plaza Primero de Mayo in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. San Juan de la Cruz, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. In 2009 the statue was restored by Manuel Martos Leiva. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the architect Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, Spanish Renaissance architect, in the  Plaza Vazquez de Molina, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Vandelvira designed many of the Renaissance buildings in Ubeda and Baeza. Behind the statue is the Hospital de Santiago, built 1562-75 in Renaissance style, which is listed as a historic monument. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buddhist statue in the Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman statue of Fortuna, goddess of good fortune, found in the commanding officer’s bath at Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. This seated statue of the goddess Fortuna is 1 of the most sophisticated works of art from the Wall. She is usually shown with a horn of plenty or cornucopia full of food and flowers and a ship’s rudder, although here we see only the remains of the rudder. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Marin Drzic, 1508-67, Croatian playwright and poet, outside the Rector's Palace in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Rubbing the nose of the statue is thought to bring good luck. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Marin Drzic, 1508-67, Croatian playwright and poet, outside the Rector's Palace in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Rubbing the nose of the statue is thought to bring good luck. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the goddess Minerva, wearing a helmet and holding a spear, from the inside of the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. It consists of 12 Doric columns and is topped by a statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze equestrian statue of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian nobleman, in the centre of Skanderbeg Square or Sheshi Skenderbej in Tirana, Albania. The statue is by Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paco and was inaugurated in 1968, on the 500th anniversary of his death.  Tirana was founded by the Ottomans in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini and became the capital of Albania in 1920. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze equestrian statue of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian nobleman, in the centre of Skanderbeg Square or Sheshi Skenderbej in Tirana, Albania. The statue is by Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paco and was inaugurated in 1968, on the 500th anniversary of his death. Tirana was founded by the Ottomans in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini and became the capital of Albania in 1920. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze equestrian statue of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian nobleman, in the centre of Skanderbeg Square or Sheshi Skenderbej in Tirana, Albania. The statue is by Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paco and was inaugurated in 1968, on the 500th anniversary of his death. Behind are the Et'hem Bey Mosque and the clock tower. Tirana was founded by the Ottomans in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini and became the capital of Albania in 1920. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher, at the town entrance of Assos, Turkey. 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. The statue is broken and the right hand is missing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of military officer from Roman Soldier's Tomb, 200 BC- 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. These tombs were carved by the Nabateans in the face of Jabal al-Khubtha, the mountain overlooking Petra on the East. Originally behind a courtyard, the facade of this tomb is decorated with engaged pilasters and columns that frame three niches with the statue of a military officer in the central niche. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Serapis found near monumental gate at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan, from Petra Archaeological Museum. Serapis was a Graeco-Egyptian god and only the top part of this statue remains. He is depicted in oriental style with curly hair and beard. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Replica of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 1981, Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), Rome, Italy. The original 2nd century AD statue is on display in the Capitoline Museums. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Annie Moore, first immigrant processed at Ellis Island on 1st January 1892, by Jeanne Rynhart, unveiled by Irish president Mary Robinson as a gift to the people of the USA from the Irish American Cultural Institute in 1993, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Equestrian statue of King Louis XII, 1462-1515, 15th century, on the Louis XII wing above the entrance to the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Pan, at the entrance of the Santuario di Attis (Shrine of Attis), late 3rd century, Ostia Antica, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of the scribe Nebnetro, possibly a priest, with inscriptions and reliefs showing the gods Ptah, Rehorakhty, Osiris and Amun, granite, New Kingdom, from Karnak, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of Ahmose, basalt, New Kingdom, from Karnak, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, copper statue erected 1951 by the Boy Scouts of America, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, copper statue erected 1951 by the Boy Scouts of America, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Julius Caesar, 16th century, after a classical Roman 1st century AD statue, at Bellver castle, built in the 14th century for King James II of Majorca, at Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This is one of the few circular castles in Europe, and was built by architect Pere Salva in Gothic style, with towers attached to the walls and a separate keep tower reached by a high bridge over the moat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome stone statue of St Barbara, early 16th century, holding the martyrs' palm and with the tower, her attribute, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 (this statue is also listed as a protected object) and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. 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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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. 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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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. 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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  • Statue of the Virgin Mary erected by the American Society of Ephesus (George B. Quatman Foundation), on the road to the House of the Virgin Mary outside Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This statue was erected on October 13th 1996 to celebrate the life of the Virgin, who may have spent her last years here. 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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  • Marble statue of Pan, at the entrance of the Santuario di Attis (Shrine of Attis), late 3rd century, Ostia Antica, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The goddess Victoria riding on a quadriga, 1908 by Carlo Fontana and Paolo Bartolini, equestrian statue at the top of the Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II (Monument to Victor Emmanuel II). Rome, Italy, cityscape in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The goddess Victoria riding on a quadriga, 1908 by Carlo Fontana and Paolo Bartolini, equestrian statue at the top of the Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II (Monument to Victor Emmanuel II). Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the legendary chivalrous knight Bruncvik, on the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, with the Vltava river, Prague, Czech Republic. This is a copy by Ludvik Simek from 1884, the original being in a museum after being damaged by cannon fire in 1648 during the Thirty Years' War. The knight Bruncvik holds his invincible golden sword, later buried in the Charles Bridge, with a lion laying by his legs. It serves to remind passers-by of the rights of the Old Towners, especially the right to take tolls and duty. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western bell tower of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. In front is a statue of Saint Louis or King Louis IX of France, 1951, by Albert-Marius Patrisse, 1892-1964. Saint Louis was born in Poissy in 1214 and baptised in this church in the same year. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Saint Louis or King Louis IX of France, 1951, by Albert-Marius Patrisse, 1892-1964, Poissy, Yvelines, France. Behind is the Western bell tower of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles. Saint Louis was born in Poissy in 1214 and baptised in this church in the same year. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western bell tower of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. In front is a statue of Saint Louis or King Louis IX of France, 1951, by Albert-Marius Patrisse, 1892-1964. Saint Louis was born in Poissy in 1214 and baptised in this church in the same year. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Ambrose, statue by Giovanni Baratta, 1670-1747, 1 of 4 statues in the central niches of the Church of Saint'Uberto, built 1716-29 by Filippo Juvarra for Vittorio Amedeo II, at the Royal Palace of Venaria, or Reggia di Venaria Reale, a royal residence of the House of Savoy, built from 1675 in Baroque style by Amedeo di Castellamonte, for Carlo Emanuele II duke of Savoy, in Venaria Reale, Piedmont, Italy. The palace was restored 1999-2007 and is now a visitor attraction. It is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Mary Salome with her children St James and St John, with a half open book as history is being made, on the altar in the Chapelle du Chateau de Montriou, a small Flamboyant Gothic chapel, 15th century, originally attached to the Chateau de Montriou, founded 1484 by Charlotte de Beauvau, daughter of a senechal of Anjou, in Feneu, Maine-et-Loire, France. The altar holds 4 statues of the 3 Marys and St Anne. In the stained glass windows are the coats of arms of the Cassin de la Loge family, of whom the current owners are descendants. The chapel is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue at the Stadio dei Marmi or Stadium of the Marbles, a stadium designed c. 1928 by Enrico Del Debbio and inaugurated 1932, at the Foro Italico, Rome, Italy. The stadium has Carrara marble steps lined by 59 marble statues of athletes in classical style. The Foro Italico or Foro Mussolini is a sports complex built 1928-38 in Fascist style by Enrico Del Debbio and Luigi Moretti, inspired by Roman forums. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue at the Stadio dei Marmi or Stadium of the Marbles, a stadium designed c. 1928 by Enrico Del Debbio and inaugurated 1932, at the Foro Italico, Rome, Italy. The stadium has Carrara marble steps lined by 59 marble statues of athletes in classical style. The Foro Italico or Foro Mussolini is a sports complex built 1928-38 in Fascist style by Enrico Del Debbio and Luigi Moretti, inspired by Roman forums. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue on Curetes Street,<br />
Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Curetes Street was one of 3 main streets in Ephesus, leading from the Hercules Gate to the Celsus Library. It was a paved road lined with statues. 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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