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  • Billboards and evening crowds on Broadway, and statue of George M Cohan, 1878-1942, entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer, 1959, by Georg John Lober and architect Otto Langman, on Duffy Square, Times Square, New York, New York, USA. Broadway is the Theater District of Manhattan, with 41 professional theatres. Broadway is the oldest North-South street in New York City, and is 13 miles long. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Billboards and evening crowds on Broadway, New York, New York, USA. Broadway is the Theater District of Manhattan, with 41 professional theatres. Broadway is the oldest North-South street in New York City, and is 13 miles long. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Billboards and evening crowds on Broadway, New York, New York, USA. Broadway is the Theater District of Manhattan, with 41 professional theatres. Broadway is the oldest North-South street in New York City, and is 13 miles long. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street signs for 1-21 Wall St and 75-109 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Wall St is the Financial District of New York and the leading financial centre of the world. Broadway is the Theater District of Manhattan, with 41 professional theatres. It is the oldest North-South street in New York City, and is 13 miles long. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street signs for 1-21 Wall St and 75-109 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Wall St is the Financial District of New York and the leading financial centre of the world. Broadway is the Theater District of Manhattan, with 41 professional theatres. It is the oldest North-South street in New York City, and is 13 miles long. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Theatre, built 3rd century BC and rebuilt in the Roman period, Panayir Hill, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. The cavea has 66 rows of seats, divided by 2 diazoma or walkways into 3 horizontal sections. The stage building is 3 storeys and 18m high. The facade facing the audience was ornamented with reliefs, columns with niches, windows and 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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  • Great Theatre, built 3rd century BC and rebuilt in the Roman period, Panayir Hill, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. The cavea has 66 rows of seats, divided by 2 diazoma or walkways into 3 horizontal sections. The stage building is 3 storeys and 18m high. The facade facing the audience was ornamented with reliefs, columns with niches, windows and 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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  • Seats of the Great Theatre, built 3rd century BC and rebuilt in the Roman period, Panayir Hill, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. The cavea has 66 rows of seats, divided by 2 diazoma or walkways into 3 horizontal sections. The stage building is 3 storeys and 18m high. The facade facing the audience was ornamented with reliefs, columns with niches, windows and 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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  • Great Theatre, built 3rd century BC and rebuilt in the Roman period, Panayir Hill, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. The cavea has 66 rows of seats, divided by 2 diazoma or walkways into 3 horizontal sections. The stage building is 3 storeys and 18m high. The facade facing the audience was ornamented with reliefs, columns with niches, windows and 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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  • Main Theatre at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Mountain with tomb facades is visible in the background. The theatre is designed on principles laid down by Roman architect Vitruvius but carved into the rock rather than being built.  The complex was originated with a Nabatean theatre built in 1st century BC but was altered by the Romans in 2nd century AD following a more Greco-Roman design. The theatre seated 6000 people. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main Theatre at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Mountain with tomb facades is visible in the background. The theatre is designed on principles laid down by Roman architect Vitruvius but carved into the rock rather than being built.  The complex was originated with a Nabatean theatre built in 1st century BC but was altered by the Romans in 2nd century AD following a more Greco-Roman design. The theatre seated 6000 people. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main Theatre at Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Mountain with tomb facades is visible in the background. The theatre is designed on principles laid down by Roman architect Vitruvius but carved into the rock rather than being built.  The complex was originated with a Nabatean theatre built in 1st century BC but was altered by the Romans in 2nd century AD following a more Greco-Roman design. The theatre seated 6000 people. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre in Neoclassical style, built early 19th century by Alessandro Sanquirico, who decorated the Scala in Milan, used for puppet shows and opened for the visit of Charles Albert of Savoy, in the Palazzo Borromeo, on Isola Madre, the largest of the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palace was built in the 16th century for the Borromeo family, designed by Pellegrino Pellegrini or Il Tibaldi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre in Neoclassical style, built early 19th century by Alessandro Sanquirico, who decorated the Scala in Milan, used for puppet shows and opened for the visit of Charles Albert of Savoy, in the Palazzo Borromeo, on Isola Madre, the largest of the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palace was built in the 16th century for the Borromeo family, designed by Pellegrino Pellegrini or Il Tibaldi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teatro de Marionetas Cabanyal, La Estrella, a historic children's puppet theatre established in 1995, in the Cabanyal district of Valencia, Spain. As well as the theatre, the building houses a Puppet Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage of the Elizabethan Theatre, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Elizabethan Theatre with its stage and 3 curved balconies, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elizabethan Theatre, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elizabethan Theatre, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Elizabethan Theatre with its 3 curved balconies, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Elizabethan Theatre with its stage and 3 curved balconies, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elizabethan Theatre, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elizabethan Theatre, built 2014-16, designed by Andrew Todd, in the grounds of the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The theatre is built entirely from wood, within a bamboo cage, and can seat up to 400 spectators. Since 2009 the chateau has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cabaret hall Concert Mayol on the  Rue de l'Echiquier, 10th arrondissement, Paris, France, photograph, 1925. Owned by Felix Mayol, this cafe-concert hall was famous for launching the careers of young artists in plays, musical performances, operettas and latterly stripteases, until its final closure in 1976. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcadian Street and Great Theatre in the distance, 3rd century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This street is situated between the Harbour Baths and the Great theatre. Entering from the port, traders and sailors would first arrive in this street, so it was designed with marble slabs and colonnades. It was constructed in the Hellenistic Period, but then was restored during the reign of Emperor Arcadius in the 4th century AD. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. 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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  • Arcadian Street and Great Theatre in the distance, 3rd century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. This street is situated between the Harbour Baths and the Great theatre. Entering from the port, traders and sailors would first arrive in this street, so it was designed with marble slabs and colonnades. It was constructed in the Hellenistic Period, but then was restored during the reign of Emperor Arcadius in the 4th century AD. The theatre seats 25,000 and is believed to be the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world. 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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  • Fountain house behind the Great Theatre's stage building, 3rd century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The anteroom in front of the Ionic entrance was added in the Roman period. As an inscription on one of the columns states, the water collected here was brought in from the Marnas River. 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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  • Fountain house behind the Great Theatre's stage building, 3rd century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The anteroom in front of the Ionic entrance was added in the Roman period. As an inscription on one of the columns states, the water collected here was brought in from the Marnas River. 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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  • Bouleuterion or Odeon, 2nd - 3rd century AD, Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey. The Bouleuterion or Council House was like a town hall, serving as the meeting place of the city's administrative council or Boule, and as a multi-purpose indoor theatre, concert hall and assembly space. It is a semi-circular building with auditorium and stage, seating 1750. The additional 12 rows of seating and vaulted roof collapsed in an earthquake in the 4th century. In the 5th century it was altered into a palaestra. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bouleuterion or Odeon, 2nd - 3rd century AD, Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey. The Bouleuterion or Council House was like a town hall, serving as the meeting place of the city's administrative council or Boule, and as a multi-purpose indoor theatre, concert hall and assembly space. It is a semi-circular building with auditorium and stage, seating 1750. The additional 12 rows of seating and vaulted roof collapsed in an earthquake in the 4th century. In the 5th century it was altered into a palaestra. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion's paw foot on a seat in the Bouleuterion or Odeon, 2nd - 3rd century AD, Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey. The Bouleuterion or Council House was like a town hall, serving as the meeting place of the city's administrative council or Boule, and as a multi-purpose indoor theatre, concert hall and assembly space. It is a semi-circular building with auditorium and stage, seating 1750. The additional 12 rows of seating and vaulted roof collapsed in an earthquake in the 4th century. In the 5th century it was altered into a palaestra. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bouleuterion or Odeon, 2nd - 3rd century AD, Aphrodisias, Aydin, Turkey. The Bouleuterion or Council House was like a town hall, serving as the meeting place of the city's administrative council or Boule, and as a multi-purpose indoor theatre, concert hall and assembly space. It is a semi-circular building with auditorium and stage, seating 1750. The additional 12 rows of seating and vaulted roof collapsed in an earthquake in the 4th century. In the 5th century it was altered into a palaestra. Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria near the modern-day town of Geyre. It was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city suffered major earthquakes in the 4th and 7th centuries which destroyed most of the ancient structures. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ottoman period village of Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from site of Gadara. The church is on the left and the West Theatre in the centre. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ottoman period village of Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from site of Gadara. The church is on the left and the West Theatre in the centre. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the side of the cavea in the Roman theatre, 2nd century, in Dougga, Tunisia, pictured on January 31, 2008, in the morning. Dougga has been occupied since the 2nd Millennium BC, well before the Phoenicians arrived in Tunisia. It was ruled by Carthage from the 4th century BC, then by Numidians, who called it Thugga and finally taken over by the Romans in the 2nd century. Situated in the north of Tunisia, the site became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Looking up at the tower of the Dali Theatre-Museum, or Teatro Museo Dali, with giant eggs on the roofline, built 1969-74 by Joaquim de Ros i Ramis and Alexandre Bonaterra in Dali's home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. The building replaces the town's theatre which was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War. It houses a large collection of Dali's work and is entirely the conception of the artist himself. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre of the Great temple, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. The temple, built on the southern side of the Colonnaded street, was destroyed by an earthquake shortly after it was built in 1st century BC. Later, a small theatre in the main building, and a large terrace below with a triple colonnade on each side, were added. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre of the Great temple, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. The temple, built on the southern side of the Colonnaded street, was destroyed by an earthquake shortly after it was built in 1st century BC. Later, a small theatre in the main building, and a large terrace below with a triple colonnade on each side, were added. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre of the Great temple, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. The temple, built on the southern side of the Colonnaded street, was destroyed by an earthquake shortly after it was built in 1st century BC. Later, a small theatre in the main building, and a large terrace below with a triple colonnade on each side, were added. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small theatre of the Great temple, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. The temple, built on the southern side of the Colonnaded street, was destroyed by an earthquake shortly after it was built in 1st century BC. Later, a small theatre in the main building, and a large terrace below with a triple colonnade on each side, were added. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Theatre, downtown Amman, Jordan. Built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161AD), the large and steeply raked theatre could seat 6000 people and is divided into 3 tiers. It is built into the hillside, and oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators and was restored in 1957. View from above with cityscape of downtown Amman in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Theatre, downtown Amman, Jordan. Built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161AD), the large and steeply raked theatre could seat 6000 people and is divided into 3 tiers. It is built into the hillside, oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators and was restored in 1957. View from above with cityscape of downtown Amman in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Theatre, downtown Amman, Jordan. Built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161AD), the large and steeply raked theatre could seat 6000 people and is divided into 3 tiers. It is built into the hillside, oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators and was restored in 1957. View from above with cityscape of downtown Amman in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. The cavea width is 63 meters and the orchestra diameter is 14.8 meters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance to the Roman Theatre with cavea in the background, Amman, Jordan. Built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (169-177 AD), the large and steeply raked theatre could seat about 6'000 people. It is built into the hillside, and oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "La Comedie" (The Comedy), Marble, 1874, by Julien Toussaint Roux (1836-1880), Tuileries Gardens (Jardin des Tuileries), 1664, Le Notre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "La Comedie" (The Comedy), Marble, 1874, by Julien Toussaint Roux (1836-1880), Tuileries Gardens (Jardin des Tuileries), 1664, Le Notre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau de la Musica Catalana by Domenech i Montaner 1850-1923 built 1908 for Orfeo Catala choral group sculpture by Miquel Blay Barcelona Spain. Corner with allegorical relief, 1908 (photo), Domenech i Montaner, Luis (1849-1923) / Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist ticket booth decorated with mosaics by Lluis Bru, Palau de la Musica Catalana, 1908, Lluis Domenech i Montaner, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, along the Decumanus, 12BC, Ostia Antica, Italy. It is one of the earliest building complitely made of bricks. Its present aspect refers to 1940 after the reconstruction by the archeologist Calza and the architect Gismondi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of facade of Palais Garnier, 1860-75, by Charles Garnier (1825-98), Paris, France, at night. Commissioned by Napoleon III as part of the Haussmann Parisian reconstruction project, the Palais Garnier is the 13th theatre to house the Paris Opera since its foundation, 1669, by Louis XIV. Its construction was interrupted by current events such as the Franco-Prussian War, the fall of the Empire and the Paris Commune. The Neo-Classical facade was renovated in 2000. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of facade of Palais Garnier, 1860-75, by Charles Garnier (1825-98), Paris, France. Commissioned by Napoleon III as part of the Haussmann Parisian reconstruction project, the Palais Garnier is the 13th theatre to house the Paris Opera since its foundation, 1669, by Louis XIV. Its construction was interrupted by current events such as the Franco-Prussian War, the fall of the Empire and the Paris Commune. The Neo-Classical facade was renovated in 2000. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of brightly coloured auditorium ceiling, 1964, by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Palais Garnier, 1860-75, Paris, France. The ceiling, commissioned by Culture Minister Andre Malraux (1901-76), represents scenes from ballets and operas which might be performed at the Opera House. Mozart La Flute Enchantee is visible on this fragment. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of brightly coloured auditorium ceiling, 1964, by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Palais Garnier, 1860-75, Paris, France. The ceiling, commissioned by Culture Minister Andre Malraux (1901-76), represents scenes from ballets and operas which might be performed at the Opera House. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of brightly coloured auditorium ceiling, 1964, by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Palais Garnier, 1860-75, Paris, France. The ceiling, commissioned by Culture Minister Andre Malraux (1901-76), represents scenes from ballets and operas which might be performed at the Opera House. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of brightly coloured auditorium ceiling, 1964, by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Palais Garnier, 1860-75, Paris, France. The ceiling, commissioned by Culture Minister Andre Malraux (1901-76), represents scenes from ballets and operas which might be performed at the Opera House. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of brightly coloured auditorium ceiling, 1964, by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Palais Garnier, 1860-75, Paris, France. The ceiling, commissioned by Culture Minister Andre Malraux (1901-76), represents scenes from ballets and operas which might be performed at the Opera House. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the ceiling of the neo-Baroque salon du Glacier, by Charles Garnier, 1861-1875,  in Palais Garnier, Opera de Paris, in Paris, France. The Clairin's paintings which adorns the rotunda depict dancing bacchantes and fauns. Completed after the opening of the building, this room has a very distinct 1900s flavour. Commissioned by Napoleon III as part of the Haussmann Parisian reconstruction project, the Palais Garnier is the 13th theatre to house the Paris Opera since its foundation, 1669, by Louis XIV. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of a sculpture of a Roman actor with a mask in the garden of the National Archaeological Museum. Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 29, 2008, in the afternoon. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The National Archaeological Museum (Musee National de Carthage) houses an impressive collection of Punic and Christian relics found in the excavations, including stelae, jewellery, sarcophagi and reliefs. It also features maps, photographs and models of the ancient city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • A view from above of the Theatre, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. Founded in the 5th century BC the cavea of the Greek period was well preserved by a Roman reconstruction when it was filled with earth before the seating was rebuilt at a steeper rake. It is seen here in the morning light with the sea in the distance.
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  • A view from above of the Theatre, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. Founded in the 5th century BC the cavea of the Greek period was well preserved by a Roman reconstruction when it was filled with earth before the seating was rebuilt at a steeper rake. It is seen here in the morning light with the sea in the distance.
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A general view of the Theatre, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. Founded in the 5th century BC the cavea of the Greek period was well preserved by a Roman reconstruction when it was filled with earth before the seating was rebuilt at a steeper rake. It is seen here in the morning light. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A general view of the Theatre, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. Founded in the 5th century BC the cavea of the Greek period was well preserved by a Roman reconstruction when it was filled with earth before the seating was rebuilt at a steeper rake. It is seen here in the morning light. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Cavea, Roman theatre, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria. Low angle view of the seats.
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  • Roman theatre, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria. Side view of the cavea, the orchestra, the stage and the scaenae frons. 102m width, it contains 12,000 seats.
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  • Roman theatre, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria. Side view of the cavea, the orchestra, the stage and the scaenae frons. 102m width, it contains 12,000 seats.
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  • Roman theatre, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria. Front view of the cavea, the orchestra, the stage and the scaenae frons. 102m width, it contains 12,000 seats.
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  • Roman theatre with 12,000 seats, 102m wide, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria
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  • Dali Theatre-Museum, or Teatro Museo Dali, built 1969-74 by Joaquim de Ros i Ramis and Alexandre Bonaterra in Dali's home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. The building replaces the town's theatre which was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War. It houses a large collection of Dali's work and is entirely the conception of the artist himself. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Balzac, bronze statue of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, 1892-97, by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, at the crossing of the Boulevard Raspail and Boulevard du Montparnasse, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Grand Concert, painting, 1948, by Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953, in the Musee des Beaux Arts de Nice, Nice, Provence, France. The museum was founded in 1928 as the Palais des Arts Jules Cheret and is housed in a mansion built 1878 for Elizaveta Vasilievna Kochubey. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Please contact ADAGP or affiliates for artist's reproduction rights
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  • Head of Sophocles, 497-405 BC, Greek playwright, late 2nd - early 3rd century AD, Roman, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 1808-11 in an outbuilding for the princes of Spain, with 200-seat Italian style auditorium, at the Chateau de Valencay, at Valencay, Indre, France. The chateau was built in Renaissance style 1540 - 18th century, owned by the d'Estampes family 1451-1747 and the Talleyrand-Perigord family 1803-1979. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre with steps forming seats (left),  monumental staircase (centre), in the West Court, built 2000 BC, at the Minoan palace of Phaistos, on the Messara plain in southern Crete, Greece. The Minoan city of Phaistos flourished from 6000 BC to 1st century BC, with the original palace built c. 2000 BC, rebuilt 1700 BC after an earthquake and rebuilt again in 1450 BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Actors and market at Borgo del Balon in Turin, oil painting, 1752, by Giovanni Michele Graneri, 1708-62, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, 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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  • Portrait of Bernard Francois Balzac, 1746-1829, father of Honore de Balzac, oil painting on canvas, 19th century, copy after original 1795-1815 by unknown artist, at the Maison de Balzac in Paris, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Laure Junot, duchess of Abrantes, 1784-1838, French writer, oil painting on canvas, mid 19th century, by Hector Jean-Louis Viger-Duvigneau, 1819-79, after the original of 1812 by Ferdinando Quaglia, 1780-1853, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, marble, 1876, by Anatole Marquet de Vasselot, 1840-1904, from the Musee des Beaux Arts de Tours, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, terracotta, 1891-92, study after the Conducteur de Tours, by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, from the Musee Rodin in Paris, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Printing workshop, 19th century, with antique presses, where Balzac worked as a printer 1826-28, in the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. The collection includes a Stanhope printing press, lithography press, bookbinder and antique guillotine. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balzac's bedroom, with alcove bed and writing desk, on the second floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Docteur Miquel, charcoal drawing, c. 1836-48, presumed to be a self portrait by the doctor, who was called to Sache on 26th June 1836 to treat Balzac, who had suffered a stroke, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balzac's bedroom, with alcove bed and writing desk, on the second floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle a Manger, or Dining Room, decorated in the early 19th century with mythological wallpaper, on the first floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated in the early 19th century with trompe l'oeil wallpaper, the main living room on the first floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated in the early 19th century with trompe l'oeil wallpaper, the main living room on the first floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, plaster, 1929, by David d'Angers, 1788-1856, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Louis Philippe I, 1773-1850, oil painting on canvas, 1833, by Nicolas Gosse, 1787-1878, in the Musee Balzac at the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Balzac stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Sache, aerial view, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850,  French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 1808-11 in an outbuilding for the princes of Spain, with 200-seat Italian style auditorium, at the Chateau de Valencay, at Valencay, Indre, France. The chateau was built in Renaissance style 1540 - 18th century, owned by the d'Estampes family 1451-1747 and the Talleyrand-Perigord family 1803-1979. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy, 1819-97, stage actress, detail, oil painting on wood, by Ernest Hebert, 1817-1908, in the Musee des Beaux Arts de Tours, a fine arts museum founded 1801, and housed since 1910 in the archbishop's palace on the Place Francois Sicard in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. The museum houses paintings from 14th - 21st centuries, sculpture, prints, ceramics and furniture, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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