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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Entrance to the Roman theatre of Segesta, ca. 409 BC, Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily, Italy. 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 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 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 with 12,000 seats, 102m wide, 150-200 AD, Bosra, Syria
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  • Theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Children's theatre, a puppet theatre set used for performances to children from 1810, 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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  • Theatre set of hell, with mechanical puppets and special effects, in the Puppet room, displaying the Borromeo collection of puppets and theatre sets, scripts, scores and special effects machines for puppet shows, performed here from the 17th century, 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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  • Emperor on horseback fighting a barbarian, with a military trophy and Victoria, Roman relief, 4th century AD, from the theatre of Emerita Augusta, 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. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar of Apollo, Gallo-Roman, with relief of Apollo with a lyre seated on a throne with 2 laurel trees, marble, late 1st century BC, from the pulpitum of the Arles Roman Theatre, excavated in 1823, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar to the civic crown with relief of the crown which was awarded to a citizen for saving another's life, Gallo-Roman, marble, late 1st century BC, from the pulpitum in the Arles Roman Theatre, excavated in 1727, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acroterion, or decorative pedestal, representing a theatrical mask, with curled onkos hair and open mouth, oversized and exaggerated for use as a stage prop, Gallo-Roman, 1st century AD, excavated in Les Baux-de-Provence in 1836, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Augustus, 63 BC - 14 AD, first Roman emperor 27 BC - 14 AD, detail, Gallo-Roman, marble, late 1st century BC, from the central niche of the royal door of the Theatre at Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The 3m high statue used for imperial propaganda is of several fragments, and was originally encased in stone painted drapery. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, Gallo-Roman, depicting Venus Genitrix, protector and founded of the Gens Julia dynasty, Gallo-Roman, late 1st century BC - early 1st century AD, from the Roman Theatre in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The head would originally have been encased in a sculpted body with drapery, and was copied from an original sculpture by the Greek Praxiteles. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, Gallo-Roman, depicting Venus Genitrix, protector and founded of the Gens Julia dynasty, Gallo-Roman, late 1st century BC - early 1st century AD, from the Roman Theatre in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The head would originally have been encased in a sculpted body with drapery, and was copied from an original sculpture by the Greek Praxiteles. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Arles in late Roman times, with the river Rhone, the theatre, amphitheatre and circus, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acroterion, or decorative pedestal, representing a theatrical mask, with curled onkos hair and open mouth, oversized and exaggerated for use as a stage prop, Gallo-Roman, 1st century AD, excavated in Les Baux-de-Provence in 1836, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dancer statue, 1 of 4 originally in the niches of the stage of the Arles Roman Theatre, Gallo-Roman, with traces of polychrome, late 1st century BC, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The building contains a main hall, a master hall, an auditorium and the Martin y Soler theatre, and holds operas, theatre performances and music concerts. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998 (left), and (right), the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teatro delle Commedie, used for plays and concerts, designed before 1675 by Marguerite-Louise d'Orleans, wife of Cosimo III de Medici, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pilaster fragment, Gallo-Roman bas-relief with urn and masks, 2nd century AD, excavated in the Jardin Secrest in the ramparts of Vesunna, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, 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. The sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, 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. The sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, 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. The sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tragic theatre mask, mosaic, 1st century BC, from the bedroom of house 1 in Empuries, in the Empuries Museum, or Museo de Arqueologia de Cataluna - Empuries (MAC), near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. 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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  • Castillo de Medellin, or Medellin Castle, built in the 14th century by Pedro I the Cruel, replacing an original 10th century castle, and rebuilt by the Infante Sancho of Castile, on the Cerro del Castillo in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The castle has a double walled perimeter with turrets and reinforcing towers and a 12th century underground reservoir. It was extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. Below is the Roman theatre of Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle de spectacles, built 1932, used for theatre performances, concerts and cinema screenings, in the former Hotel Belvedere du Rayon Vert, built 1928-32 in art deco style by Leon Baille, beside the train tracks in Cerbere, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. This was the first building in the world to be constructed from reinforced concrete and its design was inspired by ocean liners. The hotel closed in 1983 and is now apartments, and is listed as a historic monument. Cerbere is situated close to the Spanish border and its international train station opened in 1876, leading to a rapid growth in population. Cerbere is located on the Cote Vermeille or Vermilion Coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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