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  • Erotic tile fresco at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco with classical mythological theme at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco with classical mythological theme at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco with classical mythological theme at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Erotic tile fresco at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile decoration from the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. These tiles are on the interior wall and depict an ornate floral pattern on a background of hexagonal turquoise tiles. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bruno Feval, tile maker on the Guedelon project since 02/04/2009, wearing medieval costume and holding a tile mould and mallet, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bruno Feval, tile maker on the Guedelon project since 02/04/2009, wearing medieval costume and holding a tile mould and mallet, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bruno Feval, tile maker on the Guedelon project since 02/04/2009, wearing medieval costume and holding a tile mould and mallet, at the Chateau de Guedelon, a castle built since 1997 using only medieval materials and processes, in Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. The Guedelon project was begun in 1997 by Michel Guyot, owner of the nearby Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, with architect Jacques Moulin. It is an educational and scientific project with the aim of understanding medieval building techniques and the chateau should be completed in the 2020s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a rose, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sheep, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with an interlaced floral design with fleur de lys, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sheep underneath a tree, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a rose, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with thistles, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sheep underneath a tree, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a daisy or marguerite, symbol of Margaret of Bavaria (Marguerite de Baviere, future Duchess of Burgundy), 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sun, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sheep, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a sun, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with thistles, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with a daisy or marguerite, symbol of Margaret of Bavaria (Marguerite de Baviere, future Duchess of Burgundy), 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with an interlaced floral design with fleur de lys, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floor tile from the Chapel, with symbol of Nicolas Rolin and his wife Guigone de Salins, with the motto Seule and a star, an oak tree symbolising strength and loyalty and the initials N and G, in the Salle des Povres or Room of the Poor of Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Multicolored glazed tile pieces of the colonnade on the second-level balcony, Palau de la Musica Catalana, 1908, Lluis Domenech i Montaner, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zellige tile decoration on the walls of the ground floor of the central courtyard area, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iznik tiles with Arabic inscriptions on the exterior wall of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Most of the exterior tiles were replaced following an earthquake in 1855. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iznik tiles with Arabic inscriptions on the exterior wall of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Most of the exterior tiles were replaced following an earthquake in 1855. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iznik tiles with Arabic inscriptions on the exterior wall of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Most of the exterior tiles were replaced following an earthquake in 1855. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile decoration of green octagonal and turquoise triangular tiles with gold decoration found in the rooms to the sides of the mosque after the vestibule, Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile decoration of green octagonal and turquoise triangular tiles with gold decoration found in the rooms to the sides of the mosque after the vestibule, Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iznik tile decoration on the mihrab of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iznik tile decoration on the mihrab of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tiles decorated with a lion and heraldic fleur de lys patterns, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tiles decorated with a lion and heraldic fleur de lys patterns, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail of mosaic and ceramic tile decoration with floral and garland designs, on the walls of the Domenech i Montaner Room, in the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting on ceramic tiles of the Valencian orchards by the Valencian painter Gregorio Munoz Duenas, in The Mosaic Room (formerly a cafe) in the North Station (Estacion del Norte in Spanish or Estacio del Nord in Valencian), built 1906-17 in modernist Viennese Secession style by Demetrio Ribes, Valencia, Spain. The building was listed on the Spanish heritage register as a Bien de Interes Cultural in 1987. The station is named after the CCHNE, the railway company that constructed it and opened it in 1917, which was later nationalised and renamed as RENFE and later as Adif, the company that currently owns and runs it. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting on ceramic tiles of a flower seller and the El Miguelete belltower by the Valencian painter Gregorio Munoz Duenas, in The Mosaic Room (formerly a cafe) in the North Station (Estacion del Norte in Spanish or Estacio del Nord in Valencian), built 1906-17 in modernist Viennese Secession style by Demetrio Ribes, Valencia, Spain. The building was listed on the Spanish heritage register as a Bien de Interes Cultural in 1987. The station is named after the CCHNE, the railway company that constructed it and opened it in 1917, which was later nationalised and renamed as RENFE and later as Adif, the company that currently owns and runs it. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored room with erotic tile frescos at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored room with blue velvet seating and erotic tile frescos at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored room with blue velvet seating and erotic tile frescos at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mirrored room with blue velvet seating and erotic tile frescos at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colourful house facade with patterned ceramic tiles, in the El Cabanyal district of Valencia, Spain. El Cabanyal was the old fisherman's barrio, beside the beach, with small houses painted bright colours and adorned with colourful patterned ceramic tiles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sign in mosaic tiles at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zellige tile decoration, painted wooden panels and a zellige tile decorated pillar on the first floor of the central courtyard area, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians in a garden, detail, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiled wainscot by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades, in the entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians playing drums and trumpets, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of servants sewing and washing up in a kitchen, 1789, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of musicians in a garden, 18th century, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain.  Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiled wainscot by Domingo Sugranes, with dragons and roosters representing the coat of arms of Margarita de Prades, in the entrance hall, 10m high, with a false vault with lobed arches and a suspended polyhedral stained glass lamp, at Torre Bellesguard, or Casa Figueres, designed in Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1900-09, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building was built in Gaudi's neo-Gothic style on the ruins of an old castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chancel of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zellige tiles in geometric shapes on the walls of the patio, a large courtyard with peristyle and double columns, around a marble fountain, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Above the zellige tiles are tiles painted with Arabic script, tiles with a ziggurat design and intricately carved stucco work. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zellige tiles in geometric shapes on the walls of the patio, a large courtyard with peristyle and double columns, around a marble fountain, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Above the zellige tiles are tiles painted with Arabic script, tiles with a ziggurat design and intricately carved stucco work. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caroline Senot at Aux Belles Poules, an art deco style 'maison close' or brothel built in 1904 and opened 1920, with original mirrors and erotic tile frescoes rediscovered in 2014, on the Rue Blondel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. Caroline Senot discovered the tiles when removing panelling when the building housed her father's technology company, and has restored and reopened the venue as a restaurant and events space, also used for meetings and conferences, sometimes with a burlesque element. Photographed on 11th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre aux carreaux verts, or green tile room, with canopy bed, fireplace and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceramic tiles with painted decoration depicting people dancing the sardana, a traditional catalan folk dance, on a wall on a street in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Iznik tiles on the Sultan's tomb, from the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The tomb was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following Mehmed's death in 1421 and is so named because of the green-blue tiles which cover the exterior. The architect, Haci Ivaz Pasha, designed the tomb and the Yesil Mosque opposite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Lepanto in 1571 against the Ottomans, painted on tiles, 1962 by Joan Baptista Guivernau, copy of original 17th century tiles in Chapel of Mare de Deu del Roser in Valls, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor central courtyard with a fountain in the centre, zellige tile decoration and a recessed seating area with 3 fluted horseshoe arches, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor central courtyard area with zellige tile decoration and a table set with silver tea ware, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prayer hall of the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami with the tiled mihrab on the Southern wall, Bursa, Turkey. The mihrab has a moulded tile frame and its niche is crowned by twelve rows of mocarabe, with a six-ribbed shell on top. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab of the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The 15m high mihrab has a moulded tile frame and its niche is crowned by twelve rows of mocarabe, with a six-ribbed shell on top. The intricate pattern of the tiles, full of flowers and entwining stems, was achieved through the cuerda seca technique, followed by ingenious gilding patterns. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The 19th century advances, glazed earthenware tiles, c. 1901-2, by Ramon Casas i Carbo, 1866-1932, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed ceramic tiles decorated with ivy, birds and butterflies, from the frieze in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed ceramic tiles decorated with ivy, birds and butterflies, from the frieze in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mudejar style tiles from Triana in Spain on the walls of the Chapel of Santa Ana or the Bishop of Bastidas, built 1535-40 by Master Rodrigo de Liendo, by order of the Dean Rodrigo de Bastidas, in the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, or the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, dedicated to St Mary of the Incarnation, built 1514-35 in Renaissance and Gothic style, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cathedral is also known as the Catedral Primada de America as it is the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor central courtyard with a fountain in the centre, zellige tile decoration and a recessed seating area with 3 fluted horseshoe arches, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor central courtyard with a fountain in the centre, zellige tile decoration and painted door panels, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seating area adjacent to the ground floor central courtyard, with zellige tile decoration on the walls, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pillars and fluted horseshoe arches around the central courtyard with zellige tile decoration and painted wooden panels, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ground floor central courtyard with a fountain in the centre, zellige tile decoration and a recessed seating area with 3 fluted horseshoe arches, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corner of the ground floor central courtyard with zellige tile decoration, painted door panels and a table set with silver tea ware, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wooden panels, a stained glass door and a zellige tile decorated pillar in the central courtyard area, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pillars with zellige tile decoration and fluted horseshoe arches around the central courtyard, in a typical Tetouan riad, a traditional muslim house built around a courtyard, built in Moorish style with strong Andalusian influences, next to the Great Mosque or Jamaa el Kebir in the Medina or old town of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Bab al Okla fountain with 2 water spouts, a carved stone water trough and a typically Tetouan zellige tile wall, built under the Caid governor Mohammad Ben Omar Luqash, 1751-58, opposite the Bab al Okla gate in the medina or old town of Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sidi Saidi fountain, with its fluted recessed horseshoe arch and zellige tile wall and water trough below, built as part of the sisi Saidi Zaouia, 18th century, near Bab Saida in the medina or old town of Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. The medina of Tetouan dates to the 16th century and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab of the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The 15m high mihrab has a moulded tile frame and its niche is crowned by twelve rows of mocarabe, with a six-ribbed shell on top. The intricate pattern of the tiles, full of flowers and entwining stems, was achieved through the cuerda seca technique, followed by ingenious gilding patterns. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prayer hall of the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami with the tiled mihrab on the Southern wall and iwan to the East, Bursa, Turkey. The mihrab has a moulded tile frame and its niche is crowned by twelve rows of mocarabe, with a six-ribbed shell on top. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family funerary portraits painted on ceramic tile ceiling, Valley of Tombs, late 3rd century AD, Palmyra, Syria
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  • Tiled decoration around the shop window of the Boulangerie du Mont Olympe, showing Arthur Rimbaud and patissiers at work, next to the Place Ducale, in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. French poet Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, was born in Charleville, and the city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile mosaic with painted decoration, detail, in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic tile floor with geometric pattern, possibly 1st century BC, from the House of the Arpocrate, situated over 2 levels, in the Phoenician city of Solunto, in Sicily, Italy. Its name came from a small group of bronze statues discovered here. The Phoenician village of Solunto was expanded by the Greeks after 396 BC and again by the Romans after 254 BC. It was abandoned soon after and rediscovered by archaeologists in the 16th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painting on tiles on a bench, thought to be by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), on the first floor of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The furniture in the building is designed by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Cement floor tiles made by MiraColour using interlacing patterns reminiscent of the Neo-Romanesque period of the 19th century, in the Bell tower room themed 'Le Merveilleux' or The Supernatural, first floor, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Decorative tiled ceiling of the internal galleries linking parts of the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, with the symbol of Catalonia, with floral and botanical motifs, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative tiled ceiling of the internal galleries linking parts of the Administration Pavilion, built 1905-10, with the symbol of the Holy Cross (left) and of Catalonia (ceiling), with floral and botanical motifs, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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