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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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Painted floral design on the tiles in the refectory, built 1517-18 by Leonardo Vaz, with azulejos tiles added 1780-85, of the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile scene in a decorative border, in the refectory, built 1517-18 by Leonardo Vaz, with azulejos tiles added 1780-85, of the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Tile scene in a decorative border, in the refectory, built 1517-18 by Leonardo Vaz, with azulejos tiles added 1780-85, of the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Ceramic tiles in the bathroom, 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles, detail of the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tile on the rear facade of 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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  • Blue and gold Andalusian style decorative ceramic tiles, on the walls of the main entrance vestibule and central entrance hall, on the ground floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue and gold Andalusian style decorative ceramic tiles, on the walls of the main entrance vestibule and central entrance hall, on the ground floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork with Arabic script and the 3 towered castle of Castile and azulejos tiles, in the Patio de las Doncellas, or Courtyard of the Maidens, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Patio de las Doncellas is a courtyard surrounded by muqarnas arches and a central sunken garden. It is the main courtyard of the palace and was named after the Moorish annual tradition of demanding 100 virgins from their Christian kingdoms. The ground floor is in typical Mudejar style but the upper floor was added 1540-72 and shows Renaissance influences. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork and azulejos tiles, in the Patio de las Doncellas, or Courtyard of the Maidens, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Patio de las Doncellas is a courtyard surrounded by muqarnas arches and a central sunken garden. It is the main courtyard of the palace and was named after the Moorish annual tradition of demanding 100 virgins from their Christian kingdoms. The ground floor is in typical Mudejar style but the upper floor was added 1540-72 and shows Renaissance influences. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork with Arabic script and the lion of Leon (Castile and Leon) and azulejos tiles, in the Patio de las Doncellas, or Courtyard of the Maidens, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Patio de las Doncellas is a courtyard surrounded by muqarnas arches and a central sunken garden. It is the main courtyard of the palace and was named after the Moorish annual tradition of demanding 100 virgins from their Christian kingdoms. The ground floor is in typical Mudejar style but the upper floor was added 1540-72 and shows Renaissance influences. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Postal boat from Majorca, an 18th century Xabec or Jabeque ship with 3 masts with latin sails, of Arab origin, painted on 30 catalan ceramic tiles on the ceiling of 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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  • Blue and white ceramic tiles and crackle stucco, decorating the wall of the main entrance hall, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative plasterwork with Arabic script and azulejos tiles, in the Patio de las Doncellas, or Courtyard of the Maidens, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Patio de las Doncellas is a courtyard surrounded by muqarnas arches and a central sunken garden. It is the main courtyard of the palace and was named after the Moorish annual tradition of demanding 100 virgins from their Christian kingdoms. The ground floor is in typical Mudejar style but the upper floor was added 1540-72 and shows Renaissance influences. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Ceramic tiles in the bathroom, 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles on the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tiles, detail of the rear facade of 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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  • Sunflower ceramic tile on the rear facade of 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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  • Black servant, detail of painted ceramic tiles, in the cloister of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, 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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  • Painted ceramic tiles depicting an idealised view of El Escorial, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, 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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  • Black servant, detail of painted ceramic tiles, in the cloister of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, 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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  • Detail of a cursive Kufic koranic inscription in carved stucco with zellige tiles below, in the central courtyard of the Al-Attarine Madrasa, a religious school built 1323-25 by the Marinid Sultan Uthman II Abu Said, who ruled 1310-31, in the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. This courtyard has a central marble fountain, a zellige tiled floor and lower walls and intricate carved stucco and wooden walls with horseshoe arches and pillars. Cursive Kufic script is included in the tilework and stucco. The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Ceramic tiles with painting, 1929, after an engraving of 1815 by Bonaventura Planella, on a plaque outside the Church of Sant Sever, in the Placa de Garriga i Bachs, in the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The painting and description present the arrest of Catalan resistance members who fought Napoleonic troops in 1809, during the Peninsula War of 1807-14. The plaque is located next to the Monument to the Heroes of 1809 by Josep Llimona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceramic tiles with painting, 1929, after an engraving of 1815 by Bonaventura Planella, on a plaque outside the Church of Sant Sever, in the Placa de Garriga i Bachs, in the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The painting and description present the execution of Catalan resistance members who fought Napoleonic troops in 1809, during the Peninsula War of 1807-14. The plaque is located next to the Monument to the Heroes of 1809 by Josep Llimona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceramic tiles with painting, 1929, after an engraving of 1815 by Bonaventura Planella, detail, on a plaque outside the Church of Sant Sever, in the Placa de Garriga i Bachs, in the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The painting and description present the arrest of Catalan resistance members who fought Napoleonic troops in 1809, during the Peninsula War of 1807-14. The plaque is located next to the Monument to the Heroes of 1809 by Josep Llimona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tile and sculpted decoration by Pau Gargallo, 1881-1934, in 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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  • 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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  • Monument outside the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. On the tiled wall, a marble window frame is decorated with colourful Iznik tiles with Arabic inscriptions. 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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  • Rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Wrought ironwork with flowers on the rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, and brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_SPAIN_MC_0006.jpg
  • Rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1389.jpg
  • Wrought ironwork with flowers on the rooftop terrace, with a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles to collect water, a small cupola crowned tower and 3 brick chimneys clad in green and white ceramic tiles, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico of the main entrance with 4 columns and capitals carved with palm leaves and birds, at the 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. In the centre is the facade, with exposed brick, glazed tiles and sunflower tiles, and on the left is the wrought iron balcony of the main living room. 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
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0679.jpg
  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Morocco_MC258.jpg
  • Portico of the main entrance with 4 columns and capitals carved with palm leaves and birds, at the 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. On the left is the facade, with exposed brick, glazed tiles and sunflower tiles. 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
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0644.jpg
  • Sparrow on a capital of the portico of the main entrance, at the 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. Behind is the facade, with exposed brick, glazed tiles and sunflower tiles. 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
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0645.jpg
  • Corridor with water fountain and decorative ceramic tiles, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The floor tiles are by Mario Maragliano, 1864-1944, to simulate carpets decorated with floral ornaments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. The ornate mosaic of Iznik tiles inside the niche depicts a garden of roses, carnations and hyacinths. 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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  • Entrance portal of the Green Tomb or Yesil Turbe, mausoleum of the 5th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Celebi, Bursa, Turkey. It 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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  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with papier-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with papier-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1400.jpg
  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with papier-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_SPAIN_MC_0009.jpg
  • Corridor with water fountain and decorative ceramic tiles, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The floor tiles are by Mario Maragliano, 1864-1944, to simulate carpets decorated with floral ornaments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1009.jpg
  • Smoking room, at Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This oriental room has plaster mocarabes on the ceiling resembling palm trees with dates, and the walls are covered with paper-mache tiles in green, blue and gold. Below are ochre and blue tiles painted with roses. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1399.jpg
  • 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
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0948.jpg
  • Internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles graded from dark to light, and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light and fresh air to reach all rooms and floors, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Descending the building, tile colours lighten and window sizes increase so as to ensure an even distribution of light throughout. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1277.jpg
  • 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
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0947.jpg
  • Bust of Isabel of Portugal, and decorative Valencian tiles, in the Real Monasterio de Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, a monastery founded in 1388 by the duke of Gandia, Alfons de Vell, and built 14th - 18th centuries in Valencian Gothic, mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles, in Alfauir, Valencia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skylight above the internal patio, the Patio of Lights, clad in blue tiles graded from dark to light, and beneath a large skylight, allowing natural light and fresh air to reach all rooms and floors, at the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Descending the building, tile colours lighten and window sizes increase so as to ensure an even distribution of light throughout. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1265.jpg
  • Detail of decorated tiles and wooden carving, Bou Inania Madrasa, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 22, 2009 in the evening. The Bou Inania Madrasa was founded as a boarding school and mosque in AD 1351-56 by Abu Inan Faris, also the founder of the Bou Inania Madrasa in Meknes, and holds the status of Grand Mosque. A fine example of Marenid architecture with its intricate plasterwork, carved cedar and decorated tiles or zellij it is the only mosque in Fez open to non-Muslim visitors. It was renovated in the 18th and 20th centuries. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. 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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  • Detail of tiles on the wall of the Mikhmankhana, official reception hall, Tash Khauli Palace, 1830-38, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by Allah Kuli Khan the Tash Kauli palace is a huge complex containing 163 rooms which took its architects, Tajiddin and Kalandar, 10 years to build. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). 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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  • Detail of the main facade, Abdul Aziz Khan Madrasah, 1651, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 8, 2010 in the afternoon. The colourful tiles form a floral patterned mosaic. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of tiles on the wall of the Arzkhona, or courtroom, Tash Khauli Palace, 1830-38, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by Allah Kuli Khan the Tash Kauli palace is a huge complex containing 163 rooms which took its architects, Tajiddin and Kalandar, 10 years to build. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_UZBEKISTAN_0710_MC236.jpg
  • Detail of tiles on the wall of the Mikhmankhana, official reception hall, Tash Khauli Palace, 1830-38, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by Allah Kuli Khan the Tash Kauli palace is a huge complex containing 163 rooms which took its architects, Tajiddin and Kalandar, 10 years to build. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_UZBEKISTAN_0710_MC232.jpg
  • View from the front of the entrance to the Kukhna Ark or fortress, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at dawn. The Kukhna Ark is the original home of the Khans. Although its foundations are 5th century, most of the complex is 19th century. Buildings include the Summer Mosque, 1838, whose beautiful blue and white tiles were made by Ibadullah and Abdullah Jin, the old mint now housing a coin museum, and the Kurinish Khana (throne room), 1804-06, with its arcade or iwan, where audiences were held in the open air in summer and enclosed by a yurt in winter. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_UZBEKISTAN_0710_MC163.jpg
  • 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
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0962.jpg
  • 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
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0963.jpg
  • Detail of tiles on the wall of the courtyard of the Mikhmankhana, official reception hall, Tash Khauli Palace, 1830-38, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by Allah Kuli Khan the Tash Kauli palace is a huge complex containing 163 rooms which took its architects, Tajiddin and Kalandar, 10 years to build. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_UZBEKISTAN_0710_MC235.jpg
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