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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clock Tower of the Gare de Lyon, seen from Pont Charles de Gaulle at twilight, Paris, France. The 1900 Art Nouveau building features the prominent Clock Tower which is similar in style to Big Ben in London. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parisian cityscape from Pont Alexandre III showing the river Seine, floodlit Pont des Invalides and Eiffel Tower at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floodlit Casa Battlo at twilight, 1875-77, renovated 1904-1906, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo, 43 Passeig de Gracia, was remodelled by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol for Josep Batllo, the owner of the house. Inspired by the colours and shapes of marine life Gaudi produced an extraordinary building. Its local name is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and its features resemble skulls (the balconies) and bones (supporting pillars). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cityscape of Valencia, Communitat Valenciana, Spain at twilight with a large bridge and evening traffic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square Pinte Tower at twilight, Citadel of Carcassonne, Aude, France. Carcassonne was a stronghold of Occitan Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades but was captured by Simon de Montfort in 1209. He added extra fortifications and Carcassonne became a citadel on the French border with Aragon. The fortress restored in 1853 by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Citadel of Carcassonne at twilight, 13th century, Carcassonne, Aude, France. The two outer walls of the concentric fortified city are defended by towers and barbicans, and a draw bridge across a moat leads to the keep of the castle. Carcassonne was a stronghold of Occitan Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades but was captured by Simon de Montfort in 1209. He added extra fortifications and Carcassonne became a citadel on the French border with Aragon. The fortress was restored in 1853 by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Citadel of Carcassonne at twilight, 13th century, Carcassonne, Aude, France. The two outer walls of the concentric fortified city are defended by towers and barbicans, and a draw bridge across a moat leads to the keep of the castle. Carcassonne was a stronghold of Occitan Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades but was captured by Simon de Montfort in 1209. He added extra fortifications and Carcassonne became a citadel on the French border with Aragon. The fortress was restored in 1853 by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Citadel of Carcassonne at twilight, 13th century, Carcassonne, Aude, France. The two outer walls of the concentric fortified city are defended by towers and barbicans, and a draw bridge across a moat leads to the keep of the castle. Carcassonne was a stronghold of Occitan Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades but was captured by Simon de Montfort in 1209. He added extra fortifications and Carcassonne became a citadel on the French border with Aragon. The fortress was restored in 1853 by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) seen from Avenue de France at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) seen at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) seen at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • London bus against Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (right) at twilight, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dramatic Parisian skies at twilight, with statue of Jardin des Tuileries and Eiffel Tower silhouetted, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the bell tower seen from the side at twilight, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eiffel Tower, March 31, 1889 (Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution), Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), 324 meters high, 10,100 tons, 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets, 1665 steps, seen on January 16, 2011 at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Colonnade and Tetrapylon at twilight, Palmyra, Syria. The Great Colonnade was built during the 2nd century AD. The Tetrapylon is made of four podia built under a square foundation supporting four columns originally made of pink granite, and was reconstructed after 1963 by the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities.
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  • Two podia of the Tetrapylon (Monumental Entrance) at twilight, Palmyra, Syria. The Tetrapylon is made of four podia built under a square foundation supporting four columns originally made of pink granite, and was reconstructed after 1963 by the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities.
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tuileries Gardens, (Jardin des Tuileries), 1664, with three green chairs in the foreground and Great Ferris Wheel of La Concorde in the distance, beneath dramatic Parisian skies at twilight, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Dawn, in the central Oval Room, with a figure of Twilight with 2 torches pointing to night and dawn, with the moon on a cart pulled by oxen, and Mercury holding the Caduceus, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The fresco was probably painted by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, following an iconographic programme by Annibale Caro. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France) seen from Quai de Bercy at twilight, 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Meeting Point column of Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France), 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. The glass tower of the library is reflecting the sky of twilight in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittorio Emanuele II bridge) at twilight, Ennio de Rossi, Rome, Italy. Though De Rossi s design was made in 1886 the bridge was not inaugurated until the year 1911. It connects the historical centre of Rome to the Vatican City, dome of Saint Peter's Basilica visible in the distance. It consists of three arches spanning a distance of 110 metres. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittorio Emanuele II bridge) at twilight, Ennio de Rossi, Rome, Italy. Though De Rossi s design was made in 1886 the bridge was not inaugurated until the year 1911. It connects the historical centre of Rome to the Vatican City, dome of Saint Peter's Basilica visible in the distance. It consists of three arches spanning a distance of 110 metres. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittorio Emanuele II bridge) at twilight, Ennio de Rossi, Rome, Italy. Though De Rossi s design was made in 1886 the bridge was not inaugurated until the year 1911. It connects the historical centre of Rome to the Vatican City, dome of Saint Peter's Basilica visible in the distance. It consists of three arches spanning a distance of 110 metres. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The herbarium building, dated 1935, seen at twilight, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Designed to hold a maximum of 6 million specimens, this number was quickly reached and was exceeded more than 20 years ago. About a third of the collections could not be accommodated in the 48,000 cabinets comprising the three 70-meter long galleries. The renovation plans impact the current building, without any new construction, creating the installation of a mobile system ("compactors"), preventive storage measures (air conditioning) and a redesign of the space allocated to management and research. The plans also call for adding a botanical library housing all of the documents from the former Cryptogamie and Phanerogamie laboratories. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the legs, foot and couple of birds on the statue called Venus genitrix or Venus animant l'univers, at twilight, created by Louis-Charles Dupaty in 1810 and located in the Rose Garden of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Venus Genitrix was given to the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle circa 1818 and was classified as Historical Monuments in 1982. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the statue called Venus genitrix or Venus animant l'univers, at twilight, created by Louis-Charles Dupaty in 1810 and located in the Rose Garden of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Venus Genitrix was given to the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle circa 1818 and was classified as Historical Monuments in 1982. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mid length view from the side of the statue called Premier artiste, Age de la pierre taillee (First Artist, carved stone age) at twilight, created by Paul Richer circa 1891 and located near the Gallery of Minerology, Geology and Paleobotany in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Paul Richer was not only an artist but also a scientist, professor at the Academy of Medecine and head doctor of the Laboratory of the SalpetriÀre hospital. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mid-length view of the statue called Premier artiste, Age de la pierre taillee (First Artist, carved stone age) at twilight, created by Paul Richer circa 1891 and located near the Gallery of Minerology, Geology and Paleobotany in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Paul Richer was not only an artist but also a scientist, professor at the Academy of Medecine and head doctor of the Laboratory of the SalpetriËre hospital. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The jardin de roses et de roches (the rose and rock garden), seen at twilight, created in 1990 and located in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. In the middle, the statue called Venus Genitrix created by Louis-Charles Dupaty in 1810 can be seen. In the background, the roof of the herbarium building can be seen. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of the Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 16, 2010 at twilight. Floodlighting picks out the elaborately tiled arches and the jewel like blue dome of the fabulous buildings in the complex.  Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries.
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  • Low angle view of the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, seen at twilight, on July 14, 2010. Floodlighting enhances the decorative tiled archways and loggias of the domed building, whose blue colour scheme compliments the evening sky. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries.
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  • View from the side of the towers of the Ata-Davarza, main gate of Ichan-Kala, Khiva, Uzbekistan, seen at twilight, on July 6 2010. It was built in 1842, demolished in 1920 and rebuilt in 1975.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.  General view of the building recently restored including the new access ramp at twilight on the day of its re-opening.
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  • Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France), 1989-96, Dominique Perrault, seen from Avenue de France, 13th arrondissement, Paris, France. The cloudy sky of twilight is beeing refleted in MK2 bibliotheque movie venue at the bottom of Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the breast, hand and face on the statue called Venus genitrix or Venus animant l'univers, at twilight, created by Louis-Charles Dupaty in 1810 and located in the Rose Garden of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Venus Genitrix was given to the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle circa 1818 and was classified as Historical Monuments in 1982. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 26 : A general view of the pyramid at the Louvre museum at twilight on August 26, 2007 in Paris, France. The pyramid was designed by the American architect I M Pei and opened to the public in 1989 for the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Built of 666 glass lozenges on a steel frame, the pyramid forms the main entrance of the Louvre museum. ((Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and alongside it the Desert and Arid Land Glasshouse. View from the side of the roofs at twilight.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and alongside it the Desert and Arid Land Glasshouse. Low angle view of the roofs at twilight.
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  • Chimney Rock (right) and Companion Rock (left), at Chimney Rock National Monument, in Chimney Rock State Park, in San Juan National Forest, South West Colorado, USA. The ridge was an ancestral Puebloan site occupied 925-1125 AD by around 2000 Indians. Chimney Rock was made a National Monument in 2012 and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the medieval city of Coimbra seen from across the Mondego river, with the University of Coimbra at the summit, with its clock tower, Coimbra, Portugal. The University of Coimbra was first founded in 1290 and moved to Coimbra in 1308 and to the royal palace in 1537. The city dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen University of Coimbra, Coimbra University, university, clock tower, library, General Library
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  • Confluences Museum, Lyon, France. It's a science centre and anthropology museum, built between 2010 and 2014 by the cooperative architectural Coophimmelblau as a public gateway to the knowledge of contemporary time. The built has a crystal and a cloud structure, floating on pillars. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Pont Raymond-Barre and the Rhone river in Lyon, France. It's a pont on steel with an arch built between 2011 and 2013 to connect two areas of the city. It's a project of the architect Alain Spielmann. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Main facade of Pavilion no. 6 'dels distingits' of the Institut Pere Mata, a psychiatric hospital built 1897-1912 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The building is of brick on a stone plinth with decorative window surrounds, set in landscaped grounds. Pavilion no. 6 was used to house wealthy patients in great comfort and modernity, and was in use until 1986. It is now open to the public as part of Reus' Modernist Route and run by the town of Reus, whereas the rest of the building remains a hospital. The building is listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arcade of the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style, on the Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, Italy. The palace has 2 arcades with 14th and 15th century capitals and sculptures, and a loggia above with a decorative brickwork facade. It was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gondolas moored in front of St Mark's Square or the Piazza San Marco in the evening, and behind, the Punta della Dogana with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena in Baroque style, built 1631-87, Venice, Italy. On the left is the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore or Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, designed by Andrea Palladio in Renaissance style and consecrated 1592, on Giudecca island. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Canal, with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena in Baroque style, built 1631-87, Venice, Italy. Many of the houses and palazzos fronting the canals are in Venetian Gothic style, a style originating in the 14th century and combining Gothic lancet arches with Byzantine and Moorish influences. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gondolas moored at the Riva degli Schiavoni at sunset, and in the distance, the Punta della Dogana with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena in Baroque style, built 1631-87, Venice, Italy. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gondolas moored in front of St Mark's Square or the Piazza San Marco in the evening, and behind, the Punta della Dogana with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena in Baroque style, built 1631-87, Venice, Italy. On the left is the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore or Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, designed by Andrea Palladio in Renaissance style and consecrated 1592, on Giudecca island. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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 buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. 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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  • 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 buildings, set around an internal courtyard, are in Northern Renaissance and Flamboyant Gothic style, with half-timber galleries, ornate rooftops with Burgundian glazed tiles in geometric patterns and dormer windows. 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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  • Palazzo Dei Congressi or Palace of Congress, 1938-54, designed by Libera, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue on the corner of the Palazzo della Civilita Italiana, 1938-43, designed 1937 by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge lit up in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Forum, a vast Roman portico-lined piazza, with the columns of the Basilica Ulpia, and Trajan's Market behind on the right, built 100-110 AD by Apollodorus of Damascus, Rome, Italy. The market building contains shops, apartments and administrative offices on several levels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sassi di Matera, the old part of town built on original prehistoric troglodyte dwellings, at Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy. The Sassi are thought to be the oldest human settlement in Italy, dating back to 7000 BC. The 52m bell tower of Matera Cathedral, built 1268ñ70, dominates the skyline. Matera is known as la Citta Sotterranea or the Subterranean City, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pont de Pierre at night, built 1810-22 under Napoleon I by engineers Claude Deschamps et Jean-Baptiste Basilide Billaudel, over the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The stone and brick bridge links the town centre with the La Bastide district, is 487m long and is constructed on 17 arches held by 16 pillars. It was originally built by 4,000 workers and was widened in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Pont de Pierre, built 1810-22 under Napoleon I by engineers Claude Deschamps et Jean-Baptiste Basilide Billaudel, over the river Garonne, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The stone and brick bridge links the town centre with the La Bastide district, is 487m long and is constructed on 17 arches held by 16 pillars. It was originally built by 4,000 workers and was widened in 1954. In the distance is the spire of the Basilique Saint Michel or Basilica of St Michael, a Flamboyant Gothic church built 14th - 16th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. In the distance is the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Northwest facade of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Northwest facade of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Northwest facade of the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The largest of the Loire Valley chateaux, Chambord has a central keep with 4 bastion towers on the corners, a moat and an elaborate decorative roofline. The chateau was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stari Most or Old Bridge, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stari Most or Old Bridge at night, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the South East of the city of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded by the Ottomans in 1461, the city sits in the Sarajevo Valley surrounded by the Dinaric Alps. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset reflecting off the dome of the Fernsehturm or Television Tower, built 1965-69 on Alexanderplatz in the former East Berlin, Germany. The tower is 368m tall and the tallest structure in Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tramlines and buildings on Georgenstrasse in the evening, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Neue Nationalgalerie or New National Gallery at night, a modern art museum at the Kulturforum in West Berlin, Germany. The building and its sculpture gardens were designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969, and opened in 1968. In the background is the St Matthaus-Kirche. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tetes et Queue, 1965, sculpture by Alexander Calder, 1898-1976, at the Neue Nationalgalerie or New National Gallery, a modern art museum opened 1968 at the Kulturforum in West Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Steel sculpture, 2000, entitled 'Berlin' by Eduardo Chillida, 1924-2002, at the entrance to the German Chancellery or Bundeskanzleramt, a federal agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor, the head of the German federal government, opened 2001, Willy-Brandt-Strasse, Berlin, Germany. The building was designed by Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes in post-modernist style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul-Lobe-Haus reflecting the German flag, architect Stephane Braunfels, 2001, a government building for the new parliamentary complex in the new government quarter of Berlin, on the banks of the river Spree on Federal Row, Berlin, Germany. It is connected to the Chancellery and together with the Marie-Elisabeth-Luders House on the opposite side of the Spree it forms a formal and functional whole. The building contains more than 900 offices for the parliamentary deputies. It is named after Paul Lobe, 1875-1967, the last democratic president of the Weimar Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Bundestag U-Bahn underground railway station at night, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Umbracle Promenade, City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Communitat Valenciana, Spain ; , it covers and area of approx 40,000 square meters and is 75 meters high ; 1998 - 2000 ; Santiago Calatrava (Valencia, Spain, 1951) Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museum of Sciences Principe Felipe and  Hemisphere, first area of the City of Arts and Sciences visible from the walkways of the Palau de les Arts (The Arts Palace), Majectic building created to receive operas and major musical and theatrical productions. Last element of the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Communitat Valenciana, Spain ; , it covers and area of approx 40,000 square meters and is 75 meters high ; 2004 ; Santiago Calatrava (Valencia, Spain, 1951). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets in the evening in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow streets in the evening in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narrow stepped streets with new concrete staircases, metal handrails and modern lights in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ex-voto with a model of a saint in monk's robes and vases of artificial flowers in a niche in the wall of a narrow street of the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People on Boujloud Square, including a man wearing the traditional djellaba, in the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. 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
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  • Panoramic view of Tortosa and the Ebre river, Tarragona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Houses of the old city of Tortosa along the right bank of the Ebro river, with the castle of Sant Joan or La Suda on the hill behind, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. The castle was built in the 10th century under the muslim Caliph Abd ar-Rahman III and has been a royal mansion since the 13th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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