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  • Picadilly Circus Underground station, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Picadilly Circus Underground station, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Picadilly Circus Underground station, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • The Underground Citadel of Verdun, now a memorial museum housed in tunnels dug 1886-93, in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. This is where the Unknown Soldier was chosen in 1920, whose remains now lay at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. By 1914 there were 7km of tunnels, providing shelter and living space for 2000 men, 6 powder magazines, 7 weapons stores, a bakery, a mill, a telephone and telegraph exchange and water-lifting equipment for the town. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Picadilly Circus Underground station, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen The use of this image may require further clearance / Merci de vous assurer que l'utilisation finale de l'image ne necessite pas d'autorisation supplementaire.
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  • Large round stone used to block the entrance to Derinkuyu, a large underground city in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The city was built in the Byzantine period to escape invading Arabs and housed up to 20,000 people and their animals over 4 levels, with all amenities including wine and oil presses, stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories and chapels. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large round stone used to block the entrance to Derinkuyu, a large underground city in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The city was built in the Byzantine period to escape invading Arabs and housed up to 20,000 people and their animals over 4 levels, with all amenities including wine and oil presses, stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories and chapels. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1 of 7 underground oil tanks, built 1939-44 during the Second World War by the Germans from reinforced concrete, in the ancient village of Bourg, built in Roman times at the confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne rivers, on the Gironde Estuary, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1 of 7 underground oil tanks, built 1939-44 during the Second World War by the Germans from reinforced concrete, in the ancient village of Bourg, built in Roman times at the confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne rivers, on the Gironde Estuary, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Morocco_MC317.jpg
  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Morocco_MC320.jpg
  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Morocco_MC318.jpg
  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_Morocco_MC314.jpg
  • Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground quarry and cellars, 13th century, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. From the 11th century, limestone was extracted from under the castle to create underground rooms, which were reinforced in the 12th and 13th centuries, as seen here. By the 16th century, the underground rooms had 2 levels and accessed the dry moat. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground quarry and cellars, 13th century, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. From the 11th century, limestone was extracted from under the castle to create underground rooms, which were reinforced in the 12th and 13th centuries, as seen here. By the 16th century, the underground rooms had 2 levels and accessed the dry moat. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Well, 3m across and 54m deep, in the underground quarry and cellars, 11th - 16th centuries, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. From the 11th century, limestone was extracted from under the castle to create underground rooms, which were reinforced in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the 16th century, the underground rooms had 2 levels and accessed the dry moat. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC242.jpg
  • Underground quarry and cellars, 13th century, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. From the 11th century, limestone was extracted from under the castle to create underground rooms, which were reinforced in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the 16th century, the underground rooms had 2 levels and accessed the dry moat. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC244.jpg
  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hydraulic pumping system, 19th century, at a well in a 13th century underground tunnel, pumping the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0945.jpg
  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the quarry and cellars, 11th - 16th centuries, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. From the 11th century, limestone was extracted from under the castle to create underground rooms, which were reinforced in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the 16th century, the underground rooms had 2 levels and accessed the dry moat. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bottles of Reserve de Banyuls wine, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Older vintages of grand cru wine are aged in bottles underground, rather than in barrels. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0943.jpg
  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels, 13th century, linking 2 wells, 1 of which has a 19th century hydraulic pump which is still in working order, which pumped the saline water up from the layer of rock salt 250m below ground, in the Museum of Salt or Musee du Sel, designed by architects Malcotti-Roussey and opened May 2009, in the Great Saltworks at Salins-les-Bains, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. 15th century saltworks were replaced by industrial buildings in the 18th century, where saline water was pumped from underground wells and evaporated to form salt. Saline water was also piped from here from 1780 until 1895 through 21km of wood then cast iron pipes to the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans to be processed. The saltworks at Salins-les-Bains ceased production in 1962 and are now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View through the window at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Viaduct or railway bridge at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Station sign at Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, with a view of the Kreuzberg district through the window, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved cross on the wall of the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Upper gallery from where builders began excavating the church, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a necropolis and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling and windows of upper gallery in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi, in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman walking along the corridor over the platforms at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corridor over the platforms at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, with an U-Bahn train moving past on the left. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings with shops and apartments near the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buildings surrounding the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • U-Bahn train passing the station sign at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment buildings and graffiti and street art near the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Windows of upper gallery in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Romanesque Reliquary in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crypt of the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a necropolis, a gallery and a chapel. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling and windows of upper gallery in the Eglise Souterraine Saint Jean, a subterranean rock hewn church in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The underground church was cut 7th - 12th century by Benedictine monks, from solid limestone rock, to house sacred relics, in pits and in a Romanesque reliquary resembling the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It also contains a 20m high nave, a gallery and a necropolis containing hundreds of sarcophagi. It was rediscovered and excavated in the 1950s and is listed as a historic monument. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platform at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platforms at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Viaduct or railway bridge at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Viaduct or railway bridge at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station or underground train station, in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, with a train arriving and traffic on the road below. The station is on 2 levels with a viaduct across Skalitzer Strasse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A general view of the Sacred Spring and Temple of Apollo, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. From the north side of the Forum stairs led down from the Triglyph Wall, built in the 4th century BC, to the Sacred Spring. Originally in the open it became an underground chamber when the ground around was raised; it was unknown to the Romans. In the background is the Temple of Apollo. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The tower is seen from the circus, where horse and chariot races were held, connected to it by underground passages dating to 1st century BC. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the Las Penitas viewpoint near Vega de Rio Palmas, where an underground river beneath the Las Penitas ravine has created an oasis in the arid landscape, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Fuerteventura is a volcanic island with semi-desert steppe and long sandy beaches. The island was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground cistern of filtered fresh water from the Guadiana river, in the Alcazaba of Merida, a Moorish fortification built by emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Cordoba in 835, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The stone cistern was built reusing stone fragments of Roman and Visigothic buildings from the area, including columns with sculpted decoration. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Islamic berber cistern, built 9th - 11th century, in the basement of the Palacio de las Veletas, which houses the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. The cistern acts as a reservoir for fresh water, in a waterproof underground room with roof supported by horseshoe arches on columns. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Granite apis sarcophagus at the Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned sarcophagus in the northern corridor of the Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaza Decimo Junio Bruto, built over the Roman, Islamic and Visigothic ruins of La Almoina, now protected in an underground museum, in Valencia, Spain. The Roman hot springs can be viewed through a skylight in the reflecting pool. The square is named after the Roman consul who founded the city in 138 BC. In the centre is the Palacio de la Marquesa de Colomina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wine stored in 100 vats storing 1000-3000 litres each, recessed in a U-shaped underground room at the 17th century Moixent winery, at the Celler del Roure, a vineyard in the area known as the Valencian Tuscany, at Mogente, Valencia, Spain. This family run vineyard was founded in 1995 and produces 5 different wines from 178 acres of vines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pablo Calatayud, founder of the vineyard, with the huge Almansa jars, 200-300 years old, which each store 300-400 litres of wine in underground cellars at the Celler del Roure, a vineyard in the area known as the Valencian Tuscany, at Mogente, Valencia, Spain. This family run vineyard was founded in 1995 and produces 5 different wines from 178 acres of vines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground tunnels linking the pavilions 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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  • St Mary's Church or lower church, built partly underground, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery built 1005-9 under Guifred, Count of Cerdanya, on the slopes of the Pic du Canigou, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The abbey complex consists of St Mary's or the lower church, and the abbey church of St Martin's or the upper church, and the bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrels of Reserve de Banyuls wine, stamped with a Templar knight, in the underground wine cellar at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Underground cellar storing barrels of Reserve de Banyuls wine, at the Terres des Templiers vineyard near Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Terres des Templiers vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon were first planted by the Phoenicians, then revived by the Knights Templar in the 14th century. They incorporate 750 small vignerons over 1150 hectares. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reservoirs, large underground water storage tanks, at MUHBA Casa de l'Aigua or Water House, a water treatment plant built in 1917 by the Compania de Aguas de Barcelona, the municipal water company, to provide clean water to the city, at Trinitat Nova, Nou Barris, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The reinforced concrete building is in catalan Modernist style, designed by Felip Steva i Planas and Joan Sitjes. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona, providing leisure and cultural activities for the local communities. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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