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  • Roman stone shrine or aedicula with sculpture of the winged goddess Victory with half folded wings and billowing tunic suggesting she is hovering, about to land her right foot on a globe, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Her arms probably held a victor’s wreath and a palm branch. Victory symbolised success in battle and protection against death, and Emperor Hadrian’s work in Britan marked and end to fighting in the North and his Wall, a symbol of victory, defined and protected the province of Britannia. 4 statues of Victory have been recovered from Housesteads. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman relief of a Winged Victory, with the inscription, 'To the Victory of the Emperor', found in Castlesteads, or Camboglanna Roman Fort, on Hadrian's Wall, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The goddess Victory has one foot resting on a globe, is holding a wreath in one hand and a palm branch in the other. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, with light display during the Festival of Lights, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument was designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war. It takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of red granite pillars with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner at the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake, a hall pillars below and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, with light display during the Festival of Lights, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument was designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war. It takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath and with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1870-71 by Karl Keil, of the Prussian army in battle from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze winged Victory, on high socle at the end of Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittorio Emanuele II bridge), Ennio de Rossi, Rome, Italy. Though De Rossis design was made in 1886 the bridge was not inaugurated until the year 1911. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze winged Victory, on high socle at the end of Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittorio Emanuele II bridge), Ennio de Rossi, Rome, Italy. Though De Rossis design was made in 1886 the bridge was not inaugurated until the year 1911. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a winged victory holding a wreath and a horn of plenty, in front of the National Theatre, The Rudolfinum, built 1876-1884 in neo-Renaissance style by architects Josef Zitek and Josef Schulze on Jan Palach Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Originally intended as a multipurpose cultural building, the Rudolfinum was inagurated on February 7, 1885. In 1919 it was converted to the House of Commons of the Czechoslovak Republic. Concert activity was restored to the Rudolfinum during the German occupation, and fully after 1992 with a general reconstruction by architect Karel Prager, when it became home to the Czech Philharmonic and the Rudolfinum Gallery. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Victory at Verdun, sculpted by Jean Boucher, 1870-1939, designed by Leon Chesnay and inaugurated by French President Gaston Doumergue in 1929, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument is built in a breach of the medieval walls, with a long staircase leading to a crypt and the tower topped by a statue of Charlemagne. The crypt houses books with the names of the French and American soldiers who fought in this region in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone statue of the winged goddess Victory, found at the East gateway to Housesteads Roman Fort in 1852, at Chesters Roman Fort Museum, at Chesters Roman Fort or Cilurnum, managed by English Heritage, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. The Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile coast to coast long distance footpath, runs alongside it at his point. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Victory at Verdun, sculpted by Jean Boucher, 1870-1939, designed by Leon Chesnay and inaugurated by French President Gaston Doumergue in 1929, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument is built in a breach of the medieval walls, with a long staircase leading to a crypt  and the tower topped by a statue of Charlemagne. The crypt houses books with the names of the French and American soldiers who fought in this region in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Victoria or Church of Our Lady of Victory, built 1919 on the Moulay el Mehdi Square in the Ensanche or Spanish Expansion area of Tetouan during the time of the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco 1912-56, in the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. After the Reconquest of Spain, Tetouan was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish, and the town continued to have a strong Moorish influence in its art and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Arengo, a sacred garden space with stone seats and 27 stone columns celebrating the victories of World War One and Fiume, built 1923-24, in a magnolia grove beneath Apollino’s Veranda, in the grounds of Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The stone columns date to the 13-14th and 17th centuries and some are topped with bullets donated by General Armando Diaz. The Commander’s throne is flanked by 2 sphinxes and Napoleone Martinuzzi’s winged Victory. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Battle of Wagram in 1809, a victory for Napoleon, print by unknown artist, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Wagram during the Napoleonic Wars was a victory for Napoleon against the Austrians. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure of Victory on the Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. On the left are apartment blocks designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clovis crowned by Victory, making Religion flourish, oil painting by Charles Joseph Natoire, 1700-77, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory of Alexander the Great over Darius, oil painting, 18th century, by unknown French artist, after Pierre Berrettini, known as Pierre de Cotone, copy by a resident of the French Academy in Rome, of the battle of Issus painting of 1635, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Regia Nave Puglia, a warship, with Victory figurehead by Renato Brozzi, set into the Mastio hill, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The ship was a gift from Admiral Thaon di Revel in 1923, in memory of captain Tommaso Gulli, who died in the waters of Split in 1920. Inside the ship is the Onboard Museum, opened 2002, with models of warships belonging to Duke Amedeo d'Aosta. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huge semicircular neoclassical building in the Europe Square near the banks of the Lez river, located at Antigone district in Montpellier, France. At its center stands a copy of the famous Greco-Roman sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace. The district was built under the leadership of mayor of Montpellier Georges Freche, from 1983. All of the architecture of the district was a project by the architect Ricardo Bofill, on a style inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Facade of the semicircular neoclassical building in the Europe Square near the banks of the Lez river, located at Antigone district in Montpellier, France. At its center stands a copy of the famous Greco-Roman sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace. The district was built under the leadership of mayor of Montpellier Georges Freche, from 1983. All of the architecture of the district was a project by the architect Ricardo Bofill, on a style inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, designed by Pierre Charles Percier and Francois Leonard Fontaine, built 1806-08 in Corinthian style, to commemorate Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz, on the Place du Carrousel at the Louvre, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. On top of the monument is a quadriga of the Horses of St Mark. The arches are separated by 4 marble columns topped with soldiers of the Empire, and bas reliefs of Napoleon's victories. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Infantry, from Conquest of Majorca in 1231, fresco, late 13th century, Early Gothic style, from the Sala Major of the royal palace, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts the victory parade of James I's troops with infantry above and cavalry below, King James and bishop Berengerde Palou, and coats of arms of the noble families who supported the king (Montcada, Cruilles, Empuries, Cervello). The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of Trajan's Column and surrounding buildings, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. To the right of the column stands the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484- -1546). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail, in close-up, of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Here we see the base of the column, with houses in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower records the victory speech on 7th May 1945 at 3.30 am in Reims, photograph, in the Musee de la Reddition, or Surrender Museum, a history museum commemorating the Nazi surrender in 1945 ending WWII, opened in 1985, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory cross, relief on a terracotta icon, 5th - 6th century AD, from Vinicko Kale, Vinica, Macedonia, in the Archaeological Museum Of Macedonia, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceramic medallion with relief of a guardian deity or possibly Callus god of the sky (below), tutelage deity (above), victory and bearded man, 2nd century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts de la Grande Guerre, a war memorial to the citizens of Belfort who died in the First World War, 1924, by Albert Le Monnier and Georges Verez, with a winged victory and relief of soldiers around base, on the Square du Souvenir in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory of Constantine over Maxentius, detail from the Vitrail du Triomphe de la Croix, or Window of the Triumph of the Cross, stained glass window attributed to Jehan Macadre, 1518, in the Eglise de la Madeleine, built 13th, 16th and 17th century in Gothic style, in Troyes, Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France. This detail depicts the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic weapons, Gallo-Roman relief of clothing, shields, helmets, drapery, spears and sword pommel, from a municipal structure commemorating a military victory, early 1st century AD, excavated in Arles in 1972, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic weapons, detail, Gallo-Roman relief of clothing, shields, helmets, drapery, spears and sword pommel, from a municipal structure commemorating a military victory, early 1st century AD, excavated in Arles in 1972, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic weapons, Gallo-Roman relief of round shield, military coat, sword on a belt, breastplate, tunic, harness, sword, quiver of arrows and leggings, from a municipal structure commemorating a military victory, early 1st century AD, excavated at the Arles Roman Theatre, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Triumphal entrance of Cosimo I to Siena, detail, fresco, 1636, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Cosimo I conquered Siena in 1555 and became Grand Duke. He is shown on a golden chariot crowned by a winged victory, followed by dignitaries and welcomed by senators and citizens. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Triumphal entrance of Cosimo I to Siena, detail, fresco, 1636, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Cosimo I conquered Siena in 1555 and became Grand Duke. He is shown on a golden chariot crowned by a winged victory, followed by dignitaries and welcomed by senators and citizens. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Triumphal altar with relief of a victory figure, 2 captives, weapons and a cuirass, Gallo-Roman limestone sculpture, excavated in the Jardin Vidal in Vesunna, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory, wall light, resin cast of the bronze original excavated 1843 at the amphitheatre at Grohan, or Juliomagus, the Gallo-Roman site in modern day Angers, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cavalry, from Conquest of Majorca in 1231, fresco, late 13th century, Early Gothic style, from the Sala Major of the royal palace, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts the victory parade of James I's troops with infantry above and cavalry below, King James and bishop Berengerde Palou, and coats of arms of the noble families who supported the king (Montcada, Cruilles, Empuries, Cervello). The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Conquest of Majorca in 1231, fresco, late 13th century, Early Gothic style, from the Sala Major of the royal palace, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts the victory parade of James I's troops with infantry above and cavalry below, King James and bishop Berengerde Palou, and coats of arms of the noble families who supported the king (Montcada, Cruilles, Empuries, Cervello). The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Infantry, from Conquest of Majorca in 1231, fresco, late 13th century, Early Gothic style, from the Sala Major of the royal palace, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the Muhba Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fresco depicts the victory parade of James I's troops with infantry above and cavalry below, King James and bishop Berengerde Palou, and coats of arms of the noble families who supported the king (Montcada, Cruilles, Empuries, Cervello). The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302 and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of the Museu de Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy, or Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, on Santo Cerro, near La Vega, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The cross marks the site of a battle in 1495 between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish, and the native Indians, when the Virgin miraculously appeared on a wooden cross and the Spanish achieved victory. A convent was established here in 1527, a shrine built where Columbus' cross was erected and a church was built in 1880. The view looks across the Valle De La Vega Real. Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is the patron saint of the Dominican Republic. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Louis XIII dedicating the church to the Virgin, with Louis and Richelieu receiving the palm frond of victory and offering her the plans of the church and keys of the city of La Rochelle, painting by Carle van Loo, 1705-65, in the choir of the Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Roman catholic convent church built 1629-1740 in Baroque style, on the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Place des Petits-Peres, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. Originally the chapel of the Augustinian fathers, the church was rebuilt from 1656 by Pierre Le Muet, consecrated in 1666 and finished by Sylvain Cartaud. The basilica was once a station on the Compostela pilgrimage route, and is famous for its ex voto offerings. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman victory relief of a cavalryman holding a shield and trampling the enemy barbarians, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Bridgeness Stone, or Bridgeness Distance Slab, a Roman carved stone with inscription recording the section of the Antonine Wall (built across the width of Scotland) built by the Second Augustan Legion, found in 1868, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The end panels are Roman propaganda commemorating their triumph over the Caledonians. The left end is the conventional image of the mounted Roman riding over the barbarians. The right end shows a sacrifice by the legion to the Roman gods for their victory. This is a copy of the original stone, which is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. To the right is Le Volcan or the Volcano, an auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre. Behind is an apartment block designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a soldier holding a sword (Le Vainqueur) from the Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) returning from her victory at Les Tourelles, on the base of the statue of Joan of Arc by Vermare, in the Chapel of St Joan of Arc, dedicated 1926 by Cardinal Touchet, designed by Guet, in Orleans Cathedral, or the Basilique Cathedrale Sainte-Croix d'Orleans, built in Gothic style 1278-1329 and largely rebuilt 1601-1829 after it was partially destroyed in 1568, in Orleans, Loiret, Centre, France. Joan of Arc, the defender of Orleans, attended evening Mass in the cathedral on 2nd May 1429 while the city was under siege. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman, possibly allegorical figure of Victory, holding the tower of Castile, fresco medallion, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of Nike, the winged goddess of victory, late 4th century AD, by the Nymphaeum Traiani or Fountain of Trajan, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Here Nike is seen holding her common attributes, a wreath and a feather. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of Nike, the winged goddess of victory, late 4th century AD, by the Nymphaeum Traiani or Fountain of Trajan, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. Here Nike is seen holding her common attributes, a wreath and a feather. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Trajan's Column, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), This scene shows armour and weapons in close-up. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mausoleum of Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt (1601-66), completed 1711, red and white marble, by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), Royaumont Abbey, Val-d'Oise, France. The tomb shows Henri de Lorrain, a General in the army of Louis XIII, expiring in the arms of Victory. It was commissioned by his son Louis de Lorraine comte d'Armagnac, Abbot of Royaumont. The Cistercian Abbey was founded 1228 by St Louis, and dissolved 1789 after the French Revolution. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Study of Gabriele d'Annunzio, with books prints and sculptures, in La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Study of Gabriele d'Annunzio, with books prints and sculptures, in La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Study of Gabriele d'Annunzio, with books prints and sculptures, in La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the Arc de triomphe du Carousel, 1806-8, by Charles Percier and Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine, Paris, France. This triumphal arch on the Place du Carrousel, commissioned by the Emperor Napoleon I to commemorate France's military victories in 1805, was modelled on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. Bas-reliefs on the arch depict Napoleon's diplomatic and military victories, and on top is a copy of the sculpture of horses on the Basilica San Marco in Venice. Picture  by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Orpheus, prince of Thrace, with his lyre, surrounded by animals and winged victories, Roman mosaic, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This is the central medallion of a 10x5m floor mosaic, which also includes Nilotic, acetic and hunting scenes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon, 1769-1821, and his son, and scenes of victories, print, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victorious charioteer named Marcianus, holding whip and palm frond, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second stela of Kamose, last pharaoh of the Theban 17th dynasty, with inscription in hieroglyphs detailing his victories over the Hyksos, whom he pushed back into their Delta capital of Avaris, limestone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second stela of Kamose, last pharaoh of the Theban 17th dynasty, detail, with inscription in hieroglyphs detailing his his victories over the Hyksos, whom he pushed back into their Delta capital of Avaris, limestone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second stela of Kamose, last pharaoh of the Theban 17th dynasty, detail, with inscription in hieroglyphs detailing his his victories over the Hyksos, whom he pushed back into their Delta capital of Avaris, limestone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Julian and his fellow crusader knights charge at the enemy infidels, lances raised. The enemy flees on horseback before the victorious knights. Section of a battle scene, 1215-25, from the Life of St Julian the Hospitaller window in the chapel of St Julian in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wall painting in the Macellum, Pompeii, 2nd century BC. The covered food market, is North East of the Forum
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  • The Triumph of Peace, relief by Juan de Orea, c. 1551, on the facade of the Palace of Charles V, designed by Pedro Machuca in the 16th century in Renaissance style as a residence for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Triumph of Peace, relief by Juan de Orea, c. 1551, on the facade of the Palace of Charles V, designed by Pedro Machuca in the 16th century in Renaissance style as a residence for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scipio's Chariot, detail of a tapestry manufactured in Brussels, c. 1660, in wool, silk and metallic threads, in 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 chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Charlotte de la Marck receiving the victors of the Battle of Douzy at the Chateau de Sedan in 1588, oil painting by Edouard Esser, late 19th century, in the museum in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Originally a manor house, the chateau was fortified and extended over the centuries, with cannon terraces, bastions and a curtain wall. It now houses a hotel and a museum and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Surrender at Ulm in 1805, print by Francois Grenier de Saint Martin, 1793-1867, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. At Ulm in Bavaria in 1805, Napoleon received the surrender of the Austrian army. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontaine Sube, detail, by Andre Najoux, inaugurated 1905, topped with statue of La Gloire, 1989, by Jean Barat, on the Place Drouet-d'Erlon or Place d'Erlon, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The sculptures on the pedestal represent the Marne, Vesle, Suippe and Aisne rivers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontaine Sube, by Andre Najoux, inaugurated 1905, topped with statue of La Gloire, 1989, by Jean Barat, on the Place Drouet-d'Erlon or Place d'Erlon, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The sculptures on the pedestal represent the Marne, Vesle, Suippe and Aisne rivers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fontaine Sube, detail, by Andre Najoux, inaugurated 1905, topped with statue of La Gloire, 1989, by Jean Barat, on the Place Drouet-d'Erlon or Place d'Erlon, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The sculptures on the pedestal represent the Marne, Vesle, Suippe and Aisne rivers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winning horse after a race wearing crista or laurel branch, with rider or charioteer, marble relief, Roman, 2nd century, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone pedestal with Greek graffiti of chariot race winners, at the entrance to the theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of fortress of Dapur in the war against the Hitties, with soldiers climbing ladders to breach the fort, relief on the wall of the Hypostyle Hall at the Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramesses II, 3rd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Ramesseum was built in the 13th century BC under Ramesses II, with 2 stone pylons or gateways, courtyards and a covered 48 column hypostyle hall around the inner sanctuary. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Triumphal relief of Shoshenq I, 22nd dynasty, with heads of enemy chieftains captured in campaigns in Syria-Palestine, relief, on the south wall of the Second Pylon, near the Bubastis Portal, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ramesses II parading in his chariot escorting Syrian and Hittite prisoners back to Egypt after the Siege of Dapur, 1269 BC, relief, on the south wall of the Hypostyle Hall, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of fortress of Dapur in the war against the Hitties, with soldiers climbing ladders to breach the fort, relief on the wall of the Hypostyle Hall at the Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramesses II, 3rd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Ramesseum was built in the 13th century BC under Ramesses II, with 2 stone pylons or gateways, courtyards and a covered 48 column hypostyle hall around the inner sanctuary. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of fortress of Dapur in the war against the Hitties, with archers in a chariot, relief on the wall of the Hypostyle Hall at the Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramesses II, 3rd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Ramesseum was built in the 13th century BC under Ramesses II, with 2 stone pylons or gateways, courtyards and a covered 48 column hypostyle hall around the inner sanctuary. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of fortress of Dapur in the war against the Hitties, with soldiers climbing ladders to breach the fort, relief on the wall of the Hypostyle Hall at the Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramesses II, 3rd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Ramesseum was built in the 13th century BC under Ramesses II, with 2 stone pylons or gateways, courtyards and a covered 48 column hypostyle hall around the inner sanctuary. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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