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  • Morning in the Village after Snowstorm, 1912, oil on canvas, by Kasimir Malevich, 1878-1935, from the collection of the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA. This painting, in Cubo-Futurist style, depicts memories of Malevich's Russian childhood, with women carrying buckets of water through a village and a figure pulling a sled in the snow. Malevich was a Russian painter who founded the Suprematist art movement and produced many geometric abstract works. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Anento, aerial view, in Campo de Daroca, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village boasts a natural spring, a 14th century castle and the 13th century Church of St Blas with Gothic altarpiece. Anento is part of the association of Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos de Espana, the most beautiful villages in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Uncastillo, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The village is a Conjunto Historico-Artistico, due to its Romanesque buildings, castle and 14th century Palace of Peter IV. The castle sits on top of the hill, with a square keep and a tall octagonal tower. This is a border castle between Aragon and Navarre, the border between the christian and muslim kingdoms in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cucugnan, a medieval village in Cathar Country,  Corbieres,  Aude, Languedoc Roussillon,  France. The village was immortalised in Alphonse Daudet's novel 'Lettres de mon moulin', written in 1866. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cucugnan, a medieval village in Cathar Country,  Corbieres,  Aude, Languedoc Roussillon,  France. The village was immortalised in Alphonse Daudet's novel 'Lettres de mon moulin', written in 1866. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cucugnan, a medieval village in Cathar Country,  Corbieres,  Aude, Languedoc Roussillon,  France. The village was immortalised in Alphonse Daudet's novel 'Lettres de mon moulin', written in 1866. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of the village of Taull against the massive slopes of the Pyrenees mountains, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. In the distance, at the far end of the village, the campanile of Santa Maria de Taull church is visible. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • New village of Ait Bet Haddou, Ounila Valley,  Ouarzazate province, Morocco. This village stands across the Oued Marghan river from the original ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, where only a few families remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New village of Ait Bet Haddou, Ounila Valley,  Ouarzazate province, Morocco. This village stands across the Oued Marghan river from the original ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, where only a few families remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sudanese Village with people drumming and performing a war dance, from the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Village of Hitia'a, Tahiti, with the chief's hut, photograph, 1863-64, by E Courret, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the village of Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This is the site of the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mission village at Saint Johns, Antigua, West Indies, drawing by L Stobwasser, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West Theatre, Roman, 2nd century AD, Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, surrounded by Ottoman period village of Umm Qais, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from site of Gadara. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Colonnaded Street or Decumanus Maximus, Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, and in the distance the Ottoman period village, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from Gadara. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Congolese Village, from the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Laotian village and people, from the Cochinchina section of the Colonial Exhibition of 1907, (Cochinchina, now in South Vietnam, was a French colony 1862-1954), held in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Traditional village with round huts with thatched roofs at Tautira, Tahiti, during the reign of Pomare V, 1839-91, the last King of Tahiti, photograph, 1885-89, by G Spitz, in the MTI-TFM Collection (fonds de la Polynesie Francaise), in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ottoman period village of Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from site of Gadara. The church is on the left and the West Theatre in the centre. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ottoman period village of Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan, built late 19th - early 20th century with stones from site of Gadara. The church is on the left and the West Theatre in the centre. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ighnda Village with Atlas mountains in the distance, Ounila Valley,  Ouarzazate province, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village in the High Atlas, between Ait Ben Haddou and Telouet, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village between Ksar Ait Ben Haddou and Telouet, Ounila Valley, Ouarzazate province, Morocco. This area was on a caravan route from the Sahara to Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ighnda Village with Atlas mountains in the distance, Ounila Valley,  Ouarzazate province, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. In the distance is the Pic du Canigou. The Canigou stands at 2784m and is the highest of the Eastern peaks of the Pyrenees. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Blaise, with shops with apartments above, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. In the distance is the Pic du Canigou. The Canigou stands at 2784m and is the highest of the Eastern peaks of the Pyrenees. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, aerial view, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Saint Blaise, and behind, the Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the cobbled Rue Saint Blaise leading away from the church, was the heart of the village of Charonne, a wealthy rural village outside of the city of Paris. Along with the Rue Berton in the 16th arrondissement, these streets, now protected, provide a glimpse of the rural village life which previously surrounded the capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sign for Roche, the Rimbaud village, where Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, 1854-91, lived for a few years with his family, in Chuffilly-Roche, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The village is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Isleta del Moro, meaning island of the Moors, a small fishing village situated on a bay by a headland in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The village was well known throughout history by pirates but nowadays is used as a base for diving and snorkeling. The park includes the Sierra del Cabo de Gata mountain range, volcanic rock landscapes, islands, coastline and coral reefs and has the only warm desert climate in Europe. The park was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997 and a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance in 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Peratallada, aerial view, in Forallac, Baix Emporda, Catalonia, Spain. The village features houses made from stone within the ramparts, a Romanesque church of Sant Esteve and an 11th century castle with tribute tower. The medieval fortified village is listed as a historic-artistic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruined village and Esglesia de Sant Pere or St Peter's Church, 18th century, aerial view, in the Poble Vell or Old Town of Corbera d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town was an agricultural hilltop village was controlled by the FAI and CNT anarchist unions at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, when all religious items in the church were removed and the church was converted into a cooperative market for the local farmers taking part of the socialist revolution. The village was attacked by the Nationalist soldiers during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, at the fall of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The old part of town was never rebuilt and has been left as a monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the centre is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the centre is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the centre is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the centre is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. On the right is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, aerial view, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. On the right is the Chateau d'Aubeterre, built in the 11th century. The village has existed since the Middle Ages and is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It is famous for its monolithic underground Eglise Saint Jean and its Romanesque Eglise Saint Jacques. It is listed as one of 'Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne and its graveyard, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the village of Charonne was a wealthy rural village with large houses and cobbled streets, outside of the city of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne and its graveyard, on the Place Saint-Blaise, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church was originally built in the 12th century in Romanesque style, and was reworked in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is said to have been built at the meeting place of St Germain with St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris. The church is listed as a historic monument. Until 1860 the village of Charonne was a wealthy rural village with large houses and cobbled streets, outside of the city of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bell tower of the Eglise de Saint-Vincent, built 1726-43, in the village of Eus, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The church occupies the highest point of the village, having been built on the site of the former castle. Eus is listed as one of the 'plus beaux villages de France'. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beach and village of Calella de Palafrugell in the evening, a former fishing village on the Costa Brava coast, in Catalonia, Spain. Although popular with tourists, the town retains some of its charm with whitewashed houses and an active harbour. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the Trou la Caune, a 50x15m limestone cave, with large stalagmites and concretions, near Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In the distance is the abandoned village of Perillos. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned village of Perillos, aerial view, Opoul-Perillos, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The medieval village grew with the adjacent Chateau d'Opoul-Perillos, also known as the Chateau d'Opoul or Chateau Salveterra, built by Jacques I of Aragon or Jaume I in 1246 on a rocky hill overlooking the plateau, to protect the border between France and the Kingdom of Aragon. It was besieged in 1598 by the French and taken by them in 1639, and in 1642 Richelieu ordered the castle to be abandoned and destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small fishing boats in the harbour of El Port de la Selva, a traditional fishing village and seaside resort in the natural maritime park Cap de Creus on the Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The village dates to the 17th century and grew up around a natural harbour sheltered by mountains, and is now expanding due to tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Port de la Selva, a traditional fishing village and seaside resort in the natural maritime park Cap de Creus on the Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The village dates to the 17th century and grew up around a natural harbour sheltered by mountains, and is now expanding due to tourism. In the centre is the Church of Santa Maria de les Neus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Port de la Selva, a traditional fishing village and seaside resort in the natural maritime park Cap de Creus on the Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The village dates to the 17th century and grew up around a natural harbour sheltered by mountains, and is now expanding due to tourism. In the centre is the Church of Santa Maria de les Neus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of the village with the Ramparts in the background, Albarracin, Teruel, Spain, on February 13, 2006, pictured in the afternoon. Albarracin, a beautiful village with National Monument status overlooking the Guadalivar River, lies 28 km from Teruel, in the National Park in the Montes Universales. It is on the border of three Spanish Kingdoms: Castille, Aragon and Valencia, has been occupied for hundreds of years and is known as the Eagles` Nest because it  is built on a steep outcrop of rock surrounded by a deep gorge, a natural defence. Its buildings show  Moorish influence and even the name may derive from  the Berber clan Banu Razin who settled in the area during the 9th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • The Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, with the village of Chateauneuf to the left and church to the right, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne, and consists of the 12th century keep, 14th century curtain walls with 5 towers built during the Hundred Years War, and later 15th century chapel and courtyard in Gothic style. The chateau and village are listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Curtain wall within ramparts, 17th century, Villefranche de Conflent, France. The 11th century medieval town, classed as one of the 'Most Beautiful Villages in France' (plus beau village de France), was fortified by Vauban (1633-1707) and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Tower at south west corner of fortifications, 17th century,  Villefranche de Conflent, France. The 11th century medieval town, classed as one of the 'Most Beautiful Villages in France' (plus beaux village de France), was fortified by Vauban (1633-1707) and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Half-timbered houses and bridge over the river Ource, in the village of Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France. The village was the home of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, who lived here every summer from 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Bogny-sur-Meuse, aerial view, on a bend in the river Meuse, in Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The village is associated with the medieval legend of the Four Sons of Aymon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Bogny-sur-Meuse, aerial view, on a bend in the river Meuse, in Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The village is associated with the medieval legend of the Four Sons of Aymon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Bogny-sur-Meuse, aerial view, on a bend in the river Meuse, in Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The village is associated with the medieval legend of the Four Sons of Aymon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Benimantell, Marina Baixa, Alicante, Spain. This small village is in an almond and olive growing area. In the centre is the Church of Sant Vicent Martir. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, aerial view, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, aerial view, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, aerial view, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Biar, aerial view, in the Sierra Mariola mountains in Alt Vinalopo, Alicante, Spain. Overlooking the village is the Castillo de Biar, or Biar Castle, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, and added to later during christian rule. It sits on the border between Aragon and Castile. On the left is the Torre de Homenaje, built in the mid 12th century and added to in Islamic times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of El Castell de Guadalest, or Guadalest, aerial view, near the Costa Blanca, in Marina Baixa, Alicante, Spain. The tiny village is clustered around El Castell de l'Alcazaiba, or El Castell de Sant Josep, an 11th century Moorish castle perched on top of the rocky outcrop. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of El Castell de Guadalest, or Guadalest, aerial view, near the Costa Blanca, in Marina Baixa, Alicante, Spain. The tiny village is clustered around El Castell de l'Alcazaiba, or El Castell de Sant Josep (centre), an 11th century Moorish castle perched on top of the rocky outcrop. On the right is the Guadalest reservoir, which was dammed 1953-64. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moorish style entrance gate to the main square in Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Through the arch is the bell tower, rebuilt 1766, of the Iglesia Parroquial de la Asuncion de Nuestra Senora, built on the old Moorish castle in 1516. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man walking up a narrow steep street in Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bocairent, a medieval village in the Sierra de Mariola mountains in Vall d'Albaida, Valencia, Spain. Just outside the village is the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola, founded 2002, and also the Covetes dels Moros, a series of around 50 caves with rectangular openings in a cliff face on the Barranc de la Fos, created 10th - 11th century, thought to be Hispano-Arab storage barns from the Andalusian period. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Chulilla, seen from the castle, in Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain. On the right is the bell tower of the Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles, built 16th - 18th centuries. Settled since the 1st millennium BC, the village grew under Moorish rule in the 12th century, beneath the castle, extended during these times and added to in later centuries. Nearby is the Hoces del Rio Turia, a deep canyon formed by the river Turia, in the Los Calderones Municipal Natural Area, popular with hikers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Chulilla, in Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain. Settled since the 1st millennium BC, the village grew under Moorish rule in the 12th century, beneath the castle, extended during these times and added to in later centuries. Nearby is the Hoces del Rio Turia, a deep canyon formed by the river Turia, in the Los Calderones Municipal Natural Area, popular with hikers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Chulilla, in Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain. Settled since the 1st millennium BC, the village grew under Moorish rule in the 12th century, beneath the castle, extended during these times and added to in later centuries. Nearby is the Hoces del Rio Turia, a deep canyon formed by the river Turia, in the Los Calderones Municipal Natural Area, popular with hikers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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