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  • War Room, with maps plotting the operations of 7th May 1945, 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. In this room, the Allied Forces received the surrender of the Third Reich. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • War Room, with maps plotting the operations of 7th May 1945, 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. In this room, the Allied Forces received the surrender of the Third Reich. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • War Room, with maps plotting the operations of 7th May 1945, 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. In this room, the Allied Forces received the surrender of the Third Reich. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fury, Division and War, enemies of human life, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Inside the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The wood panelling is painted with attributes of war and children's games, by Charles Le Brun. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room of the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The panelled ceiling and the wood panelling on the walls with attributes of war and children's games, are both by Charles Le Brun. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room of the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Signing of the act of German surrender on 7th May 1945 at 2.41 am in Reims, painting by Jonnas, 1946, 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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  • Signing of the act of German surrender on 7th May 1945 at 2.41 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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  • Infirmary in Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall with concrete pillar supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, and living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, and concrete pillar in the hallway supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldiers entering the city gates, with war imminent, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Living room with dining table and chairs by the windows, and study behind, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen with integrated appliances, and living room with furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Princess' Drawing Room, known as the Salon aux Oiseaux or Bird Room, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The Princesse de Chalais is the great grandmother of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Emperor Charles V on a grey horse between Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (left) and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (right), leaving with their troops for the Lutheran War, painted 1561-63 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, in the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani, or Hall of the Farnese Deeds, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This room is decorated with frescoes depicting the diplomatic activities of Cardinal Farnese. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Emperor Charles V on a grey horse between Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (left) and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (right), leaving with their troops for the Lutheran War, painted 1561-63 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, in the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani, or Hall of the Farnese Deeds, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This room is decorated with frescoes depicting the diplomatic activities of Cardinal Farnese. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muhba Shelter 307, a bomb shelter built during the Spanish Civil War to protect civilians from bombing, at the Calle Nou de la Rambla, in Poble Sec, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The nearly 400m long tunnel system at Shelter 307 is one of over a thousand across the city and includes toilets, water fountain, infirmary, children's room and fireplace. The shelter was dug by the people of the district, aided by the Generalitat de Catalunya or Catalan Government. It has been renovated and is managed by Muhba (Museu d'Historia de Barcelona). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco detail of Emperor Charles V on a grey horse between Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (left) and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (right), leaving with their troops for the Lutheran War, painted 1561-63 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, in the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani, or Hall of the Farnese Deeds, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This room is decorated with frescoes depicting the diplomatic activities of Cardinal Farnese. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon Empire, a living room decorated in early 19th century Empire style, with mahogany furniture and framed works of art, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle a Manger or dining room, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Talleyrand by Julien-Leopold Boilly, 1796–1874, after Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1767–1855, in the Salon Empire, a living room decorated in early 19th century Empire style, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Talleyrand and gilded bronze sculpture of a charioteer in a chariot, gift of Napoleon to Joaquim Murat, in the Salon Empire, a living room decorated in early 19th century Empire style, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Latrines inside the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel inside the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dormitory, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the command post of Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Latrines, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • An original 75mm cannon used to defend the fort in 1916, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Grand Salon or Great Hall of the Fondation des Etats Unis or American Foundation, designed by Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, 1874-1954, and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the stage is a fresco entitled The Song of Orpheus, painted in Art Deco style in 1929-30 by Robert La Montagne Saint-Hubert, 1887-1950, and 2 assistants, Ethel Wallace and James Newell, 1900-1985, 1 of 6 frescoes in this room which were discovered during works in 1994 and restored in 2011. The Grand Salon is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Grand Salon or Great Hall of the Fondation des Etats Unis or American Foundation, designed by Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, 1874-1954, and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the stage is a fresco entitled The Song of Orpheus, painted in Art Deco style in 1929-30 by Robert La Montagne Saint-Hubert, 1887-1950, and 2 assistants, Ethel Wallace and James Newell, 1900-1985, 1 of 6 frescoes in this room which were discovered during works in 1994 and restored in 2011. The Grand Salon is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of children dancing, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of a country fete, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco, detail, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco, detail, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of a boating party, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buddhist statue in the Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buddhist statue in the Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of dancers, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of dancers, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of a children's choir, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fresco of a boating party, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated in black, red and gold, with a clear South East Asian influence in the lantern, latticed screens, buddhist statue and patterns. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central corridor linking rooms in the Fort des Basses Perches, or Fort Valmy, built 1874-77 in Danjoutin and Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The fort forms part of the Forts des Perches, the first ring of fortifications around Belfort, part of the Sere de Rivieres system of French border defences. The fort was in use during the Franco-Prussian War and housed 126 soldiers and 6 officers. In 1893 it was linked to other forts by the Chemins de Fer du Territoire de Belfort railway. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Cabinet Peint, panelled room covered with 17th century Italian paintings of flowers, garlands, baskets and fruit, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, 15th century, with coat of arms of James VI of Scotland and I of England and Ireland (a Scottish unicorn and English lion), in Laich Hall, in Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland. This room was remodeled as a dining hall for James VI’s golden jubilee in 1617, where he held a grand banquet. The first royal castle built here was under David I in the 12th century, and the site has been built on, attacked and defended ever since. The castle now houses military museums and the National War Museum of Scotland and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Library, with wooden bookcases and a large desk, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • King Louis XVI as a woman holding plants and flowers, detail from Le Cabinet Peint, a panelled room covered with 17th century Italian paintings, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms of James VI of Scotland and I of England and Ireland (a Scottish unicorn and English lion), above the 15th century fireplace, in Laich Hall, in Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland. This room was remodeled as a dining hall for James VI’s golden jubilee in 1617, where he held a grand banquet. The first royal castle built here was under David I in the 12th century, and the site has been built on, attacked and defended ever since. The castle now houses military museums and the National War Museum of Scotland and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naval battle, with ships rowed by soldiers, fresco, painted after 62 AD in Pompeiian Fourth Style, in the Ixion Room in the House of the Vettii, one of the largest houses in Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre of the Maison du Bresil or Brazil House, designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and Lucio Costa, 1902-1998, and inaugurated in 1954, with areas of bold painted colour, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building is listed as a historic monument and was renovated 1999-2000 by Bernard Bauchet and Hubert Rio. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Fresco by Degorce, 1936, with Robert de Sorbon, 1201-1274, underlining the links between the University and the Cite, in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Bookshelves and window in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Grand Salon of the Maison du Bresil or Brazil House, designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965)  and Lucio Costa, 1902-1998, and inaugurated in 1954, with reflections from the coloured glass windows, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building is listed as a historic monument and was renovated 1999-2000 by Bernard Bauchet and Hubert Rio. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Grand Salon of the Maison du Bresil or Brazil House, designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965) and Lucio Costa, 1902-1998, and inaugurated in 1954, with reflections from the coloured glass windows, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building is listed as a historic monument and was renovated 1999-2000 by Bernard Bauchet and Hubert Rio. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Grand Salon of the Maison du Bresil or Brazil House, designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965) and Lucio Costa, 1902-1998, and inaugurated in 1954, with reflections from the coloured glass windows, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building is listed as a historic monument and was renovated 1999-2000 by Bernard Bauchet and Hubert Rio. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Detail of the painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967), and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0521.JPG
  • Detail of the painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0522.jpg
  • Painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier  and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0518.jpg
  • Students studying in the library, which stocks 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0573.jpg
  • Library, with 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0571.jpg
  • Grand Salon or Great Hall of the central pavilion of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, with high vaulted ceiling and wood panelling and balconies, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0506.jpg
  • Entrance hall of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, with a bust of Dr John Loudon, 1866-1955, Dutch ambassador to France, and honorary president of the committee of the Dutch College, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0503.jpg
  • Entrance hall of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, with a bust of Dr John Loudon, 1866-1955, Dutch ambassador to France, and honorary president of the committee of the Dutch College, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0488.jpg
  • Detail compass from 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0485.jpg
  • Detail of compass, mermaids, ships and coats of arms, from 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0483.jpg
  • Detail of 1 of 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the Grand Salon of the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0482.jpg
  • The Grand Salon, with 2 monumental paintings by Hordjik and Doevel, with maps representing the colonial grandeur of the Empire, in the College Neerlandais, or Dutch College, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884-1974, and inaugurated in 1938, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only building in France designed by Dudok, one of the leading architects from the Dutch school of the 1920s and 1930s. The building is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0480.jpg
  • Sculptural detail with animals and leaves in brass, in the Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0478.jpg
  • Wall painting with dragons in the sky above a mountainous landscape, in the Grand Salon in the Maison des Etudiants de l'Asie du Sud Est, or South East Asian House, originally called Maison de l'Indochine, designed by Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0471.jpg
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