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  • Construction and restoration work at the Acropolis of Athens. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • A carved door panel from the Saint Antonius ABou Sefir Church, in Deir el Maymoun, Egypt, which is currently under restoration. Built in 200 AD the Saint Antonius ABou Sefir Church is one of Egypt’s oldest churches.
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  • Qudsia Zohab, member of the Ethnography Department at the Afghan National Museum is single and a student studying literature at Kabul University. In the background is Shirazeden Saifi, Director of Restoration. <br />
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Qudsia says: “The Taliban time was the black period of Afghanistan. It was a jail. I remember the burkha, it was heavy and suffocating. You can only see straight ahead and wearing it made you feel ashamed. One of our relatives didn’t wear the burkha, she was consequently beaten so badly (by the Taliban) that two days later she died - a young woman of only thirty-two. Many women wear burkhas because they are still under the control of their husbands but some because they don’t have to think about what clothes or make-up to wear!
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  • The British Royal Navy’s most famous warship, HMS Victory now undergoing restoration as a living museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire, UK.  This battleship is most famous as Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The large anchor is on display.
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  • A yellow crane supports the restoration and conservation work on the ancient site of Ta Prohm temple, known as the jungle temple, in Angkor region Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia. UNESCO inscribed Ta Prohm on the World Heritage List in 1992.
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  • Mr Massoudi,  Director of the  National Museum of Afghanistan pictured next to a statue recently restored after the Taliban smashed it to pieces. Overall the Taliban smashed 2000 museum exhibits and more famously two colossal Buddhas in Bamiyan ‘because they were "false idols" contrary to Islam.  Mr Massouudi with the help of the international community has rebuilt and reopened his museum and is now seeking to recover and restore the many artifacts either looted in the civil war or smashed by the Taliban:<br />
"They took the decision that artefacts such as statues, or anything representing the human figure, was against Sharia Islam . Looking at statues as part of history, is not the same as worshiping them. It was an extremely sad time not just for me, but all museum staff , cultural and educated people in Afghanistan. They destroyed around 2000 artefacts.”
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  • The 18th century historic Sir Cloudesley Shovell Corn Exchange clock 1771 in Rochester High Street, on 22nd July, in Rochester, England. The historic timepiece, a gift from Sir Cloudesley who was MP for Rochester from 1695 to 1701, has recently been restored at a cost of £40,000 after centuries of wear and tear took its toll and much of the clock had to be dismantled for safety reasons.
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  • A restored Georgian Huguenot House in Spitalfields, London, United Kingdom.
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  • A restored Georgian House. Spitalfields.<br />
Spitalfields was a derelict area until about twenty ago when the process of gentrification started to renovate the old houses built to house Huguenot lace makers.
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  • A restored Georgian House. Spitalfields.<br />
Spitalfields was a derelict area until about twenty ago when the process of gentrification started to renovate the old houses built to house Huguenot lace makers.
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  • The bell tower at the entrance to the Roca Bello Monte, a restored Colonial plantation, Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • The bell tower at the entrance to the Roca Bello Monte, a restored Colonial plantation, Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
    SFE_130421_243.jpg
  • A chair in the sun overlooking the bay, at the Roca Bello Monte, a restored Colonial plantation, Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
    SFE_130421_251.jpg
  • Details of the restored Colonial architecture of the Roca Boa Vista, Sao Tome.<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
    SFE_130420_208.jpg
  • Details of the staircase of the restored Colonial architecture of the Roca Boa Vista, Sao Tome.<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
    SFE_130420_212.jpg
  • Details of a restored French Colonial House. Pondicherry, India. Details of a restored French Colonial House. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_126.jpg
  • The Arch of Germanicus, an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19AD by a rich citizen of the town (then known as Mediolanum Santonum), C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to the emperor Tiberius, his son Drusus Julius Caesar, and his adoptive son Germanicus. It has two bays and was originally sited over the terminus of the Roman road from Lyon to Saintes. On the proposal of Prosper Mérimée in 1843 it was moved fifteen metres during works on quays along the river, and it was restored in 1851.
    saintes_arch01-30-06-2014_1.jpg
  • The 18th century historic Sir Cloudesley Shovell Corn Exchange clock 1771 in Rochester High Street, on 22nd July, in Rochester, England. The historic timepiece, a gift from Sir Cloudesley who was MP for Rochester from 1695 to 1701, has recently been restored at a cost of £40,000 after centuries of wear and tear took its toll and much of the clock had to be dismantled for safety reasons.
    rochester-03-22-07-2018.jpg
  • Seen through restored cloister pillars of the cloister of Dom Dinis, is the main church of Alcobaca Monastery Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca, on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis Dennis who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity.
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  • Holy water on tap and restored stone wall behind the Shrine Altar at Aylesford Priory (Friary). The wall is not original as the buildings on this Christian ancient site were damaged by King Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries of the 16th century. This structure was repaired after WW2 for the benefit of those pilgrims on retreat at this quiet location in the county of Kent, southern England.
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  • The British Royal Navy historical warship, HMS Warrior (1860) restored and moored in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire, UK. The ship was powered by steam and sail, and was Britain’s first iron-hulled armored warship and the largest, fastest and most powerful ship of her day. She is now a ship museum, monument, visitor attraction and private venue.
    UK-tourism-Portsmouth-Navy-dockyard-...jpg
  • Details of a restored French Colonial House. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_125.jpg
  • Period detail in the restored Tamil house that is the headquarters of INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_119.jpg
  • A family photograph in an alcove in the restored Tamil house that is the headquarters of INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_087.jpg
  • Old Amercian car in excellent condition parked outside the Hotel Nacional / National Hotel, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. .
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  • The ancient Parthenon (circa 400 BC, the largest Doric temple ever built) sits on Acropolis hill surrounded by global tourists and scaffolding. Here the modern world's philosophy was born, once the centre of classical Greek culture which the world has inherited for its laws and forward-thinking. Mounted above the Athenian city within fortified 60m high walls, its history is a World Heritage Site, important because of its “universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex." The establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world.
    greek_olympiad013-23-10_2003_1.jpg
  • Old Amercian car in excellent condition driving through the run down dilapidated streets of old Havana
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  • Old American cars in excellent condition, in Revolution square - Placa de la Revolution, Havana.
    _MG_3960_1.jpg
  • Old Amercian car in excellent condition parked outside the Hotel Nacional / National Hotel, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. .
    _MG_3945.jpg
  • Old American cars in excellent condition, in Revolution square - Placa de la Revolution, Havana.
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  • Old American cars in excellent condition, in Revolution square - Placa de la Revolution, Havana.
    _MG_3968_1.jpg
  • Old Amercian car in excellent condition parked outside the Hotel Nacional / National Hotel, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. .
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  • Old Amercian cars in Havana waiting at the traffic lights in Vedado, Havana.
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  • Old Amercian car in excellent condition parked in old Havana, Cuba.  .
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  • A statue of Gandhi in the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • A nomadic pastoralist herds his goats out of the Kaeris water reservoir, which was built by the community with help from Oxfam. The reservoir is about 60m in diameter and is used to store animal drinking water.
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  • A dining room at the Hotel Villa Shanti. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_232.jpg
  • A room with shelving in the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_140.jpg
  • The derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_137.jpg
  • A room with shelving in the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_138.jpg
  • The derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_134.jpg
  • In his boat called Idler, a lone oarsman leaves Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve for his onward journey further up river. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
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  • A tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating05-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • Crowds of people walk in front of the Cathedral in Piazza del Duomo as night falls in central Milan on 8th December 2008 in Milan, Italy. The cathedral, or duomo took six centuries to build and occupies the heart of the city, and attracts visitors from all over the world.
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  • People walk and gather in front of the Cathedral in Piazza del Duomo in central Milan on 8th December 2008 in Milan, Italy. The cathedral, or duomo took six centuries to build and occupies the heart of the city, and attracts visitors from all over the world.
    JP_Milano-6693.jpg
  • Crowds of people walk in front of the Cathedral in Piazza del Duomo as night falls in central Milan on 7th December 2008 in Milan, Italy. The cathedral, or duomo took six centuries to build and occupies the heart of the city, and attracts visitors from all over the world.
    JP_Milano-6442.jpg
  • Three male builders sit down and take a break from conserving Henry Moore’s sculpture ‘Knife Edge - Two Piece’ on Abingdon Green opposite the Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom.  The sculpture was gifted to the National in 1967 and is well know for appearing in the background of many political news interviews.
    UK-Westminster-Sculpture-0962.jpg
  • A plaque of former French Mayors in the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_205.jpg
  • A building worker asleep on a break inside the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_204.jpg
  • A statue of Gandhi in the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_165.jpg
  • A painting of Rabindranath Tagore on the wall of the derelict Hotel du Ville that has been saved by INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
    SFE_130314_160.jpg
  • Looking nervous and unfamiliar with the ways of moving about on boats, a tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating02-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • A tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating04-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • A boating crew pause before mooring their cruiser at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating01-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • A male rickshaw driver and two female passengers wait for the opening of the restored Devonshire Tunnel as part of the Two Tunnels Greenway in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom on 6th April 2013.  The rickshaw displays two Sustrans flags.  Sustrans is a charity that works with communities, policy-makers and partner organisations so that people can choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys and enjoy better, safer spaces to live in.  The restoration The restoration of the tunnels and 13-mile path has been organised by Sustrans, working in partnership with Bath and North East Somerset Council.   The event was attended by hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.
    UK-Cycling-SUSTRANS-6467_1.jpg
  • Built early 19th century, the restored interior of the Dwelling house Smitova Hisa at the Rogatec Open Air Museum, very close to the Croatian border, on 24th June 2018, in Rogatec, Slovenia. The museum of relocated and restored 19th and early 20th century farming buildings and houses represents folk architecture in the area south of the Donacka Gora and Boc mountains.
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  • Some of the first members of the public to enter the newly restored Devonshire Tunnel, Bath, United Kingdom on 6th April 2013. The restored tunnel is part of the Two Tunnel Greenway which is a 13-mile accessible route leading south from Bath City and is accessible by foot, cycle, buggy and wheelchair.   Cyclists and pedestrians share the use of the path.  The route re-uses part of one of the United Kingdom’s most famous railway lines, which burrows beneath Combe Down. The Devonshire Tunnel is 447 yards in length and stone lined throughout. The building of the Two Tunnels Route was organised by Sustrans, working in partnership with Bath and North East Somerset Council.
    UK-Cycling-SUSTRANS-1653_1.jpg
  • Built early 19th century, the restored interior of the Dwelling house Smitova Hisa at the Rogatec Open Air Museum, very close to the Croatian border, on 24th June 2018, in Rogatec, Slovenia. The museum of relocated and restored 19th and early 20th century farming buildings and houses represents folk architecture in the area south of the Donacka Gora and Boc mountains.
    slovenia-293-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Hoarding in front of the construction site in King's Cross, London, UK where an old re-erected Victorian Gasholder No 8 stands. The Grade II-listed structure, built in the 1850s, has been restored over the last two years.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Horse-drawn omnibus giving tourists a different perspective on the tour bus. The tours which are operated on a fully restored eighteen-seater horse-drawn omnibus are the perfect way to enjoy the vibrancy of the West End. With the steady sound of horses pulling the carriage.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Horse-drawn omnibus giving tourists a different perspective on the tour bus. The tours which are operated on a fully restored eighteen-seater horse-drawn omnibus are the perfect way to enjoy the vibrancy of the West End. With the steady sound of horses pulling the carriage.
    20150618_summer city horse drawn omn...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Horse-drawn omnibus giving tourists a different perspective on the tour bus. The tours which are operated on a fully restored eighteen-seater horse-drawn omnibus are the perfect way to enjoy the vibrancy of the West End. With the steady sound of horses pulling the carriage.
    20150618_summer city horse drawn omn...jpg
  • Metropolitan Wharf in Wapping, London, England, United Kingdom. Metropolitan Wharf is an iconic eight storey Grade II Listed Victorian riverside warehouse building, which has been restored to provide office accommodation in<br />
a historical working environment.
    20160511_wapping_E.jpg
  • Metropolitan Wharf in Wapping, London, England, United Kingdom. Metropolitan Wharf is an iconic eight storey Grade II Listed Victorian riverside warehouse building, which has been restored to provide office accommodation in<br />
a historical working environment.
    20160511_wapping_F.jpg
  • Elderly visitor at Kinver Edge, home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_021.jpg
  • Elderly visitor at Kinver Edge, home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_022.jpg
  • Elderly visitor at Kinver Edge, home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_020.jpg
  • Elderly visitor at Kinver Edge, home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_019.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_015.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_013.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_018.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_016.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_014.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_012.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_011.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_010.jpg
  • Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone at Kinver, United Kingdom. One of the rocks, ‘Holy Austin’, was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are owned by the National Trust and are open for tour. One house has been restored to a Victorian appearance, and the Martindale Caves show what life was like in the 1930s. Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
    20180915_kinver edge_007.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_011.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_003.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_009.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_010.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_008.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_007.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_005.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_002.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_004.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_001.jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and contemporary stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and contemporary stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Jesus and Mary scuplture at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and contemporary stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and contemporary stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Cloister at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and contemporary stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Lay Brothers Dormitory and stained glass windows at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
  • Crown of thorns sculpture at Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne, France. Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. The abbey fought together with Pope Innocent III against the heretical doctrine of the Cathars who lived in the region. It was dissolved in 1791 in the course of the French Revolution. The premises, which are of very great architectural interest, passed into private hands in 1908, when the artists Gustave and Madeleine Fayet dAndoque bought it to protect the fabric of the buildings from an American collector of sculpture. They restored it over a number of years and used it as a centre for artistic projects. It still remains in private hands. Today it is open to paying guests.
    20180514_abbaye fontfroid interior_0...jpg
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