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  • A Bai ethnic minority man makes clay roof tiles by hand, Dian Nan village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • A Bai ethnic minority man makes clay roof tiles by hand, Dian Nan village, Yunnan Province, China
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  • Commuters walking around Liverpool Street in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Commuters walking around Liverpool Street in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Children at play at the Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afganistan. The mosque, also know as 'The Blue Mosque' is one of the reputed burial places of Ali, cousin of the phrophet Mohammed. It is the building which gives the city it's name - Mazari Sharif means "Tomb of the Exalted".
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  • People play in a dominoes tournament at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • People play in a dominoes tournament at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A small shrine with a flower outside a 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.
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  • An intact Roman mosaic in the Fisbourne Roman Palace centre, Fishbourne, UK
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  • Children at play at the Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afganistan. The mosque, also know as 'The Blue Mosque' is one of the reputed burial places of Ali, cousin of the phrophet Mohammed. It is the building which gives the city it's name - Mazari Sharif means "Tomb of the Exalted".
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  • Ann Mircher at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • People play in a dominoes tournament at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • People play in a dominoes tournament at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • People play in a dominoes tournament at Windrush Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the passenger liner, Empire Windrush, and the men and women who came to England from the Caribbean on the 23rd June 2018 in Brixton in the United Kingdom. The arrival of 492 passengers from the Caribbean on the 22 June 1948 marked a seminal moment in Britain’s history. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Beneath Azulejo tiles, travellers and commuters walk through the concourse of Sao Bento railway station, on 20th July, in Porto, Portugal. The name of the station derives from a Benedictine monastery built on this spot in the 16th century. The monastery fell victim of a fire in 1783, was later rebuilt, but was in a grave state of disrepair at the end of the 19th century. The most notable aspect of Sao Bento Station is the tile panels in the vestibule. There are some 20 thousand and date from 1905–1916, the work of Jorge Colaço, the most important azulejo painter of the time. The first tiles were put up on 13 August 1905.
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  • Beneath Azulejo tiles, travellers and commuters walk through the concourse of Sao Bento railway station, on 20th July, in Porto, Portugal. The name of the station derives from a Benedictine monastery built on this spot in the 16th century. The monastery fell victim of a fire in 1783, was later rebuilt, but was in a grave state of disrepair at the end of the 19th century. The most notable aspect of Sao Bento Station is the tile panels in the vestibule. There are some 20 thousand and date from 1905–1916, the work of Jorge Colaço, the most important azulejo painter of the time. The first tiles were put up on 13 August 1905.
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  • Selaron Stairs tile, Lapa, central city, Rio de Janeiro.
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  • People load a stack of roof tiles onto baskets being carried by a horse near to Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China.
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  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
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  • Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
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  • Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_020.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_002.jpg
  • Roof tiles 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.
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  • Roof tiles 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 exterior_0...jpg
  • An elderly woman and man walk past the Capela Das Almas in Porto, Portugal. The church is clad in ornate azulejo tiles that depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine.
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  • Details of tiles in the Cloisters of the Porto Cathedral The Porto Cathedral Sé do Porto, Porto, Portugal. The current Cathedral was constructed around 1110 and was completed in the 13th century. The Gothic cloister is decorated with baroque azulejos by Valentim de Almeida between 1729 and 1731 depicting the life of the Virgin and Ovids Metamorphoses.
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  • Sunlight and shadows on floor tiles at the Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita created by Giacomo Serpotta between 1686 and 1718, Palermo, Italy
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  • The interior (including the painted tin tiles on the ceiling) of Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop in Walthamstow, East London, UK.Although the shop still trades under the original Manze name, it is now independently owned and no longer part of the Manze family. This resturant is a Grade-2 listed building with antique pressed-tin tiles on the ceiling.Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop in Walthamstow, East London, UK.Although the shop still trades under the original Manze name, it is now independently owned and no longer part of the Manze family. This resturant is a Grade-2 listed building with antique pressed-tin tiles on the ceiling.Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • Original Victorian tiling in Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop on Tower Bridge Road London, UK.This pie shop was opened in 1897 and is the oldest pie and eel shop in the countryEel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • A bright and colourful tiled shopfront at The Ginstitute gin bar off Portobello Road in Notting Hill on the 26th March 2018 in West London, United Kingdom.
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  • Andalucian ceramic tiling showing Jesus on a church wall in Seville. Beneath the growing Seville oranges that are ripening on their tree in the street below, we see a downbeat Jesus in a gloriously religious context.
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  • A young professional couple lie in the sun and share a humerous moment. They sit with their backs to intricate and delicate tiling which depict the Spanish province of Coruna, at the Plaza de España, Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The lady is sitting with her partner's head in her lap, indicating romance and contentedness as she suppresses a giggle. They are both lit by strong sunshine and gives the impression of a perfect moment in their loving relationship. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929.
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  • An elderly gentleman walks uphill on the Rua de Fernandes Tomas where a bus has stopped at lights and Azulejo tiles are seen on the exterior of Capela Das Almas, on 19th July, in Porto, Portugal. The Churchs magnificent panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-04-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Children play with Mahjong tiles at a night-club, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the Peoples Republic of China PRC, along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the Peoples Republic of China PRC in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kongs own handover.
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  • Detail shot of tiles in the old town of Sao Luis, state capital of Maranhao in Northeastern Brazil, 10th May 2014. Sao Luis is famous for its colourful tiles.
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  • Floor tiling details in Koln Cologne Dom Cathedral.
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  • Selaron stairs, in the bohemian dsitrict of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro consists of thosands of tiles from all around the World, and has been used for the filming of a music video by Snoop Doggy Dog.
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  • Decorated house with trompe doeil in doorway 17th September 2016 in Romorantin-Lanthenay, France. The tiled building is a gatehouse for the large estate in the Loire valley.
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  • People load a stack of roof tiles onto baskets being carried by a horse near to Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China.
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  • Customers in the garden at The Withies Inn traditional country pub in Compton, Surrey, UK. This public house with tiled roof dates from the 16th century.
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  • Customers in the garden at The Withies Inn traditional country pub in Compton, Surrey, UK. This public house with tiled roof dates from the 16th century.
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  • Lush vegetation, rain and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_036.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_010.jpg
  • Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_031.jpg
  • Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_025.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_007.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_006.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_005.jpg
  • Lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.
    20170219_la palma los tilos_003.jpg
  • Roof tiles 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 exterior_0...jpg
  • Roof tiles 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 exterior_0...jpg
  • An man walks past the Capela Das Almas in Porto, Portugal. The church is clad in ornate azulejo tiles that depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine.
    SFE_160911_004.jpg
  • Details of tiles in the Cloisters of the Porto Cathedral The Porto Cathedral Sé do Porto, Porto, Portugal. The current Cathedral was constructed around 1110 and was completed in the 13th century. The Gothic cloister is decorated with baroque azulejos by Valentim de Almeida between 1729 and 1731 depicting the life of the Virgin and Ovids Metamorphoses.
    SFE_160909_023.jpg
  • Period tiling at Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop in Walthamstow, East London, UK.Although the shop still trades under the original Manze name, it is now independently owned and no longer part of the Manze family.Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
    SFE_110711_092_1.jpg
  • Andalucian ceramic tiling of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus on the wall of the Basilica de la Macarena in Seville. Inside the church, the Basilica de la Macarena possesses the most revered image in Seville, "The Virgin of Hope" (Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza) which locals call La Macarena.
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  • Elderly lady walks with sticks along the Rua de Fernandes Tomas with Azulejo tiles on the exterior of Capela Das Almas, on 20th July, in Porto, Portugal. The Churchs magnificent panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-26-20-07-2016.jpg
  • A quirky scene of a patterned wearing lady looked at strangely by a gentlemen, both crossing the Rua de Fernandes Tomas with Azulejo tiles on the exterior of Capela Das Almas, on 19th July, in Porto, Portugal. The Churchs magnificent panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-09-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Portuguese citzens walk along the Rua de Fernandes Tomas where Azulejo tiles on the exterior of Capela Das Almas are seen above, on 19th July, in Porto, Portugal. The Churchs magnificent panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-05-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Elderly gentlemen crossing the Rua de Fernandes Tomas with Azulejo tiles on the exterior of Capela Das Almas, on 19th July, in Porto, Portugal. The Churchs magnificent panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-03-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Passing some Azulejo tiles showing a city, a number 28 tram showing Coca Cola advertising rumbles up the gradient of a street in the Portugese capital, on 13th July 2016, in Lisbon, Portugal. The 28 is one of the trams not only used by the people of the capital but also of an increasing number of tourists who ride the entire route from Prazeres cemetery in the west of the city, to Rossio in the centre, after a loop through some of the most amazing streets and landmarks. So crowded is the 28, that older locals often cant sit down, having to stand over younger, inconsiderate tourist families who want a window seat for the entire journey - and back. Notices at termini remind visitors that this is a public service and to consider locals.
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  • Detail of an old advert made from traditional Portuguese ceramic tiles, for the large cookie and biscuit brand Bolaches Nacional , on 17th July, at Coimbra, Portugal. Nowadays, Nacional make all varieties of biscuit - including shortcake and crackers.
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  • Tiles and polychrome terracotta statues of Portuguese kings adorn the walls of the former 18th century chapel, Kings Hall Sala dos Reis in 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.
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  • Tourists sit by tiled mural (azulejo) of Toledo province, in Plaza de Espana in Seville. The Plaza mainly consists of Government buildings, the city's Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
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  • A young girl plays with Mahjong tiles at a night-club, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the Peoples Republic of China PRC, along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the Peoples Republic of China PRC in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kongs own handover.
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  • Portuguese pedestrians walk over a world map on the pavement beneath the Monument of Discoveries, Lisbon. The world's landmass is represented here in a tiled mosaic that Portugal is famous for and citizens walk across this depiction of their planet like giants on a mini-sized map. Located in Belém, on the bank of the River Tagus where the monument celebrates an era of adventure, expansion and colonial ambition. Within a circular frame, the ornate map shows an almost ancient world minus its geopolitical borders.
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  • Cracked and split tiling on the wall under a railway bridge in south London. Located in the borough of Southwark, we see the tiles in a state of disrepair, neglected and left to deteriorate. Diagonal cracks and brown stained, we look up at the aging surface - its dirty pallor originallly white.
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  • Selaron Stairs tiling, Lapa, central city, Rio de Janeiro.
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  • Detail shot of tiles in the old town of Sao Luis, state capital of Maranhao in Northeastern Brazil, 10th May 2014. Sao Luis is famous for its colourful tiles.
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  • Detail shot of tiles in the old town of Sao Luis, state capital of Maranhao in Northeastern Brazil, 10th May 2014. Sao Luis is famous for its colourful tiles.
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  • Floor tiling details in Koln Cologne Dom Cathedral.
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  • Coloured ceramic  tiles on the chedi roofs of Wat Pho temple, Bangkok. Wat Pho is one of the largest and oldest wats in Bangkok (with an area of 50 rai, 80,000 square metres), and is home to more than one thousand Buddha images, as well as one of the largest single Buddha images of 160 ft length: the Reclining Buddha .
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  • Coloured ceramic  tiles on the chedi roofs of Wat Pho temple, Bangkok. Wat Pho is one of the largest and oldest wats in Bangkok (with an area of 50 rai, 80,000 square metres), and is home to more than one thousand Buddha images, as well as one of the largest single Buddha images of 160 ft length: the Reclining Buddha .
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  • A child takes a drink from a standpipe next to the Yamuna River at the Yamuna Bank settlement, Delhi, India<br />
The Yamuna is one of the worlds most polluted rivers and is clinically dead due to industrial pollution.
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  • The towers to the Cloisters of the Porto Cathedral The Porto Cathedral Sé do Porto, Porto, Portugal. The current Cathedral was constructed around 1110 and was completed in the 13th century. The Gothic cloister is decorated with baroque azulejos by Valentim de Almeida between 1729 and 1731 depicting the life of the Virgin and Ovids Metamorphoses.
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  • F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney, London..Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • An antique sign extolling the virtues of eating eel in F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney, London..Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • An antique clock, plates and paper bags on the wall of F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney, London..Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • An old boxing poster on the wall of F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney, London..Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • Lisa serving behind the counter at Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop in Walthamstow, East London, UK.Although the shop still trades under the original Manze name, it is now independently owned and no longer part of the Manze family.Eel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • Details of marble bench tops and wrought iron table legs in Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop on Tower Bridge Road London, UK.This pie shop was opened in 1897 and is the oldest pie and eel shop in the countryEel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • Customers eat lunch in Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop on Tower Bridge Road London, UK.This pie shop was opened in 1897 and is the oldest pie and eel shop in the countryEel, pie and mash shops are a traditional but dying business. Changing tastes and the scarcity of the eel has meant that the number of shops selling this traditional working class food has declined to just a handful mostly in east London. The shops were originally owned by one or two families with the earliest recorded, Manze's on Tower Bridge Road being the oldest surviving dating from 1908. Generally eels are sold cold and jellied and the meat pie and mash potato covered in a green sauce called liquor.
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  • L Manzes pie and mash restaurant on the 19th September 2019 in Walthamstow in the United Kingdom. Londons oldest pie and mash shop, L Manzes serves pie and mash with traditional liquor as well as jellied and stewed eels in Victorian style surroundings.
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  • L Manzes pie and mash restaurant on the 19th September 2019 in Walthamstow in the United Kingdom. Londons oldest pie and mash shop, L Manzes serves pie and mash with traditional liquor as well as jellied and stewed eels in Victorian style surroundings.
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  • L Manzes pie and mash restaurant on the 19th September 2019 in Walthamstow in the United Kingdom. Londons oldest pie and mash shop, L Manzes serves pie and mash with traditional liquor as well as jellied and stewed eels in Victorian style surroundings.
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  • L Manzes pie and mash restaurant on the 19th September 2019 in Walthamstow in the United Kingdom. Londons oldest pie and mash shop, L Manzes serves pie and mash with traditional liquor as well as jellied and stewed eels in Victorian style surroundings.
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  • Exterior of Regency Café on on 7th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. The popular café opened in 1946 on Regency Street, near Westminster London
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  • A male waiter at José Tapas Bar on 13th October 2015 along Bermondsey Street in London, United Kingdom.
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  • A chef carving cured meats at José Tapas Bar on 13th October 2015 along Bermondsey Street in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Porchester Spa sauna on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • A single figure walks between houses each side of narrow medieval streets, on 22nd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of Frances most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
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  • Aerial landscape of old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of the Moorish city of Granada. This aerial landscape also shows in the foreground, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • The commercial and shopping street Via de Calzaioli plus rooftops and housing seen in early evening of city of Florence seen from Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile). In the background is the fortress palace called the Palazzo Vecchio. Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 367,569 inhabitants (1,500,000 in the metropolitan area). The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
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  • Rooftops of the church of San Sebastian, in Antequera, Andalucia. From the hilltop castle that overlooks the city, we see the Spanish streets, homes and businesses. Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (el corazón de Andalucía) because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville. In the last quarter of the 1st millennium BCE, the Iberian peninsula became part of the Roman Empire but  the year 711 a tribe of Berbers out of North Africa (Moors) invaded Spain and conquered Antikaria around 176, renaming it Medina Antaquira.
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  • Ornate architectural artwork on courtyard walls of Nasrid Palace. This is the Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". There are galleries on the north and south sides; the southern gallery is 7 m (23 ft) high and supported by a marble colonnade. Underneath it, to the right, was the principal entrance, and over it are three windows with arches and miniature pillars. From this court, the walls of the Torre de Comares are seen rising over the roof to the north and reflected in the pond. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  View of interior of the home of Li Zheng Ying and children. Visible Kitchen, living room / eating room.                  These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cokking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.             Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and hens alike. These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minoritiy group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains wel
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  • Chengqi  round earth dwelling is considered the "king of Hakka earth buildings", Gaobei village, Fujian province,                  The bulding consists of four storeys plus four  inner circles containing a total of 400 rooms.          These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong, even rhomboid. Chengqi  was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912)  estimated at about 300 years old and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. Cooking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
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  • Shengwu Lou round earth dwelling in the village of Jiaolu, Fujian Province.  Interior circular courtyard and living spaces with central water well, shared by residents and chickens and hens alike. These are some of the most extraordinary multistory structures in China built exclusively out of earth and timber (they are known as tulou). From the outside they look and protect like fortresses, built principally by the ethnic minority group known as the Hakka. They where built principally in the 17th till the early 20th centuries. In all about 1000 remain standing today mostly centered around the mountainous regions of the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guandong. They where constructed in various shapes from circular, square, oblong,even rhomboid. Shengwu Lou, was built sometime in the Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1912) and still remains well preserved and lived in by a hand full of residents. The single - story inner ring and three -story outer ring are divided into 15 apartments that surround a courtyard  with a water well. Cokking and eating facilities are at ground level and all bedrooms and storage are spread over the upper floors.
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  • Entrance to one house inside a multiple sided traditional Beijing Courtyard.<br />
The principal entance into the”double” courtyard of the CHEN family, whom have lived in these courtyards since 1938. They where bought by CHEN YAN QIU, the famous Peking Opera singer, a friend and contemporary to Mei Langfang. Chen Yan Qui had three sons all of whom have a house in these courtyards. Since 1938 four generations of Chen’s have lived here, China
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  • The distinctive Gold colour building of The Hive in Worcester, the first fully integrated university and public library in the UK. The roof is made from TECU in the colour Gold, an alloy of copper and aluminium. Worcester, UK.
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