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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    portugal_porto-19-20-07-2016.jpg
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yellow house with blue door and blue recycling bags on front doorstep, London. The bright complimentary colours seem over saturatedon such a grey day in the capital. By coincidence, the blue council recycling bags matches the blue door in a scene of domestic colour and residential landscape.
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  • Mosaic representations of Roman animals in the abandoned city of Italica, near Seville. The central mosaic in the House of the Bird Mosaic which is the most Italian of all houses excavated in Italica, consists of thirty-five small square mosaics that surround a larger, central square scene. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
    italica_mosaics-3-19-April-2011_1.jpg
  • 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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  • Detail of the Queens Head pub, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a Brexit Port by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UKs exit from the EU. Britains Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
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  • Three Hungarian men stand at the thermal poolside wearing hygienic hats in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath. Having bathed in thermal waters that are piped through this health resort in the middle of the capital city, the men wear swimming costumes in the warm summer morning where hundreds flock to. Budapest is especially known for its spas just as Germany is. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Széchenyi-gyógyfürdő) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Győző Czigler.
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  • Mosaic representations of Roman celestial bodies in the House of the Planetarium at Italica, Near Seville. With the sun in the centre, we see Jupiter in the foreground and the Moon, Mars (with a helmet), Mercury and Saturn. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
    italica_mosaics-2-19-April-2011_1.jpg
  • A cash dispenser in a U-Bahn station of Seestrasse in Wedding, a north-western district of Berlin. The German word Geldautomat (automatic money) is written above the dispenser that has bright red neon as part of its design. Euros can be obtained here using local cash cards as well as foreign credit by visitors.
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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.
    alhambra_architecture-17-13-April-20...jpg
  • 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.
    alhambra_architecture-15-13-April-20...jpg
  • Woman walking through the Greenwich Foot tunnel which links the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich, East London. It was designed by civil engineer Sir Alexander Binnie and opened in 1902.
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  • Woman walking through the Greenwich Foot tunnel which links the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich, East London. It was designed by civil engineer Sir Alexander Binnie and opened in 1902.
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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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  • 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.
    F_L_Manzes-1043510.jpg
  • 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.
    F_L_Manzes-1043486.jpg
  • 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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  • Interior of José Tapas Bar on 13th October 2015 along Bermondsey Street in London, United Kingdom.
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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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  • The Michelin Bibendum building at night in South Kensington. With the lights from passing vehicles registering on the film as streaks of light, we see across the road to decorative building known around London. <br />
Designed and built at the end of the Art-Nouveau period, Michelin House at 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, was constructed as the first permanent UK headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. The building opened for business on 20 January 1911.
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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.
    F_L_Manzes-1043489.jpg
  • 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.
    F_L_Manzes-1043482.jpg
  • 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.
    F_L_Manzes-1043475.jpg
  • Interior of José Tapas Bar on 13th October 2015 along Bermondsey Street in London, United Kingdom.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Selaron Stairs tile, Lapa, central city, Rio de Janeiro.
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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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  • People load a stack of roof tiles onto baskets being carried by a horse near to Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China.
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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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  • Selaron Stairs tiling, Lapa, central city, Rio de Janeiro.
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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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  • A workman grouts floor tiles during the construction of the East London Childcare Institute, Stratford, London.
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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    SFE_110711_135_1.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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  • 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_010.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
  • 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.
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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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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, 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 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 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_027.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_024.jpg
  • La Palma Chaffinch amongst lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  These little birds are not frightened by humans and will hop right alongside visitors. 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_016.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_009.jpg
  • La Palma Chaffinch amongst lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  These little birds are not frightened by humans and will hop right alongside visitors. 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_012.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
  • La Palma Chaffinch amongst lush vegetation and trees in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.  These little birds are not frightened by humans and will hop right alongside visitors. 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_011.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
  • Floor tiling details in Koln Cologne Dom Cathedral.
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  • Floor tiling details in Koln Cologne Dom Cathedral.
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Details of a traditional and ever rarer Beijing Courtyard roof, China
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