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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Christmas in Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN (67) STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL SEEN FROM RUE MERCIERE, DECORATED IN CHRISTMAS COLORS Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Christmas in Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN (67) STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL SEEN FROM RUE MERCIERE, DECORATED IN CHRISTMAS COLORS Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Christmas in Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN (67) STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL SEEN FROM RUE MERCIERE, DECORATED IN CHRISTMAS COLORS Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Christmas in Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN (67) STRASBOURG. THE CHRISTMAS MARKET CHALETS ON CATHEDRALE SQUARE Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. THE QUEEN'S STAIRCASE Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. THE HALL OF MIRRORS Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. THE HALL OF MIRRORS Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) VERSAILLES. CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES. OVERVIEW OF THE PALACE AND THE CITY OF VERSAILLES FROM THE NORTH WEST. IN THE GRAND PARC DE VERSAILLES, DESIGNED AND FURNISHED BY ANDRE LE NOTRE, THE ORDER AND SYMMETRY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FRENCH GARDEN STILL REIGN. THE SURFACE AREA OF THE GARDENS HAS INCREASED FROM 6,600 HECTARES TO 500 TODAY. ON THE RIGHT, THE WATERBEDS AND THE LATONA BASIN. ON THE LEFT, THE GROVE OF THE THREE FOUNTAINS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) VERSAILLES CASTLE. THE ROYAL COURT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE.YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: AERIAL VIEW OF THE ROYAL EMBLEMS ADORNING THE ROYAL GATE, AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE: CLOSED CROWN, LAUREL LEAVES, MEDALLION AND CROSS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. THE HALL OF MIRRORS Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) VERSAILLES CASTLE , SOUTH FRONT : DETAIL OF CARVED SCENES Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF FRANCOISE D'AUBIGNE (ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS DE MORNAIX, MARQUESS OF VILLARCEAUX, OIL ON CANVAS) Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) THE CHAPEL OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. AT THE END OF HIS REIGN, LOUIS XIV WANTED TO BUILD A CHAPEL WORTHY OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION. WE OWE THIS MASTERPIECE TO MANSART. LOUIS XIV DID NOT ENTER THE BUILDING UNTIL 1710, WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED. HE WAS THEN 72 YEARS OLD. IT WAS THE LAST BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AT VERSAILLES DURING HIS REIGN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. LOUIS XIV (BY ANTOINE BENOIST, AROUND 1700) (RELIEF, PAINTED BEESWAX, HUMAN HAIR, PAINTED GLASS EYE, ...) Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. LOUIS XIV (BY ANTOINE BENOIST, AROUND 1700) (RELIEF, PAINTED BEESWAX, HUMAN HAIR, PAINTED GLASS EYE, ...) Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES. THE GALERIE DES GLACES (HALL OF MIRRORS), DECORATIVE MASTERPIECE WHOSE REALIZATION WAS DIRECTED BY LE BRUN, RECEIVING THE LAST LIGHTS OF THE SETTING SUN Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES. THE BUST OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR AUGUSTUS, MARBLE COURTYARD Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. LOUIS XIV, BY NICOLAS-RENE JOLLAIN, KNOWN AS JOLLAIN LE VIEUX (OIL ON CANVAS, CIRCA 1689) Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. BUST OF LOUIS DE FRANCE SAID MONSEIGNEUR, DOLPHIN OF FRANCE (BY ANTOINE COYSEVOX MARBLE) Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES. PORTRAIT OF ANDRE LE NOTRE. ANDRE LE NOTRE, GARDENER TO THE SUN KING, IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GEOMETRIC PERSPECTIVES, FOR HIS GRAND AXES THAT GIVE THE GARDENS THEIR GRANDEUR, AND FOR HIS SECONDARY VISTAS THAT OFFER WALKERS EVER-CHANGING PLEASURES FOR THE EYE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES. ON THE ESPLANADE OF THE WEST FACADE, THE BASIN OF THE PARTERRE D'EAU, SURROUNDED BY BRONZE STATUES SYMBOLIZING THE RIVERS AND RIVERS OF FRANCE: HERE, THAT OF THE SEINE BY ETIENNE LE HONGRE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. QUEEN'S APARTMENT. ANTECHAMBER OF THE QUEEN'S NOBLES. WOODWORK AND CEILING PAINTED BY MICHEL II CORNEILLE (CENTER: "MERCURE, ARTS AND SCIENCES") Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. QUEEN'S APARTMENT. ANTECHAMBER OF THE GRAND COUVERT. PAINTED CEILING (DETAIL) CENTRAL COMPOSITION PAINTED BY HENRI TESTELIN Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES. AERIAL VIEW OF THE EASTERN FACADE WITH, IN THE FOREGROUND, THE ENTRANCE TO THE CASTLE AND THE ROYAL GATE, THEN THE COURT OF MINISTERS, THE ROYAL COURT AND THE MARBLE COURT. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE GRAND PERSPECTIVE OF THE GARDENS, OVERLOOKING THE GRAND CANAL Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. QUEEN'S APARTMENT. ANTECHAMBER OF THE GRAND COUVERT. TAPESTRY "THE PARNASSUS" Photo by Jean-François Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: AN ANTIQUE BUST OF A WOMAN IN MARBLE IN THE ROUND, MADE AROUND 1670, OVERSEES THE WELL-NAMED MARBLE COURTYARD, A DAZZLING SHOWCASE OF MATERIALS AND INFINITE PLAY OF COLORS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: FACING THE RISING SUN, SILHOUETTE OF THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF LOUIS XIV. COMMISSIONED BY LOUIS-PHILIPPE, IT WAS MADE BY CARTELLIER AND PETITOT AND ERECTED IN 1836 Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: AERIAL VIEW OF THE WESTERN FACADE OF THE CASTLE. THE FLAT ITALIAN ROOF IS CONCEALED BY A BALUSTRADE LINED WITH TROPHIES AND VASES. THE AVANT-CORPS, SURMOUNTED BY STATUES OF DIANA AND APOLLO AS WELL AS THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WAS RESERVED FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: AERIAL VIEW OF THE MARBLE COURTYARD. AT THE TIME OF THE SUN KING, VERSAILLES LIVED BY THE TIME OF THIS CLOCK WITH THE MASK OF APOLLO, AN IDEALIZED IMAGE OF LOUIS XIV, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE KING'S BEDROOM. THE SCULPTED ELEMENTS WERE MADE BY MARSY IN 1679, AFTER A DRAWING BY LE BRUN. THEY REPRESENT FRANCE RESTING AFTER ITS VICTORY OVER ITS ENEMIES, SYMBOLIZED BY THE DRAGON. ON THE LEFT, HERCULES SEATED ON A DRAGON. ON THE RIGHT, MARS AND A RAM AT REST Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES: IN THE GRAND PERSPECTIVE OF THE AXIS OF THE SUN, AERIAL PICTURE OF THE APOLLON BASIN AND THE GRAND CANAL Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. AERIAL VIEW OF THE BASIN OF LATONE, MOTHER OF DIANE AND APOLLO (WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN THE WATER OF A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES: STATUARY ENSEMBLE OF THE CHAPEL. THE FOUR EVANGELISTS: SAINT JOHN, SAINT MARK, SAINT LUKE AND SAINT MATHIEU. BELOW, THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF LOUIS XIV. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) AERIAL VIEW OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. MARBLE COURTYARD. DURING THE REIGN OF THE SUN KING, VERSAILLES LIVED BY THE TIME SHOWN ON THIS CLOCK FEATURING A MASK OF APOLLO, AN IDEALIZED IMAGE OF LOUIS XIV, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE KING'S BEDROOM. THE SCULPTED ELEMENTS WERE CREATED BY MARSY IN 1679, BASED ON A DESIGN BY LE BRUN. THEY REPRESENT FRANCE RESTING AFTER ITS VICTORY OVER ITS ENEMIES, SYMBOLIZED BY THE DRAGON. ON THE LEFT, HERCULES SITS ON A DRAGON. ON THE RIGHT, MARS AND A RAM REST. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES: BOXWOOD DECORATIONS ON THE SOUTHERN PARTERRE DESIGNED BY LE NOTRE WITH, IN THE FOREGROUND, THE FLEUR-DE-LIS, SYMBOL OF ROYALTY. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE ORANGERY AND THE SUISSES WATER FEATURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) AERIAL VIEW OF THE WEST FACADE OF THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE BASIN OF LATONE (MOTHER OF DIANA AND APOLLO, WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS (SCULPTURES THAT YOU SEE ALL AROUND) Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE; YVELINES (78) THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES HALFWAY UP, IN A CAPTIVE BALLOON. IN THE GRAND PARC DE VERSAILLES DESIGNED AND LAID OUT BY ANDRE LE NOTRE, THE ORDER AND SYMMETRY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE GARDEN STILL REIGN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) AERIAL VIEW OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. FROM THE SOUTH-EAST, THE MARBLE COURTYARD, A DAZZLING SHOWCASE OF CONTRASTING MATERIALS AND COLOUR SCHEMES. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - ROYAL COURT: CITY SIDE, SOUTH FACADE OF THE COURT, WING OF THE MINISTERS: ADORNING THE UPPER GRID OF THE CENTRAL PORTAL, REPRESENTATION OF KING LOUIS XIV IN THE SUN, PRODUCED IN 1679. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - COUR DE MARBRE: ON THE BALCONY RAILING OF THE KING'S BEDROOM, ROYAL EMBLEMS: HEAD OF APOLLO, LILIES, CLOSED CROWN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: AERIAL VIEW OF CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES: EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF LOUIS XIV. COMMISSIONED BY LOUIS-PHILIPPE, IT WAS PRODUCED BY CARTELLIER AND PETITOT AND ERECTED IN 1836. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - COUR DE MARBRE: GENERAL VIEW FROM THE GABRIEL WING. EIGHTEEN STATUES REPRESENTING THE ROYAL VIRTUES AND THE PARTS OF THE WORLD ADORN THE BALUSTRADE. IN THE CORNER, THE STATUE OF PEACE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - COUR DE MARBRE: GENERAL VIEW FROM THE GABRIEL WING. EIGHTEEN STATUES REPRESENTING THE ROYAL VIRTUES AND THE PARTS OF THE WORLD ADORN THE BALUSTRADE. IN THE CORNER, THE STATUE OF PEACE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Ancient Rome

ITALY. LATIUM. ROME. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ROMAN COLOSSEUM. ORIGINALLY, THIS FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE WAS THE LARGEST EVER BUILT UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE (LISTED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO). Photo by Robert Palomba/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Ancient Rome

ITALY. LATIUM. ROME. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ROMAN COLOSSEUM. ORIGINALLY, THIS FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE WAS THE LARGEST EVER BUILT UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE (LISTED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO). Photo by Robert Palomba/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Saint-Denis Pleyel Station - Paris Express

FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) SAINT-DENIS. SAINT-DENIS PLEYEL STATION (METRO). DESIGNED BY JAPANESE ARCHITECT KENGO KUMA, IT IS ONE OF THE SEVEN ?MOST BEAUTIFUL STATIONS IN THE WORLD?, SELECTED IN 2025 BY THE ?PRIX VERSAILLES?, A GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD SUPPORTED BY UNESCO. IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT HUB OF THE GRAND PARIS EXPRESS. Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Ancient Rome

ITALY. LATIUM. ROME. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ROMAN COLOSSEUM. ORIGINALLY, THIS FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE WAS THE LARGEST EVER BUILT UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE (LISTED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO). Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM