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Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

A rainy day at the Spanish Steps, a famous 135-step Baroque staircase in the Piazza di Spagna, in Rome, Italy on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

A rainy day at the Spanish Steps, a famous 135-step Baroque staircase in the Piazza di Spagna, in Rome, Italy on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Fontainebleau

FRANCE, SEINE-ET-MARNE (77) FONTAINEBLEAU, CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU, THE KING'S STAIRCASE, ASIAN TOURISTS Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Londres

GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON. MAYFAIR. THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL IS ONE OF THE BEST ADRESSES IN TOWN. HERE THE OLD STAIRCASE. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/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 - Reims

FRANCE. MARNE (51) REIMS. CARNEGIE LIBRARY. DETAIL OF AN ART DECO STYLE STAIRCASE RAILING Photo by Pascal Stritt/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Patrimoine

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

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Illustration Patrimoine

FRANCE. YVELINES (78). VERSAILLES. CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. QUEEN'S STAIRCASE: WALL ORNAMENTATION Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Patrimoine

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

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Inauguration of The Towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

Wooden staircase leading to the bells called le Bourdon during a visit to Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral for the inauguration ceremony of the new tour route of the Cathedral Towers Gothic structures destroyed following the April 2019 fire, as part of the 42nd edition of the European Heritage Days in Paris, France, on September 19, 2025. Photo by Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris

Wooden staircase leading to the bells called le Bourdon during a visit to Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral for the inauguration ceremony of the new tour route of the Cathedral Towers Gothic structures destroyed following the April 2019 fire, as part of the 42nd edition of the European Heritage Days in Paris, France, on September 19, 2025. Photo by Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 18TH DISTRICT. RUE BECQUEREL STAIRCASE IN MONTMARTRE Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 18TH DISTRICT. RUE BECQUEREL STAIRCASE IN MONTMARTRE Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE STAIRCASE OF THE RUE DE LA MANUTENTION IN THE 16TH ARRONDISSEMENT Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 18TH ARRONDISSEMENT. MONTMARTRE.THE STAIRCASE OF PASSAGE COTTIN Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. CITY HALL. DETAIL OF THE CAPITOL (XVIITH CENTURY) HIS CONSTRUCTION WAS DECIDED BY THE CAPITOULS IN 1190. THE GREAT STAIRCASE RECONSTRUCTED IN 1674 BY RIVALS IS ORNED OF A PAINTING OF JEAN-PAUL LAURENS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Photo by Alizee Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. CITY HALL. DETAIL OF THE CAPITOL (XVIITH CENTURY) HIS CONSTRUCTION WAS DECIDED BY THE CAPITOULS IN 1190. THE GREAT STAIRCASE RECONSTRUCTED IN 1674 BY RIVALS IS ORNED OF A PAINTING OF JEAN-PAUL LAURENS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Photo by Alizee Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. CITY HALL. DETAIL OF THE CAPITOL (XVIITH CENTURY) HIS CONSTRUCTION WAS DECIDED BY THE CAPITOULS IN 1190. THE GREAT STAIRCASE RECONSTRUCTED IN 1674 BY RIVALS IS ORNED OF A PAINTING OF JEAN-PAUL LAURENS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Photo by Alizee Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. CITY HALL. DETAIL OF THE CAPITOL (XVIITH CENTURY) HIS CONSTRUCTION WAS DECIDED BY THE CAPITOULS IN 1190. THE GREAT STAIRCASE RECONSTRUCTED IN 1674 BY RIVALS IS ORNED OF A PAINTING OF JEAN-PAUL LAURENS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Photo by Alizee Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN. HUDSON YARDS ESPLANADE WITH THE VESSEL (STAIRCASE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT THOMAS HEATHERWICK) AT SUNSET IN SUMMER AT SUNSET Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN. HUDSON YARDS ESPLANADE WITH THE VESSEL (STAIRCASE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT THOMAS HEATHERWICK) AT SUNSET IN SUMMER AT SUNSET Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - New York City - NYC

UNITED STATES, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, HUDSON YARDS. THE VESSEL (STAIRCASE) AND THE SHED IN EVENING WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. WINTER IN MIDTOWN WEST, MANHATTAN Photo by Francois Roux/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY. LAZIO. ROME. VATICAN MUSEUMS. THE BRAMANTE STAIRCASE IS A FAMOUS MONUMENTAL SPIRAL STAIRCASE (ALLEGORICAL DOUBLE HELICOIDAL), WHICH ACTS AS AN EXIT FOR THE PUBLIC. RESERVED INITIALLY FOR RIDERS, IT WAS BUILT IN 1932 BY THE ITALIAN ARCHITECT GIUSEPPE MOMO (PONTIFICATE OF POPE PIUS XI) AND INSPIRED BY A NEARBY RENAISSANCE STAIRCASE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY BY THE ARCHITECT BRAMANTE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDAQUIN (WHICH OVERCOMES THE HIGH ALTAR), DIRECTED BY BERNINI. THIS 60-TON, 29-METER TALL GILT BRONZE PIECE IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. FOR ITS REALIZATION, BUT ALSO TO SINK THE ARTILLERY OF THE CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, POPE URBAN VIII HAD THE BRONZE TAKEN FROM THE PORTICO OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME (1ST CENTURY BC). UNDER THE BALDACHIN, THE PAPAL HIGH ALTAR. SINCE 1594, A MARBLE BLOCK FROM ANCIENT ROME SERVES AS ALTAR TO THE BASILICA. A DOUBLE STAIRCASE DESCENDS TO THE CRYPT, BUILT EXACTLY IN LINE WITH THE TOMB OF ST. PETER, ADORNED WITH A MEDIEVAL MOSAIC OF CHRIST. A MEDIEVAL MOSAIC OF CHRIST. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

FRANCE. CORSE DU SUD (2A) EXTREME SOUTH REGION. BONIFACIO. THE CITADEL. STAIRCASE OF THE KING OF ARAGON. CARVED BY MAN DIRECTLY INTO THE LIMESTONE, AND CONSISTING OF 189 STEPS, THIS STAIRCASE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DUG IN JUST ONE NIGHT BY THE TROOPS OF THE KING OF ARAGON DURING THE SIEGE OF BONIFACIO IN 1420. MORE LIKELY, IT WAS DUG OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BY FRANCISCAN MONKS TO GAIN ACCESS TO A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economie

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) NICE, MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE PORT Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE. INDRE ET LOIRE (37) VAL DE LOIRE - CHATEAU D'AZAY-LE-RIDEAU: THE GRAND STAIRCASE (SIXTEENTH CENTURY) ON THE GROUND FLOOR. EDIFIED ON A MODEL OF STRAIGHT STAIRCASE ?A L'ITALIENNE?, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CREATIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE IN THE REGION. THE COFFERED VAULTS ARE DECORATED WITH MEDALLIONS IN THE ANTIQUE STYLE REPRESENTING THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF FRANCE, AS WELL AS FANTASTIC CHARACTERS AND ANIMALS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economie

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) NICE, MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE PORT Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economie

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) NICE, MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE PORT Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, IS EXTENDED IN A SINGLE PROPELLER (PHOTO) SURROUNDED BY A GLASS ROOF BATHED IN LIGHT. THE ASCENT CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF A CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH GIVES ACCESS TO THE LANTERN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF BLOIS : MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE WITH SCREW, INTERIOR. "EXCAVATED LIKE AN IVORY FROM CHINA" ACCORDING TO BALZAC, COVERED WITH FINE RENAISSANCE SCULPTURES, ITALIANATE ORNAMENTS (STATUES, BALUSTERS, CANDELABRAS) AND ROYAL EMBLEMS (SALAMANDERS, CROWNS, "F" FOR FRANCOIS I, "C" FOR CLAUDE FROM FRANCE), IT OPENS BETWEEN THE BUTTRESSES BY LARGE BAYS ON THE COURTYARD OF THE CASTLE. ITS SLOPING, HELICALLY SHAPED VAULT, SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL RECTANGULAR BUTTRESSES, MAKES IT A RECURRING SYMBOL OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE RENAISSANCE AND HERALDS THE INNOVATIONS OF THE TIME ON STAIRCASE ARCHITECTURE, WHICH BECOME, MORE THAN FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, A MAJOR AESTHETIC ADDITION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE. INDRE ET LOIRE (37) VAL DE LOIRE - THE CASTLE OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU: THE GRAND STAIRCASE (16TH CENTURY) ON THE 1ST FLOOR. DESIGNED ON AN ITALIAN STAIRCASE MODEL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RENAISSANCE CREATIONS IN THE REGION. THE COFFERED VAULTS ARE DECORATED WITH ANTIQUE MEDALLIONS REPRESENTING THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF FRANCE, AS WELL AS FANTASTIC CHARACTERS AND ANIMALS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE. LOIR-ET-CHER (41) LOIRE VALLEY. BLOIS CASTLE. THE HELOCOIDAL STAIRCASE IN THE FRANCOIS I WING IS THE CASTLE'S MOST FAMOUS AND MOST EMBLEMATIC ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, IS EXTENDED IN A SINGLE PROPELLER (PHOTO) SURROUNDED BY A GLASS ROOF BATHED IN LIGHT. THE ASCENT CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF A CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH GIVES ACCESS TO THE LANTERN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS, TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - MAINE ET LOIRE (49) - CASTLE OF SERRANT : GRAND STAIRCASE. RENAISSANCE STYLE, ITS SCULPTED CEILINGS ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE. INDRE-ET-LOIRE (37) LOIRE VALLEY, INTERIOR STAIRCASE OF THE CHATEAU DE CHENONCEAU, NICKNAMED THE CHATEAU OF THE LADIES Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE. LOIR-ET-CHER (41) LOIRE VALLEY. BLOIS CASTLE. THE HELOCOIDAL STAIRCASE IN THE FRANCOIS I WING IS THE CASTLE'S MOST FAMOUS AND MOST EMBLEMATIC ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS (PHOTO), TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE (36) - CASTLE OF VALENCAY : THE STAIRCASE OF HONOR. ON THE LEFT WALL, A TAPESTRY OF THE MANUFACTURE DES GOBELINS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), MARSEILLE. MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF MARSEILLE-SAINT-CHARLES STATION Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), MARSEILLE. MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF MARSEILLE-SAINT-CHARLES STATION Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - La Rochelle

FRANCE, CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) LA ROCHELLE, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, STAIRCASE AND ZARAFA GIRAFFE Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (18TH DISTRICT) IN THE STAIRCASE THAT LEADS TO THE PLATFORM OF THE MAX DORMOY METRO STATION, THE IMAGE OF MONA LISA (LA JOCONDE) USED FOR THE ADVERTISING OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OPTICIAN Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (16TH DISTRICT) THE FORMER WORKSHOP HOUSE OF THE BROTHERS JEAN AND JOEL MARTEL (SCULPTORS), MADE BY ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS, AT 10, MALLET-STEVENS STREET. INTERIOR STAIRCASE Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Marseille

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13) MARSEILLE, THE GOVERNOR'S STAIRCASE. KING RENE'S TOUR Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - French Riviera

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) NICE, MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE PORT Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), MARSEILLE. MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF MARSEILLE-SAINT-CHARLES STATION Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) NICE, MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF THE PORT Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), MARSEILLE. MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE OF MARSEILLE-SAINT-CHARLES STATION Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM