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  • An employee of fish importers New England Seafoods, stacks a completed supermarket order of fresh Maldives tuna
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  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
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  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
    quintin_lake04-15-09-2020.jpg
  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
    quintin_lake06-15-09-2020.jpg
  • An employee of fish importers New England Seafoods, monitors the labelling of a supermarket order of fresh Maldives tuna
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  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
    quintin_lake05-15-09-2020.jpg
  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
    quintin_lake02-15-09-2020.jpg
  • Writer and photographer Quintin Lake walks up the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral to greet his family after his epic 5-year, 10.000km walk around the entire coastline of the UK for his The Perimeter project, on 15th September 2020, in London, England.
    quintin_lake03-15-09-2020.jpg
  • Arriving for work beneath atrium of an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (5 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Homeward through atrium of an auditing company's 385,000 square foot Norman Foster-designed London headquarters
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  • An exterior of Europe's very first completely Unleaded petrol station, seen in 1989 on Park Road, NW8 London. Customers' cars able to use this newly-introduced fuel such as this Volvo, Volkswagen Golf and Saab could use this station to use the commercially-available cleaner fuel.
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  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert, a complete set of main landing gear undercarriage stands upright amid a field of similar items from airliners at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world's retired civil airliners is decided by age or cooling economy. Cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium is worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • 1990s British customs and immigration officials and a French Gendarme await the arrival of the first people to have crossed from France to the British mainland on the occasion of the Channel Tunnel bores breaking through, on 1st December 1990, in Folkestone, Kent England.
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  • Detail of double-glazing window frames outside a glazier shop in a south London street.
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  • Detail of double-glazing window frames outside a glazier shop in a south London street.
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  • A theatrical joke about bureaucracy between French and British comedians at an event to mark the opening of the Channel Tunnel produces this quirky scene where each country's officials are seated at a long table, dressed in British flags, to symbolise the controls on human traffic that will soon pass through the tunnel beneath the sea between England and France, the first physical link between these two land masses since the Ice Age. Wearing smart uniforms, French immigration police and Gendarmes sit among British customs and immigration officials who, rather comically wear yellow hard hats because Health and Safety laws make the wearing of protective headgear compulsory on construction sites. A frontier control point notice stands for the benefit of viewers who might otherwise be guessing what is going on.
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  • A 1990s exterior of Bush House, 21st June 2018, in London, England. The BBC World Service occupied four wings of the building. Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand in London, previously served as the headquarters of the BBC World Service. Broadcasting from Bush House lasted for 70 years, from winter 1941 to summer 2012. Sections of Bush House were completed and opened over a period of 10 years: Centre Block was opened in 1925, North-West Wing in 1928, North-East Wing in 1929, South-East Wing in 1930, and South-West Wing in 1935. The full building complex was completed in 1935. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • 1990s staff of the BBC work at the broadcaster's World Service station, 21st June 2018, in London, England. The BBC World Service occupied four wings of the building. Broadcasting from Bush House lasted for 70 years, from winter 1941 to summer 2012. Sections of Bush House were completed and opened over a period of 10 years: Centre Block was opened in 1925, North-West Wing in 1928, North-East Wing in 1929, South-East Wing in 1930, and South-West Wing in 1935. The full building complex was completed in 1935. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A 1990s exterior of Bush House, 21st June 2018, in London, England. The BBC World Service occupied four wings of the building. Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand in London, previously served as the headquarters of the BBC World Service. Broadcasting from Bush House lasted for 70 years, from winter 1941 to summer 2012. Sections of Bush House were completed and opened over a period of 10 years: Centre Block was opened in 1925, North-West Wing in 1928, North-East Wing in 1929, South-East Wing in 1930, and South-West Wing in 1935. The full building complex was completed in 1935. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Three soldier recruits wearing shorts and black army boots, one with blood trickling down from the knees to the shins, stand at ease, lined up for inspection after the rigorous steeple-chase endurance race, an individual test with candidates running against the clock over a 1.8 mile cross country course. The course features a number of 'water obstacles' and having completed the cross country element, candidates must negotiate and 'Assault Course' to complete the test. This forms part of  the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret. A plastic bottle of water stands between recruit number three (3) and six (6).
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  • Seen through an aperture of a construction hoarding, workmen continue work within the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral where the new north entrance will be completed soon, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • The columns of St. Paul's Cathedral and the statue of Queen Anne in the forecourt of this famous London landmark, on 16th September 2020, in London, England. The statue is a copy of a 1712 sculpture by Francis Bird in Carrara marble which formerly stood at the same location. Queen Anne was the ruling British monarch when the new St Paul's Cathedral was completed in 1710.
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  • Church seating pews are marked with ticks and crosses marking where parishioners are allowed to sit according to Coronavirus pandemic lockdown guidelines in St. Peter and St. Paul's church, on 9th July 2020, in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. At the moment, indoor religious gatherings are still banned though private prayer is allowed. Completed in 1525, the church is excessively large for the size of the village and with a tower standing 141 ft (43 m) high it lays claim to being the highest village church tower in Britain.
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  • A young man in his twenties shows his completed sample to army personnel from the rear seat of a car after a self-administered Coronavirus (COVID-19) test (inserting a swab into the nose and throat) in south London. There are four steps to the self-administered Covid-19 test which the public works through in their car, and with communications with army personnel via phone or through closed windows, in a south London leisure centre, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The kit provided consists of a booklet, plastic bag, swab, vial, bar codes and a sealable biohazard bag. The swab sample is taken from the back of the throat and nasal passage with the contents sealed and returned to soldiers through a narrow window. The whole process takes between 5-10mins with results available with 48hrs.
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  • Pedestrians walk beneath the Gothic arches of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, on 11th march 2020, in London, England. Designed by George Edmund Street, who died before it was completed, it is a large grey stone edifice in the Victorian Gothic style built in the 1870s and opened by Queen Victoria in 1882. It is one of the largest courts in Europe.
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  • An exterior of Lunar House, the headquarters of 'UK Visas and Immigration', a division of the Home Office on Wellesley Road, Croydon, on 20th January 2020, in Croydon, London, England. Lunar House was completed in 1970, inspired by the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon in 1969.
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  • An exterior of Lunar House, the headquarters of 'UK Visas and Immigration', a division of the Home Office on Wellesley Road, Croydon, on 20th January 2020, in Croydon, London, England. Lunar House was completed in 1970, inspired by the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon in 1969.
    croydon_journey-25-20-01-2020.jpg
  • Apartments occupy former docks warehouses at Butler's Wharf on Shad Thames in the south London borough of Bermondsey SE1, on 16th January, London, England. Butler's Wharf was a shipping wharf and warehouse complex, accommodating goods unloaded from ships using the port of London, completed in 1873. Shad Thames is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. In the 19th century, the area included the largest warehouse complex in London.
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  • Cycling tourists listen to their guide beneath the statue of philosopher David Hume (1711 -1776), in Edinburgh, on 25th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Completed in 1995 by sculptor Sandy Stoddart, it is situated in front of the High Court Building (formally the Sheriff Court) on the Royal Mile.
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  • Having completed his urban run through the City of London the capital's financial capital, an office worker stretches against the exterior wall of his place of work, on 13th May, in London, England.
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  • As traffic zooms past, the art installation called 'House' stands alone on a now-empty and house-less East London street, on 2nd December 1993, in London, England. The contours of the structure have been inverted to reveal an inside-out version of the original building. It is a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian terraced house completed in autumn 1993 and exhibited at the location of the original property -- 193 Grove Road -- in East London (all the houses in the street had earlier been knocked down by the council). Created by the artist Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) this is her best-known sculpture. It won her the Turner Prize (the first woman to do so) for best young British artist in 1993 before being controversially demolished by the council in January 1994.
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  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
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  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-05-05-10-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-02-05-10-2017.jpg
  • The Muses Stair and glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The roof is graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-17-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie at the top of the Muses Stair below the glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The royal portraits of Napoleon Empress Eugenie, were gifted to the East India Company in gratitude of its benefaction to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. The roof is an octagonal glass dome, graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
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  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-10-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
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  • Pro-Europe protesters display the EU flag in front of Parliament and a passing tour bus after the last chimes of Big Ben were controversially silenced by the repair project that is scheduled to be completed by 2021, on 21st August 2017, in London, England.
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  • Pro-Europe protesters display the EU flag in front of Parliament and a passing tour bus after the last chimes of Big Ben were controversially silenced by the repair project that is scheduled to be completed by 2021, on 21st August 2017, in London, England.
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  • Pro-Europe protesters display the EU flag in front of Parliament and a passing tour bus after the last chimes of Big Ben were controversially silenced by the repair project that is scheduled to be completed by 2021, on 21st August 2017, in London, England.
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  • Crowds gather by the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square to hear the last chimes of Big Ben, the giant bell in Elizabeth Tower that rings across London, before its controversial silencing, except for special occasions, by the repair project that is scheduled to be completed by 2021, on 21st August 2017, in London, England.
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  • Visitors tour conical 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
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  • Visitors climb and descend the steep gradient of 225 steps, 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
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  • Visitors climb and descend the steep gradient of 225 steps, 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-33-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Visitors climb and descend the steep gradient of 225 steps, 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-32-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Visitors climb and descend the steep gradient of 225 steps, 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
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  • Visitors on the top of  the 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-28-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Visitors climb and descend the steep gradient of 225 steps, 43 metre high Waterloo Lion's battlefield Mound, on 25th March 2017, at Waterloo, Belgium. The Lion's Mound (Butte du Lion is a large conical artificial hill completed in 1826. It commemorates the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle. From the summit, the hill offers a 360 degree vista of the battlefield. The Battle of Waterloo was fought 18 June 1815. A French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, resulting in 41,000 casualties.
    waterloo_battlefield-25-25-03-2017.jpg
  • Silhouetted security railings featuring spikes and Elizabeth Tower of the British parliament, on 17th January 2017, in London England. The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style, completed in 1858 and is one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England.
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  • Exterior of windows, lanterns and architecture of the Palace of Westinster, the seat of the British parliament and where its MPs work, on 17th January 2017, in London England. The old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834 and its replacement was built in a Neo-gothic style, completed in 1858 and is one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England.
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  • A detail of neo-Gothic architecture of the British Houses of Parliament, seat of the UK's government, on 17th January 2017, in London England. The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England.
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  • The Elizabeth Tower of the British Houses of Parliament, the seat of the UK's government, on 17th January 2017, in London England. The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England.
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  • The statue of Sir Robert Peel and the British Houses of Parliament, on 17th January 2017, in Parliament Square, London England. The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style, completed in 1858 and is one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England. Sir Robert Peel, was a British statesman and member of the Conservative Party, served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and twice as Home Secretary. He created the modern police force and officers known as "bobbies" and "peelers"
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  • Beneath tall columns and pillars is the altar and crucifix in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca), on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis (Dennis) who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • The vaulted roof and tall columns in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca), on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis (Dennis) who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A trinkets stallholder pushes his cart towards arriving tourists in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A young Egyptian family walk away from the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.  The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt549-10-03-2016.jpg
  • A young Egyptian man on a horse passes in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt548-10-03-2016.jpg
  • n Egyptian tourist take photos under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Tourist groups stand and photograph beneath the giant columns in the Solar Court of Amenhotep III, at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Egyptian women under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Massive stitting colossus in the Court of Ramesses II at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Tall Colossi in the Court of Ramesses II at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Tourist groups stand and photograph beneath the giant colossi at the entrance of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Young Egyptians pass in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple with the Mosque of Abu el-Haggag's, far right, Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A party of schoolgirls gather to look at tourist trinkets in the main square in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt97-02-03-2016.jpg
  • A party of schoolgirls gather to look at tourist trinkets in the main square in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt96-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Egyptian tourists buy snacks from a local man in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.  The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt95-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Ironwork and clock hanging from the roof of Smithfield meat and poultry market in Clerkenwell, London. Smithfield Market, a Grade II listed-covered market building, was designed by Victorian architect Sir Horace Jones, completed in November 1868 at a cost of £993,816 (£80 million at 2015 prices).
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  • Ironwork and clock hanging from the roof of Smithfield meat and poultry market in Clerkenwell, London. Smithfield Market, a Grade II listed-covered market building, was designed by Victorian architect Sir Horace Jones, completed in November 1868 at a cost of £993,816 (£80 million at 2015 prices).
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  • Christ’s Chapel of God’s Gift at Dulwich, located in the heart of Dulwich Village, the first of Edward Alleyn’s foundation buildings to be completed, being consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 1 September 1616.
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  • The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, is an early US skyscraper, designed in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Cass Gilbert for the company's new corporate headquarters on Broadway,  opposite City Hall. Originally designed to be 420 feet (130 m) high, the building was eventually elevated to 792 feet (241 m). At its opening, the Woolworth Building was 60 stories tall and had over 5,000 windows.
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  • Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beautiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A jogger runs past  the elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
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  • Two Londoners walk past an illustration of future office development of the Leadenhall Building by the Brookfield Multiplex construction company at 100 Bishopsgate in the financial district City of London. Looking up to see the rise of the mammoth buildings already in use, the newest site grows upwards to occupy the empty location. The Brookfield Multiplex builds, engineers, develops and maintains property and infrastructure around the world. Over the past five decades we have successfully completed over 726 major projects, with a combined value of over $27.5 billion in Australasia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The 100 Bishopsgate development will become one of the most significant new commercial office buildings in the City comprising 3 buildings totalling c815,000sf NIA.
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  • A Londoner walks beneath an illustration of future office development of the Leadenhall Building by the Brookfield Multiplex construction company at 100 Bishopsgate in the financial district City of London. Looking up to see the rise of the mammoth buildings already in use, the newest site grows upwards to occupy the empty location. The Brookfield Multiplex builds, engineers, develops and maintains property and infrastructure around the world. Over the past five decades we have successfully completed over 726 major projects, with a combined value of over $27.5 billion in Australasia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The 100 Bishopsgate development will become one of the most significant new commercial office buildings in the City comprising 3 buildings totalling c815,000sf NIA.
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  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
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  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
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  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest10-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest07-11-07-2013.jpg
  • A Londoner walk beneath illustrations of future office development of the Leadenhall Building by the Brookfield Multiplex construction company at 100 Bishopsgate in the financial district City of London. Looking up to see the rise of the mammoth buildings already in use, the newest site grows upwards to occupy the empty location. The Brookfield Multiplex builds, engineers, develops and maintains property and infrastructure around the world. Over the past five decades we have successfully completed over 726 major projects, with a combined value of over $27.5 billion in Australasia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The 100 Bishopsgate development will become one of the most significant new commercial office buildings in the City comprising 3 buildings totalling c815,000sf NIA.
    leadenhall_development01-12-03-2013.jpg
  • A portrait of Britain's first lady deacon, Christine Farrington at Salisbury Cathedral. Standing outside the grand architecture of this fine English structure. Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions the "diaconate", the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others it is for laity. The word "deacon" is derived from the Greek word diakonos, standard ancient Greek for "servant", "waiting-man", "minister" or "messenger". Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
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  • A detail of the clock face to the Elizabeth Tower in London. It's close to 4pm and we see the hands and neo-Gothic design. The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year - was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England,
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  • The celebrated tomb of Polish-born composerFrédéric François Chopin in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in ?elazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20.
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  • One of the 26 giant seating stand blocks seen before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The £31 million project was finished on schedule and was the first newly-constructed Olympic venue to be completed.
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  • One of the 26 giant seating stand blocks seen before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The £31 million project was finished on schedule and was the first newly-constructed Olympic venue to be completed.
    canoe_slalom33-29-07-2012.jpg
  • One of the 26 giant seating stand blocks seen before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The £31 million project was finished on schedule and was the first newly-constructed Olympic venue to be completed.
    canoe_slalom34-29-07-2012.jpg
  • An elderly retired couple dance on the wide but darkly lit dance floor at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, England. They are the only dancers in the empty dance space, except for the Wurlitzer organist who is playing his accompanying music at the front of the stage, in a pool of bright light. We are looking down from a balcony high above and the husband and wife are pausing during their dance routine, stopping just long enough to register as sharp figures in the picture. The light is orange and red because of the tungsten light source. The Ballroom is the traditional home of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ and complemented by the 3 Deck Wersi - the world's most advanced organ. The Wersi is a state-of-the-art Louvre organ which is played by the resident organists in this magnificent setting. The present interior of the Blackpool Tower circus  was created by the famous theatre designer, Frank Matcham and completed in 1900.
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  • An elderly retired couple dance on the wide but darkly lit dance floor at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, England. They are the only dancers in the empty dance space, except for the Wurlitzer organist who is playing his accompanying music at the front of the stage, in a pool of bright light. We are looking down from a balcony high above and the husband and wife are pausing during their dance routine, stopping just long enough to register as sharp figures in the picture. The light is orange and red because of the tungsten light source. The Ballroom is the traditional home of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ and complemented by the 3 Deck Wersi - the world's most advanced organ. The Wersi is a state-of-the-art Louvre organ which is played by the resident organists in this magnificent setting. The present interior of the Blackpool Tower circus  was created by the famous theatre designer, Frank Matcham and completed in 1900.
    ballroom1-29-07-1993.jpg
  • A boy soldier has collapsed on the ground suffering from fatigue and dehydration on a rigorous march conducted as a squad of soldier recruits, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. Two senior trainers haul the buy up who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Tourists stand on a narrow platform near the top of Brunelleschi's Dome, seen from the adjecent Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile) in Florence. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
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  • Brunelleschi's Dome seen from Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile).The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ..
    florence_italy97-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Tourists gaze upwards to the Baptistry of San Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral. ..The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.
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  • Tourist stands overlooking city of Florence on Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile) in Florence..She has climbed 414 steps up 84.7 meters (277.9 ft) high Gioto's Belltower (or campanile) of Duomo Cathedral. .The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site .
    florence_italy109-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Tourists stand on a narrow platform near the top of Brunelleschi's Dome, seen from the adjecent Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile) in Florence. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
    florence_italy103-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Tourists stand opposite Brunelleschi's Dome on Giotto's Bell Tower (campanile) in Florence..They have climbed 414 steps up 84.7 meters (277.9 ft) high Gioto's Belltower (or campanile) of Duomo Cathedral. .The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site .
    florence_italy101-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Seen through a fisheye lens, we see an aerial view of the city of Florence (Firenze) as a lady tourist surveys the urban landscape using a tourist map. She has climbed the 84.7 meters (277.9 ft) high Gioto's Belltower (or campanile) of Duomo Cathedral. Due to the nature of the extreme-wide lens, the curvature of the horizon makes a global sort of perspective. Far below are the tiled rooftops of this Italian city's housing and properties and further into the distance are the green fields of Tuscany. On the marble ledge that is unguarded against accidental or intentional leaps, there is the graffiti of world tourism. The languages of world youth are written on this Renaissance building. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo), begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to designs of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436
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  • As traffic zooms past, the art installation called 'House' stands alone on a now-empty and house-less East London street. Oddly, the contours of the structure have been inverted to reveal an inside-out version of the original building. It is a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian terraced house completed in autumn 1993 and exhibited at the location of the original property -- 193 Grove Road -- in East London (all the houses in the street had earlier been knocked down by the council). Created by the artist Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) this is her best-known sculpture. It won her the Turner Prize (the first woman to do so) for best young British artist in 1993. Here we see 'House' next to a lamp post which throws down it's light on a winter evening, before it was controversially demolished by the council in January 1994.
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  • Standing with a mother and child and in a recreation of the Oval Office, the waxwork figure of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama stands in London's Madame Tussauds waxwork museum on the day of his inauguration. Long before the actual election took place, models of both Obama and political opponent, John McCain were researched from thousands of photographs and 500 body measurements and prepared from clay, taking 20 dedicated sculptors 4 months to prepare. Only the eventual victor was completed using wax and real organic hair. On Obama's inauguration day, US citizens were allowed free entry to the museum which is now Britain's most visited tourist attraction.
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  • A family just arrived from Chennai (India) drags heavy suitcases from the carousel in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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