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  • Among medieval statues, a guitarist and street busker perform for passing tourists in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. Dressed in white to echo the medieval figures of city officials that stand in porticos of the main Uffizi building, a man will hug any visitor who wishes to have their photo taken alongside, for the price of a few Euros. Meanwhile, to his right, the musician plays classical songs on his acoustic instrument where its sound travels around this street corner, his notes rebounding from the solid stone walls and pillars.
    florence_italy59-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Medieval streets of Montresor in the French Indre-et-Loire region.
    montresor_village02-08-07-2014.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-126-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-123-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Medieval barn and grazing hoses in rural village of Neron, Eure-et-Loir, France.
    france_farmhouse03-27-06-2014.jpg
  • The shadow of a tourist is seen across a central pillar covered in graffiti on Ponte Vecchio that crosses River Arno, Florence. The names of past visitors are etched on the medieval plaster and beyond is a rower who sculls upstream on the river towards the boating club that lies just beyond the bridge at the water's edge. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy79-22-10-2010.jpg
  • An Asian tour group admires renaissance statues in Florence's Piazza della Signoria. With the tall marble replica statue of Neptune in the background as well as the mounted figure of Cosimo Medici on his horse to the left, the tourists are listening to the amplified commentary of their leader who tells them about the history of this city and its context within the medieval world of art and trade.  The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
    florence_italy137-23-10-2010.jpg
  • The medieval vaulted ceiling in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England.
    herefordshire-28-23-06-2019.jpg
  • Looking through a window of ther old chapel in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the N portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba)...http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennygown/index.html
    isle_of_mull316-21-11-2011.jpg
  • The Abbey of Sante-Marie D'Orbieu in the pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 24th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-74-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Aerial landscape of old houses and tiled roofs of the Portuguese capital Lisbon's medieval and Moorish Alfama district.
    lisbon_rooftops-21-03-1994.jpg
  • The early school bus crosses one of the bridges at the pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 23rd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-51-24-05-2017.jpg
  • Tourist graffiti scrawled on central pillar of Florence's Ponte Vecchio..The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge.
    florence_italy22-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Closed wooden shutters in the late sunshine in pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 23rd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-48-23-05-2017.jpg
  • Looking through a window of ther old chapel in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the N portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba)...http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennygown/index.html
    isle_of_mull316-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Italian lovers cuddle on the central span of Florence's Ponte Vecchio..The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge.
    florence_italy81-22-10-2010.jpg
  • The reflections of renaissance statues of Hercules and David are seen reflected in builder's van parked adjecent to the Piazza della Signoria in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. A 16th century portrait of a medieval nobleman or official rises above the vehicle and a yellow compressor is seen behind. Top left is the Uffizi art gallery that houses many national treasures but this is a scene of an urban dystopia where construction forever interferes with the cultural idyll that visitors from around the world come to see. The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. The Hercules and Cacus is a work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525-1534) and the David is Michelangelo's replica, now also in the Uffizi.
    florence_italy56-22-10-2010.jpg
  • The reflections of renaissance statues of Hercules and David are seen reflected in builder's van parked adjecent to the Piazza della Signoria in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. A 16th century portrait of a medieval nobleman or official rises above the vehicle and a yellow compressor is seen behind. Top left is the Uffizi art gallery that houses many national treasures but this is a scene of an urban dystopia where construction forever interferes with the cultural idyll that visitors from around the world come to see. The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. The Hercules and Cacus is a work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525-1534) and the David is Michelangelo's replica, now also in the Uffizi.
    florence_italy57-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A European tour group admires renaissance statue copies in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria. Standing beneath the taller piece entitled 'Rape of the Sabine Women' is by the Flemish artist Jean de Boulogne, better known by his Italianized name Giambologna and the visitors to this medieval city tour the cultural landmarks beneath gothic arches and replica artworks. The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street, three bays wide and one bay deep.
    florence_italy46-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A European tour group admires renaissance statue copies in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria. Standing beneath the taller piece entitled 'Rape of the Sabine Women' is by the Flemish artist Jean de Boulogne, better known by his Italianized name Giambologna and the visitors to this medieval city tour the cultural landmarks beneath gothic arches and replica artworks. The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street, three bays wide and one bay deep.
    florence_italy44-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Important City of London figures, one time Lord Mayor of London Dick Whittington and Thomas Gresham. Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423) was a medieval merchant and politician, and the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington. He was four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London. In his lifetime he financed a number of public projects, such as drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers. He bequeathed his fortune to form the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington which, nearly 600 years later, continues to assist people in need. He knew three of the five kings who reigned during his lifetime. Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 - 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sisters, Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.
    guildhall_glass01-23-09-2012.jpg
  • A detail of the medieval rood screen in the Church of St. Michael's, Aylsham which survived Puritan reformers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England. The rood screen was freshly gilded and painted in the early 16th Century but badly damaged by puritan reformers although sixteen painted figures can still be seen. The Church of St Michael and all Angels, Aylsham, Norfolk is a church of medieval origins that was built in the 14th century under the patronage of John of Gaunt, lord of the manor of Aylsham.
    aylsham_church09-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The river Coquet passes beneath the two spans of the 14th century medieval Warworth old Bridge, on a misty autumnal morning, on 26th September 2017, in Warkworth, Northumberland, England. Warkworth is a village in Northumberland, England. It is probably best known for its well-preserved medieval castle, church and hermitage.
    warkworth-02-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-125-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-124-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Medieval streets of Montresor in the French Indre-et-Loire region.
    montresor_village01-08-07-2014.jpg
  • A heraldic official and a knight depict local historical events, both medieval figures appearing in stained glass windows part of an auction held by Bonhams of the contents of Stokesay Court, the oldest fortified estate house in Britain originating in the late 13th century.It is at present in the hands of English Heritage. It's a Grade I listed Victorian mansion that was locked up for decades before being sold off after the last member of the rich industrialist family of John Derby-Allcroft whose ancestors could no longer afford the property's upkeep. Its contents of almost pristine collection of Victoriana personal effects and furniture, clothing, and memorabilia that was largely stored away from the fading and deteriorating qualities of daylight.
    stained_glass001-11-03-1994.jpg
  • Stained glass images of important historic medieval figures from the City of London's history, seen in the Guildhall.
    guildhall_glass04-23-09-2012.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-127-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Warm light from an overhead street lamp, illuminates deserted medieval cobbled streets, on 26th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-122-26-05-2017.jpg
  • Stained glass images of important historic medieval figures from the City of London's history, seen in the Guildhall.
    guildhall_glass03-23-09-2012.jpg
  • The shadow of a tourist is seen across a central pillar covered in graffiti on Ponte Vecchio that crosses River Arno, Florence. The names of past visitors are etched on the medieval plaster and beyond is a rower who sculls upstream on the river towards the boating club that lies just beyond the bridge at the water's edge. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy80-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Decaying medieval gate house once near city walls, now in Piazza Guiseppe Poggi on Florence's south bank.
    florence_italy120-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Dawn light on the stone hump-backed bridge in the pretty medieval walled village of Lagrasse, on 23rd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-72-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Two 17th century slabs, each 2.00m in length, bearing full-length effigies of a man and woman in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the N portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba)...http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennygown/index.html
    isle_of_mull312-21-11-2011.jpg
  • An Asian tour group admires renaissance statues in Florence's Piazza della Signoria. With the tall marble replica statue of Neptune in the background as well as the mounted figure of Cosimo Medici on his horse to the left, the tourists are listening to the amplified commentary of their leader who tells them about the history of this city and its context within the medieval world of art and trade.  The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
    florence_italy136-23-10-2010.jpg
  • The Abbey of Sante-Marie D'Orbieu in the pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 24th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-62-24-05-2017.jpg
  • A man dressed in the armor of a medieval Japanese Samurai warrior on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    yellow_sleeves-01-04-05-2017.jpg
  • Shoppers browse the many jewellers shop displays on Florence's Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe's oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants.
    florence_italy76-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A single figure walks between houses each side of narrow medieval streets, on 22nd May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-27-22-05-2017.jpg
  • A man dressed in the armor of a medieval Japanese Samurai warrior on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    yellow_sleeves-02-04-05-2017.jpg
  • Suit of medieval armour and sign for the Tower of London's Welcome Centre.
    uk_tourism03-05-08-2014.jpg
  • An old City of London street sign for Poultry EC2 beneath a rusting police bylaws sign on a late 1980s brick wall. Before the older signage was replaced in the mid-1990s for more modern architecture, these signs will have disappeared or available through vintage auctions. Poultry is a short street in the City of London. It is an eastern continuation of Cheapside, between Old Jewry and Mansion House Street, near Bank junction. It takes its name, like other medieval roads nearby such as Milk Street and Bread Street, from the various produce once sold at Cheapside, meaning "market-place" in Old English. The street gave its name to a prison, Poultry Compter, once located there.
    city_sign-12-04-1989.jpg
  • Tourist uses camera to record details of a medieval fresco by the Italian artist Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli.
    louvre_paris05-17-08-2012.jpg
  • Italian ATAF bus service passes close medieval wall in side street near Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
    florence_italy117-23-10-2010.jpg
  • The Abbey of Sante-Marie D'Orbieu in the pretty French medieval walled village of Lagrasse on the River Orbieu, on 24th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-64-24-05-2017.jpg
  • An elderly Spanish lady walks towards a strong setting sun that shines through an old medieval street in the beautiful town of Valldemossa in north-west Majorca, one of the Balearic Island. She leans forward, striding with a quick pace while holding a traditional fan called an abanico. Valldemossa is at 400 kilometres above sea level, the highest community on the island and in the middle of the valley of Sierra de Tramuntana. Part of the village goes up into the mountain slope and sits on the slopes of the Tramuntana mountains. The town gained some sort of fame when Polish composer Frederic Chopin came and stayed at the Carthusian monastery (Cartoixa Reial) with his lover George Sand in the winter of 1838-39.
    mallorca04-21-06-2001.jpg
  • The reflections of renaissance statues of Hercules and David are seen reflected in builder's van parked adjecent to the Piazza della Signoria in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. A 16th century portrait of a medieval nobleman or official rises above the vehicle and a yellow compressor is seen behind. Top left is the Uffizi art gallery that houses many national treasures but this is a scene of an urban dystopia where construction forever interferes with the cultural idyll that visitors from around the world come to see. The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. The Hercules and Cacus is a work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525-1534) and the David is Michelangelo's replica, now also in the Uffizi.
    florence_italy58-22-10-2010.jpg
  • The reflections of renaissance statues of Hercules and David are seen reflected in builder's van parked adjecent to the Piazza della Signoria in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. A 16th century portrait of a medieval nobleman or official rises above the vehicle and a yellow compressor is seen behind. Top left is the Uffizi art gallery that houses many national treasures but this is a scene of an urban dystopia where construction forever interferes with the cultural idyll that visitors from around the world come to see. The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. The Hercules and Cacus is a work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525-1534) and the David is Michelangelo's replica, now also in the Uffizi.
    florence_italy55-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A European tour group admires renaissance statue copies in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria. Standing beneath the taller piece entitled 'Rape of the Sabine Women' is by the Flemish artist Jean de Boulogne, better known by his Italianized name Giambologna and the visitors to this medieval city tour the cultural landmarks beneath gothic arches and replica artworks. The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street, three bays wide and one bay deep.
    florence_italy45-22-10-2010.jpg
  • All Hallows-by-the-Tower church and modern architecture of Tower Place glas atrium. All Hallows-by-the-Tower, also previously dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin[1] and sometimes known as All Hallows Barking, is an ancient Anglican church on Byward Street in the City of London, overlooking the Tower of London. Founded in 675, it is one of the oldest churches in London, and contains inside a 7th-century Saxon arch with recycled Roman tiles, the oldest surviving piece of church fabric in the city. (St. Pancras Parish Church in King's Cross has been a place of Christian worship since the sixth century.)
    city_church02-10-03-2015.jpg
  • In afternoon heat, baked hard paint textures on village closed wooden shutters, on 25th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    homps_france-07-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Locals sit in afternoon sunshine beneath the tall outer wall of Hexham's Moot Hall, on 29th September 2017, in Hexham, Northumberland, England. Originally, this gatehouse guarded the hall of the archbishops of York who were the Lords of the manor of Hexham for nearly 500 years until 1545. In later centuries the gatehouse became the setting for the Quarter Sessions of county magistrates and for the meetings of the town's Borough Courts, Since then it has been called the Moot Hall.
    hexham-01-29-09-2017.jpg
  • Local signpost showing nearby village milage and the ruins of Cistercian Byland Abbey. Located near Coxwold and Oldstead and on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, Byland Abbey was described in the late 12th century as one of the shining lights of northern monasticism. The abbey rose to be one of the largest of the Savigniac order in Britain and the remains of the buildings, particularly the great church, are significant in the development of northern architecture in the second half of the 12th century. Sacked by a Scots army after the battle of Shaws Moor in 1322, it was destroyed in the Dissolution of abbeys and monasteries by Henry VIII in 1538; the buildings then became ruinous and a source of building stone for local people.
    byland_abbey05-30-09-2014.jpg
  • Behind the viewer, tourists gaze upwards to the Baptistry of San Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral. Hundreds of worldwide visitors tour the Piazza San Giovanni to see the Duomo and Giotto's Belltower. The dramatic 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.
    florence_italy66-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian mother and child and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy166-24-10-2010.jpg
  • The ruined arches of St Alphage church and the modernist St. Alphage Highwalk on London Wall in the City of London, on 4th September 2020, in London, England. The earliest mention of St. Alphage goes back to the 1100s but was closed by act of Parliament in the late 1500s, one of the many victims of the dissolution of the monasteries - then damaged further in the Blitz.
    city_walkways11-04-09-2020.jpg
  • Classical guitarist plays totourists in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi
    florence_italy134-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Locals sit in afternoon sunshine beneath the tall outer wall of Hexham's Moot Hall, on 29th September 2017, in Hexham, Northumberland, England. Originally, this gatehouse guarded the hall of the archbishops of York who were the Lords of the manor of Hexham for nearly 500 years until 1545. In later centuries the gatehouse became the setting for the Quarter Sessions of county magistrates and for the meetings of the town's Borough Courts, Since then it has been called the Moot Hall.
    hexham-06-29-09-2017.jpg
  • Locals sit in afternoon sunshine beneath the tall outer wall of Hexham's Moot Hall, on 29th September 2017, in Hexham, Northumberland, England. Originally, this gatehouse guarded the hall of the archbishops of York who were the Lords of the manor of Hexham for nearly 500 years until 1545. In later centuries the gatehouse became the setting for the Quarter Sessions of county magistrates and for the meetings of the town's Borough Courts, Since then it has been called the Moot Hall.
    hexham-04-29-09-2017.jpg
  • The ruins of the Cistercian order's Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
    rievaulx_abbey10-29-09-2014.jpg
  • The ruins of the Cistercian order's Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
    rievaulx_abbey06-29-09-2014.jpg
  • Artist paints for tourists and Carabinieri officers patrol in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi..
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  • Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's exibition posters over modern Italian women in Piazza Strozzi..Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa..
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  • 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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  • Modern Italian family and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. The poster advertises the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
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  • A young Italian woman sits on a ledge outside the Piazza Strozzi in central Renaissance city of Florence. Above her are giant posters advertising the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
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  • In afternoon heat, baked hard paint textures on village closed wooden shutters and doorway, on 26th May, 2017, in Villerouge-Termenes, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
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  • The protected UNESCO World heritage Site at the Grand Beguinage in the historic city of Leuven, on 24th March 2017, in Belgium. The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets south of the city. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining béguinages in the Low Countries. Founded in 1232, it was a community for women (Beguines), widows or spinsters wishing for a religious but independent life. It is now an area for professors, students and staff of Leuven University.
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  • Dozens of Florence postcards are seen on a rack in Piazza Santa Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral. Various views of theis city's landscapes and scenes are seen: The Duomo cathedral; Brunelleschi's Dome; Michelangelo's David statue; renaissance paintings in the Uffizi, the Ponte Vecchio and even the Leaning Tower of Pisa are all represented here - proof that the postcard is still a memento that tourists who come to foreign cities still currently wish to send friends and relatives, in the digital age.
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  • Modern Italian people and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545.The poster advertises the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
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  • In afternoon heat, baked hard paint textures on village closed wooden shutters, on 25th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-89-25-05-2017.jpg
  • The protected UNESCO World heritage Site at the Grand Beguinage in the historic city of Leuven, on 24th March 2017, in Belgium. The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets south of the city. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining béguinages in the Low Countries. Founded in 1232, it was a community for women (Beguines), widows or spinsters wishing for a religious but independent life. It is now an area for professors, students and staff of Leuven University.
    leuven_beguinhof-08-24-03-2017.jpg
  • Louis Vuitton shop window with relflection of Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's exibition posters in Piazza Strozzi. The poster advertises the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
    florence_italy156-24-10-2010.jpg
  • The ruined arches of St Alphage church and the modernist St. Alphage Highwalk on London Wall in the City of London, on 4th September 2020, in London, England. The earliest mention of St. Alphage goes back to the 1100s but was closed by act of Parliament in the late 1500s, one of the many victims of the dissolution of the monasteries - then damaged further in the Blitz.
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  • Now a peaceful and idyllic farmland landscape, also the battlefield of the Battle of Flooden, on 28th June 2019, in Branxton, Northumberland, England. The Battle of Flodden Field was undoubtedly the most famous confrontation between the English and Scots ever fought on English soil. It took place eight miles to the north west of Wooler near the village of Branxton on September 9th, 1513 in the reign of Henry VIII. Approximately 10,000 Scots and 5,000 English were slaughtered.
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  • Locals sit in afternoon sunshine beneath the tall outer wall of Hexham's Moot Hall, on 29th September 2017, in Hexham, Northumberland, England. Originally, this gatehouse guarded the hall of the archbishops of York who were the Lords of the manor of Hexham for nearly 500 years until 1545. In later centuries the gatehouse became the setting for the Quarter Sessions of county magistrates and for the meetings of the town's Borough Courts, Since then it has been called the Moot Hall.
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  • The pre-Romanesque tower of the Abbey of Sante-Marie D'Orbieu and the church of Saint-Michel, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-21-21-05-2017.jpg
  • The protected UNESCO World heritage Site at the Grand Beguinage in the historic city of Leuven, on 24th March 2017, in Belgium. The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets south of the city. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining béguinages in the Low Countries. Founded in 1232, it was a community for women (Beguines), widows or spinsters wishing for a religious but independent life. It is now an area for professors, students and staff of Leuven University.
    leuven_beguinhof-03-24-03-2017.jpg
  • The ruins of the Cistercian order's Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
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  • A street busker dressed as a crusader stands silent and motionless outside the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Sq.
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  • Tired and disappointed tourists and a pretend Egyptian pharaoh busker stand awaiting custom in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. In the darker covered galleries and streets around Florence's Uffizi galleries, the two young visitors sit looking exhausted and disillusioned, also possibly overwhelmed by the amount of culture and art in this renaissance city. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. It is housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, a palazzo in Florence, Italy.
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  • Tourists beneath renaissance art construction poster  in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. .
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  • The ruined arches of St Alphage church and the modernist walkway above London Wall in the City of London, on 4th September 2020, in London, England. The earliest mention of St. Alphage goes back to the 1100s but was closed by act of Parliament in the late 1500s, one of the many victims of the dissolution of the monasteries - then damaged further in the Blitz.
    city_walkways08-04-09-2020.jpg
  • The protected UNESCO World heritage Site at the Grand Beguinage in the historic city of Leuven, on 24th March 2017, in Belgium. The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets south of the city. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining béguinages in the Low Countries. Founded in 1232, it was a community for women (Beguines), widows or spinsters wishing for a religious but independent life. It is now an area for professors, students and staff of Leuven University.
    leuven_beguinhof-07-24-03-2017.jpg
  • The protected UNESCO World heritage Site at the Grand Beguinage in the historic city of Leuven, on 24th March 2017, in Belgium. The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets south of the city. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining béguinages in the Low Countries. Founded in 1232, it was a community for women (Beguines), widows or spinsters wishing for a religious but independent life. It is now an area for professors, students and staff of Leuven University.
    leuven_beguinhof-05-24-03-2017.jpg
  • Postcards rack in Piazza Santa Giovanni beneath Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral.
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  • Fountain of Neptune statue in pink lighting in Piazza della Signoria..
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  • The tomb of King John (1167-1216) in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II.
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  • In afternoon heat, baked hard paint textures on village closed wooden shutters, on 25th May, 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-87-25-05-2017.jpg
  • The ruins of the Cistercian order's Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
    rievaulx_abbey12-29-09-2014.jpg
  • Modern Italian mother and child and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy165-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian women and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy163-24-10-2010.jpg
  • All Hallows-by-the-Tower church and modern architecture of Tower Place glas atrium. All Hallows-by-the-Tower, also previously dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin[1] and sometimes known as All Hallows Barking, is an ancient Anglican church on Byward Street in the City of London, overlooking the Tower of London. Founded in 675, it is one of the oldest churches in London, and contains inside a 7th-century Saxon arch with recycled Roman tiles, the oldest surviving piece of church fabric in the city. (St. Pancras Parish Church in King's Cross has been a place of Christian worship since the sixth century.)
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  • In afternoon heat, baked hard paint textures on village closed wooden shutters, on 26th May, 2017, in Villerouge-Termenes, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
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  • David and Hercules & Cacus statue copies and Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria..Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Michelangelo's David Hercules and Cacus statues and Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria. The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street, three bays wide and one bay deep. The arches rest on clustered pilasters with Corinthian capitals.
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  • Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's exibition posters and QVC Tv channel street promo at Piazza Strozzi..Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy158-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Single lady tourist takes pictures on camera phone near Piazza degli Uffizi.
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  • A detail of King John's tomb (1167-1216), showing the Royal Arms of England (the arms of the Plantagenet dynasty) with three lions, in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II. The Royal Arms of England are the arms first adopted in a fixed form at the start of the age of heraldry (circa 1200) as personal arms by the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1154. In the popular mind they have come to symbolise the nation of England.
    herefordshire-31-23-06-2019.jpg
  • Mens' clothing in shop window and reflection of Florence's Duomo cathedral.
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