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Bronze plaque with two haloed saints, one holding a scroll, the other a book, with a Slavic inscription below. Other memorial plaques hang nearby on an old brick wall.

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Bronze relief of Saints Cyril and Methodius from the Russian people

In the Basilica of San Clemente one can see the tomb of St Cyril, Equal to the Apostles, the burial place of the relics of St Clement, brought from Crimea to Rome by the brothers Cyril and Methodius, and numerous dedications to the saints from Slavic…

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In the Basilica of San Clemente one can see the tomb of St Cyril, Equal to the Apostles, the burial place of the relics of St Clement, brought from Crimea to Rome by the brothers Cyril and Methodius, and numerous dedications to the saints from Slavic…

The marble disc of the Mouth of Truth, carved with a bearded face, in a corner of a portico with pink walls and a brick floor.

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The Mouth of Truth in Rome stands very close to the Cloaca Maxima

Incredibly, the Mouth of Truth stands hard by the Great Drain. Amazing Rome

Manuscript page with Latin verse. Two winged putti hold a laurel wreath around a shield with eagles; at left, a round red Bibliotheca Regia stamp.

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Manuscript page with a coat of arms in a laurel wreath held by two winged putti

White porcelain plate on a stand: a gold D monogram in a flower wreath at the centre, blue urns, rose garlands and a gilded rim on the border.

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Porcelain plate with a gilded D monogram and floral garlands

Possibly the most beautiful doors in Paris: the carriage entrance of the Hôtel of the Dutch Ambassadors in the Marais, an old eighteenth-century mansion that belonged to the immensely wealthy entrepreneur Louis Letellier, who let the house to a playwright

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Possibly the most beautiful doors in Paris: the carriage entrance of the Hôtel of the Dutch Ambassadors in the Marais, an old eighteenth-century mansion that belonged to the immensely wealthy entrepreneur Louis Letellier, who let the house to a playwright

Inside a Gothic cathedral, sunbeams fall through a hole in the vault onto columns and rows of wooden chairs; stained glass and debris are visible in the distance.

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Notre-Dame de Paris after the fire: light through a hole in the nave vault

Notre-Dame de Paris stands firm, and is none the worse for wear

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Notre-Dame de Paris stands firm, and is none the worse for wear

A pale leather shoe on a tall flared platform with rosette patterns, shown against a dark background beside white feathers.

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Chopine, a historic platform shoe with perforated rosette decoration

Ruins of the American Embassy in Berlin, 1957

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Ruins of the American Embassy in Berlin, 1957

The Paris Opera of the architect Charles Garnier, built in 1875

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The Paris Opera of the architect Charles Garnier, built in 1875

A long queue of visitors with white umbrellas beside the glass building of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with a Rothko exhibition pavilion on the right.

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Queue for the Mark Rothko exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with online booking

The queue at the Fondation Louis Vuitton for the Mark Rothko exhibition. On the right, those with tickets booked online; on the left, those without

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