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A round stone tower with a bell at the top rises above weathered castle walls around a grassy courtyard. Narrow windows and arched doorways pierce the walls under a pale sky.

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Courtyard of a ruined medieval castle with a round tower

One of the most "Instagrammable" views in the South of France: the ruined thirteenth-century fortress of Najac in Aveyron, the main sight of a commune with a population of no more than 800

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One of the most "Instagrammable" views in the South of France: the ruined thirteenth-century fortress of Najac in Aveyron, the main sight of a commune with a population of no more than 800

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An Eighteenth-Century Drawing of a Fresco at Pompeii

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An Eighteenth-Century Drawing of a Fresco at Pompeii

An open case lined with dark velvet holds diamond necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, some set with emeralds. The name Boucheron is printed on the fabric.

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Diamond jewelry in a case marked Boucheron Paris

When it suits the desired conclusion, Russia may be recognised as Europe

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When it suits the desired conclusion, Russia may be recognised as Europe

Aldous Huxley adored cats; for many years he kept a Siamese named Limbo, after Huxley's first collection of stories

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Aldous Huxley adored cats; for many years he kept a Siamese named Limbo, after Huxley's first collection of stories

Two painted portraits side by side. Left, a young officer in a dark uniform with a red sash holds a banner; right, a man in white loungewear and a red cap stands indoors. Captions: Планы and

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Meme diptych Plans and 2020: an officer with a banner and a man in a robe

Old photograph of a library: ornate cast-iron galleries lined with books on several levels, a spiral staircase, women standing on the balconies and readers seated behind a balustrade below.

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Library hall with tiered iron book stacks and spiral staircases, black-and-white photograph

Black-and-white photo: cars and vans stand in the dark nave of a Gothic church with stained-glass windows and scaffolding.

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Cars parked inside a Gothic church with scaffolding

A motor garage in the building of the ancient Bordeaux church of Saint-Jacques

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A motor garage in the building of the ancient Bordeaux church of Saint-Jacques

To join the queue for Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, you must first pass beneath the colonnade and through a body-temperature checkpoint

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To join the queue for Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, you must first pass beneath the colonnade and through a body-temperature checkpoint

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