DUV4197953: Method of learning to read: teacher and pupil in a school room in front of a blackboard. Cover of Alphabet de la Phosphatine Falieres (brand of porridge) Alphabet brevete S.G.D.G. by pharmacist Pierre Emile Falieres (1833-1908). Illustrations in chromolithography, late 19th century. Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
PCT4295526: Cerdagne electric railway line: 1908, construction of the Sejourne bridge, crossing the Tet valley near Mont-Louis and Fontpedrouse - - Roussillon, Catalan Country, Pyrenees-Orientales (Pyrenees Orientales) - this line opened in 1910, has since 2002 been inscribed by UNESCO on the indicative list of World Heritage as “” Railway of Cerdagne””. Operated by SNCF, it forms line 669 000 of the national railway network - Cliche Brun- / Bridgeman Images
PCT4295682: View of the city of Jeddah (Jeddah), Saudi Arabia, port on the banks of the Red Sea and gate of Mecca (East Africa) - in the foreground, a boat used by fishermen to transport Muslim pelerins travelling to Mecca - Islam, mosque, minaret - Engraving of “The Illustrious Universe” 1860 (East Africa) - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4295875: Church of Saint-Nectaire (Saint Nectaire, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne): reliquary bust of Saint Baudime (companion of Saint Nectaire during the evangelization of the Monts d'Ore) in oak covered with copper regrowth and gold. The right hand is raised as a sign of blessing. The eyes are ivory with the iris in horn. The dilated pupils give the gaze a terrifying expression - religious art 12th century - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4296219: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, 19th century, cotton weave - picking scene (grapes, grapes, harvest, harvest) - vines and wine have been present in Persian culture since the Rouenid period (first millennia before the Christian era). It was only in the 7th century, after the Muslim conquete, that the consumption of alcohol was prohibited and grapes were intended for the table only - private collection - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4296564: Villa known as English in Pau (Bearn) at the beginning of the 20th century - the region of Pau was very popular among Anglo-Saxons (English and American) at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of the nineteenth and the end of the 19th centuries, many villas of this type were built throughout the region for the benefit of the rich bitannic in the town. They're called English villas. They were the place of worldly rendezvous - / Bridgeman Images