LBY4725638: The Forbidden City in Pekin, China. Architecture made between 1407-1420. Photography 28/10/07. The Prohibited Cite extends over 72 hectares in the heart of Pekin. From 1420 to 1911 it was the main residence of twenty four emperors of the Ming and Qing. It is the largest and best preserved architectural ensemble of ancient palaces in the world. / Bridgeman Images

LBY4725729: The Alcazaba of the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. / Bridgeman Images

GYS4725771: USA Colorado: Rocky Mountains: Habitat / Bridgeman Images

GYS4725851: USA Colorado: City of Boulder: Pearl Street Mall / Bridgeman Images

GYS4725877: USA Colorado: City of Boulder: Palace of Justice / Bridgeman Images

GYS4725974: USA, Maine, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park, lichen and rocks / Bridgeman Images

LBY4725994: Palace of Charles V, the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Photography 08/12/07 / Bridgeman Images

LBY4726013: Palace of Charles V, the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Photography 08/12/07 / Bridgeman Images

GYS4726062: USA, Maine, Acadia National Park / Bridgeman Images

GYS4726122: USA, Maine, Acadia National Park, view from Mount Cadillac / Bridgeman Images

GYS4726180: USA, Maine, Acadia National Park / Bridgeman Images

GYS4726539: USA New Mexico: on the heights of Santa Fe / Bridgeman Images

TEC4727129: The Musee Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sevigne, Paris 75003. Architect: Nicolas Dupuis in 1548-1560 and rehabilitated in 1660 by Francois Mansart. Dedicated to the history of Paris, this grand museum has occupied two adjoining hotels since 1991: Hotel Carnavalet, one of the most beautiful hotels of the Parisian Renaissance and Hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, built in the 18th century. In 1660, Francois Mansart was commissioned to expand and modernize it. In the foreground is the Victory Court with French gardens. Photograph 1992. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4727163: The Musee Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sevigne, Paris 75003. Architect: Nicolas Dupuis in 1548-1560 and rehabilitated in 1660 by Francois Mansart. Dedicated to the history of Paris, this grand museum has occupied two adjoining hotels since 1991: Hotel Carnavalet, one of the most beautiful hotels of the Parisian Renaissance and Hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, built in the 18th century. In 1660, Francois Mansart was commissioned to expand and modernize it. In the foreground is the Victory Court with French gardens. Photograph 1992. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4727412: The Musee Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sevigne, Paris 75003. Architect: Nicolas Dupuis in 1548-1560 and rehabilitated in 1660 by Francois Mansart. Dedicated to the history of Paris, this grand museum has occupied two adjoining hotels since 1991: Hotel Carnavalet, one of the most beautiful hotels of the Parisian Renaissance and Hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, built in the 18th century. In 1660, Francois Mansart was commissioned to expand and modernize it. In the foreground is the Victory Court with French gardens. Photograph 1992. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4727550: La Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve (Sainte Genevieve), 10 place du Pantheon, Paris 75005. Architecture by Henri Labrouste, 1845-1851. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4727631: La salle de lecture de La Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve (Sainte Genevieve), 10 place du Pantheon, Paris 75005. Architecture by Henri Labrouste, 1845-1851. / Bridgeman Images

OMG4727986: Portrait of Claude Parent, French architect, in his studio in Neuilly sur Seine. Photograph on 10/10/99. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4728095: The desert of Retz to Chambourcy (Parc et jardin de Chambourcy) Desert de Retz, les Yvelines, Ile de France (Ile-de-France), France. The Desert de Retz, created between 1774 and 1789 by Monsieur de Monville, with pavilions of manure or factories of rare species to achieve the absolute of grace of that period. / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740761: Portrait of Eduardo Chillida Spanish sculptor. Photography 1995 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740784: Portrait of Eduardo Chillida Spanish sculptor. Photography 1995 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740814: Portrait of Francisco Xavier Irazoki, Spanish poet and writer. Photography 1997 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740817: Portrait of Francisco Xavier Irazoki, Spanish poet and writer. Photography 1997 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740860: Portrait of Gyorgy Ligeti, Romanian-Hungarian composer. Photography 1994 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740884: Portrait of Jean Louis Schefer (Jean-Louis Schefer), French writer and philosopher. Photography 1990 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4740990: Portrait of Sarkis (his real name: Zabunyan), Turkish artist living in France. Photography 1998 / Bridgeman Images

JSN4741104: Portrait of Bruno Gaudin, Paris. Photography 30/06/10 / Bridgeman Images

LBY4741198: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Ory (Jean Jacques Ory). Photography 2006 / Bridgeman Images

OMG4743647: Le Berry-Zebre in Paris (Berry Zebre), 61-63 boulevard de Belleville, Paris 11. Menance of demolition, this former district cinema is now transformed into a theatre “” the Zebre””” / Bridgeman Images

TEC4748132: The Palazzo de la Musique Catalana in Barcelona. Extention, rehabilitation of Oscar Tusquets and Carlos Diaz, 1982-1999. Photography 25/06/08 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4748144: The Palazzo de la Musique Catalana in Barcelona. Extention, rehabilitation of Oscar Tusquets and Carlos Diaz, 1982-1999. Photography 25/06/08 / Bridgeman Images

LBY4748669: The theatre Le Ranelagh in the sixteenth in Paris, 5 rue des Vignes, 75016 Paris, France. Architecture of 1894. Photography 07/09/09. In 1755, Alexandre Jean Joseph Le Riche de La Poupliniere, a farmer general under the rule of Louis XV, had a theatre built in his domain of Boulainvilliers at the end of the allee of his castle. In 1815, the gardens of the property were particularly devasted by the English according to the sources required in the Historical, Topographic and Military Dictionary of 1838. Mr. Cabal, notary, sold the estate in 1826 to speculators who traced a new district called Boulainvilliers instead of the estate. Louis Mors, the famous car builder, acquired a large part of this plot, on which he had a theatre built in 1894 at the location of the Salon de Musique de la Poupliniere. / Bridgeman Images

LBY4748691: The theatre Le Ranelagh in the sixteenth in Paris, 5 rue des Vignes, 75016 Paris, France. Architecture of 1894. Photography 07/09/09. In 1755, Alexandre Jean Joseph Le Riche de La Poupliniere, a farmer general under the rule of Louis XV, had a theatre built in his domain of Boulainvilliers at the end of the allee of his castle. In 1815, the gardens of the property were particularly devasted by the English according to the sources required in the Historical, Topographic and Military Dictionary of 1838. Mr. Cabal, notary, sold the estate in 1826 to speculators who traced a new district called Boulainvilliers instead of the estate. Louis Mors, the famous car builder, acquired a large part of this plot, on which he had a theatre built in 1894 at the location of the Salon de Musique de la Poupliniere. / Bridgeman Images

JEB4748850: The Grave. The summit of the Meije has 3983m / Bridgeman Images

JEB4748897: Strasbourg, Cathedrale Notre Dame built between 1176 and 1439. Gothic style, red gres. Sculpted group. Adoration of the Magi / Bridgeman Images

JEB4748910: Strasbourg, Sculpture by Jacques Rival architect. The Magnificent Industry “” Mammuthus Volantes”” / Bridgeman Images