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Paris Street, A Rainy Day by Caillebotte
An 1877 oil on canvas, Paris Street, A Rainy Day, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Strict geometry is a feature of the artist's work and can be seen here in the strong horizontal and vertical lines, notably...
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Glazed-bricks of the processional street
A close-up view of some glazed-bricks of the side walls of the processional street at Babylon. The street and its Ishtar Gate were built by King Nebuchadnezzar II. From Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period, 575 BCE. (The Pergamon...
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The First Coal Gas Street Lighting
An 1809 engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from an original drawing by Woodward showing the public's reaction to the first coal gas street lighting in Pall Mall, London in 1807. The new lights were invented by Frederick Albert Winsor (1763-1830...
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A Street in Pompeii with Stepping Stones & a Public Fountain
A street in Pompeii with stepping stones, wheel-ruts and a public fountain with a relief of Silenus as fountain-god resting on a wineskin. The fountain is located in front of a water tower. Regio VI, corner of Via della Fortuna and Via del...
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Colonnaded Street, Jerash
A section of colonnaded street in Jerash, Roman Gerasa, Jordan.
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The Street of Knights, Rhodes
The living quarters of the holy warriors, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, line the Street of Knights in the old town of Rhodes.
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Colonnaded Street at Laodicea on the Lycus, Turkey
Colonnaded street at Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey).
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Nysa Street
The street leading to the entrance to the Agora of Nysa.
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Lion's Head from the Processional Street, Babylonia
A close-up view of a lion's head work relief which decorates the processional street (from Marduk temple to the Ishtar Gate and Akitu Temple). It was made of glazed terracotta bricks. Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604-562 BCE, Babylon, Mesopotamia...
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Hittite Street in Sapinuwa
A street lying in a north-south direction with workshops on one side at Sapinuwa, an important Hittite military and religious centre (today Ortakoy in central Turkey).