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Pompeys Column, Alexandria 1798, 1798. Artist: Vivant Denon
Pompeys Column, Alexandria 1798, 1798. French soldiers viewing the column while another group of men fly a kite. From the Searight Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Alexandre Lenoir, 1799. Artist: Pierre Maximilien Delafontaine
Alexandre Lenoir, 1799. Originally an artist, Lenoir was actively involved in conserving Frances heritage from the ravages of the Revolution

The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Rome, 1831. Artist: Landelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse
The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Rome, 1831. From the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

Napoleons Column, Place du Chatelet, Paris, 19th century. Below the column commemorating Napoleons victories, the water carriers fill their buckets at the fountain

The Temple of Diana, 1890. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
The Temple of Diana, Nimes, France, 1890. Nimes is famous for its remarkable collection of Roman relics. The magnificent Roman arena (1st century) seating up to 24, 000, is still in use

Project for a Wall Decoration of a vault, 16th century. Artist: Perino del Vaga
Project for a Wall Decoration of a vault, 16th century

View of an Ideal City, 15th century. Artist: Luciano Laurana
View of an Ideal City, 15th century. From the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy

Caricature of Napoleon I watching the fall of the Colonne de Vendome, Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune voted to dismantle the column erected by Napoloeon I in the Place Vendome

The Birth of the Virgin, 1467. Artist: Fra Carnevale
The Birth of the Virgin, 1467. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Colonne de la Place Vendome, Paris Commune, 16 May 1871. View of the Place Vendome showing the ruins of the triumphal column erected by Napoleon that the Communards demolished due to its imperialist

Mount Fuji from the Province of Hara in Suruga, 1860
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Architectural study, (1830-1905?). Artist: Adolph Menzel
Architectural study, (1830-1905?). From the collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary

Fallen column, Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. View of the Place Vendome showing the ruins of the triumphal column erected by Napoleon that the Communards demolished due to its imperialist symbolism

Ah! Que l on est fier d etre Francais, 1871. Doesn t it make one proud to be French?, laments a caricature of Napoleon I, whose statue was toppled from its column in the Place de la Vendome by

The Mother of the Gracchi, c1780. Artist: Joseph Benoit Suvee
The Mother of the Gracchi, c1780. Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, presents her children, saying: Here are my riches and my jewels. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Feast in the House of Simon, 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Feast in the House of Simon, 18th/early 19th century. From a private collection

Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician

Paddington Station, the London terminus of the Great Western Railway, 1854. Iron was used in the construction of the roof, and the spans supported on cast iron pillars

Rue Royale and the Madeleine, Paris, with cars and a motorbus on the street, c1900
Rue Royale and la Madeleine, Paris, with cars and a motorbus on the street, c1900. Louis XV ordered the building of a church at the end of Rue Royale early in 1764

Ticket barrier at Philadelphia railway station, Pennsylvania, USA, 1890. Cast iron pillars and roof trusses were used to support the glass roof of the building. From The Railways of America

Mosaic at the Roman Villas, Carthage, Tunisia, c2nd-3rd century. The ancient city of Carthage was destroyed by the Roman Republic in the Third Punic War in 146 BC then re-developed as Roman Carthage

View through Atrium to Peristyle and Gardens. House of the Vettii, Pomepii, Italy, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
View through Atrium to Peristyle and Gardens. House of the Vettii, Pomepii, Italy, c20th century. House of the Vettii, Pompeii, is townhouse (domus) located within the ruined ancient city of Pompeii

Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Artist: CM Dixon
Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Theatre built 1st century BC, rebuilt 196. Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia

Asoka Pillar, Delhi, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Asoka Pillar. Delhi, c20th century. The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout India, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in

Christ handing scrolll of new law to St Peter while looking at St Paul, mid-4th century. Marble Sarcophagus at Vatican Museums

Doric column, in Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, c7th century BC

Grand Staircase of Minoan Royal Palace at Knossos, Crete, c1700BC-c1400BC. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. Showing the Light Well

South Aisle in Canterbury Cathedral, Wngland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
South Aisle in Canterbury Cathedral, Wngland, 20th century. Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England

18th Century Market Hall and Cross on Roman Column with Sundial, Martock, Somerset, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
18th Century Market Hall and Cross on Roman Column with Sundial, Martock, Somerset, 20th century. Martock was known in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mertoch

Curetes Street, leading to the State Agora, Ephesus, Turkey, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Curetes Street, leading to the State Agora, Ephesus, Turkey, 20th century. The Curetes was one of the most important streets of ancient Ephesus, an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia

The Tsars Winter Palace, Yalta, Russia, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
The Tsars Winter Palace, Yalta, Russia, c1960. Livadia Palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family

Trajans Forum, 2nd century
Trajans Forum in Rome. The view is through the columns of the Basilica Ulpia to Trajans column, 2nd century

Herods Palace at Masada, 1st century
Herods Palace at Masada, at the north end of the fortress, 1st century

Kilnasaggart cross, 8th century
Kilnasaggart cross, an inscribed pillar. This is the oldest datable Christian monument in Ireland. One one side it bears ten crosses, each inscribed in a circle in relief

The Quadrangle of Magdalen College, 15th century
The Quadrangle of Magdalen College, Oxford, 15th century

Cloister at Mossaic, 11th century

Roman Gymnasium, c. 4th century BC
Roman Gymnasium, c.4th century BC

Rock-cut tombs in Nea Paphos, 4th century BC
Rock-cut tombs in Nea Paphos, used from the late bronze age to Hellenistic times as burial places for rich traders, etc. Known locally as the Tombs of the Kings, 4th century BC

Colonnaded street in the centre of Petra, looking west towards the Temenos gate

Cloister in the Abbey of Mossaic, 11th century

Maison Carree, the only intact Roman temple, 1st century BC
Maison Carree, the only intact Roman temple, found in Nimes, France. Its preservation is owed to its rededication as a Christian church in the fourth century, 1st century BC

The Roman Theatre at Merida in Spain, built when the town of Augustae Merida was founded, for veterans of the Iberian Wars. It became the capital of Lusitania

Ruins of Caesarea, 1st century
Ruins of Caesarea, named for Augustus Caesar by Herod the Great, 1st century

Capernaum Temple, 5th century
Capernaum Temple in Galilee, built over the foundations of an older synagogue where Christ may have taught, 5th century

Capitoline temple in the forum of Sufetula, c. 1st century
Capitoline temple in the Roman forum of Sufetula, c.1st century

Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century BC

Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century
Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia. It was built below ground level for protection from summer sun and winter winds, 2nd century

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