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A colony of sealions on an island in the Beagle Channel,the narrow sea-passage that cuts through Fireland.The Channel is named after the ship in which Darwin sailed during his first expedition.
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A colony of sealions on an island in the Beagle Channel,the narrow sea-p...

A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage that cuts through Fireland. The Channel is named after the ship on which Darwin sailed during his first expedition.
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A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage...

Funeral shields with the coats-of-arms of patricians (16th-17th).
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Funeral shields with the coats-of-arms of patricians (16th-17th).

Funeral shield with coat-of-arms (16th-17th).
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Funeral shield with coat-of-arms (16th-17th).

Spangenberg Castle near Kassel with a 16th century entrance gate topped by an escutcheon in relief (see close-up 14-01-01/50).
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Spangenberg Castle near Kassel with a 16th century entrance gate topped by an es...

Sixteenth century entrance gate topped by an escutcheon in relief. Spangenberg Castle near Kassel (see also close-up 14-01-01/50).
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Sixteenth century entrance gate topped by an escutcheon in relief. Spangenberg C...

Escutcheon in relief (16th century) above the entrance gate of Spangenberg Castle near Kassel.
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Escutcheon in relief (16th century) above the entrance gate of Spangenberg Castl...

Corbel woman in the Coat-of-Arms Hall. Albrechtsburg Castle (15th) in Meissen, Saxony.
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Corbel woman in the Coat-of-Arms Hall. Albrechtsburg Castle (15...

"Apostle-clock" on the Old Townhall, Prague, 1410 restored and enlarged 1552-1572. Top: dance of the puppets, led by a skeleton with hourglass; center: atronomical clock, the earth still in the center; bottom: calendar with signs of the zodiac.
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"Apostle-clock" on the Old Townhall, Prague, 1410 restored and enlarged 15...

Goldmakers' street on Prague's Hradshin, the castle hill. An ancient street where, according to legend, alchimists tried to find the secret of gold-making under Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612).
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Goldmakers' street on Prague's Hradshin, the castle hill. An ancient...

Park of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). "The ultimate world", an optical illusion and a study in perspective.
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Park of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Pala...

Coat of arms of Nicolas Fouquet and his wife Madeleine. The tower is Madeleine Fouquet's escutcheon, the squirrel belongs to the Fouquet arms, a symbol of rapid ascension, with the motto "Quo non ascendet" ("Is there a position to which he will not rise?")
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Coat of arms of Nicolas Fouquet and his wife Madeleine. The tower is Madeleine F...