Pictures Dated 11th January 2008

Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (1553-1601), 16th century (1849).Artist: Franz Kellerhoven

Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (1553-1601), 16th century (1849). Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont was a member of the House of Lorraine who became queen consort of King Henry III of France from 1575 until 1589. A 19th century version based on a 16th century original found in the collection of Bibliotheque St Genevieve, Paris. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, volume V (Paris, 1849).

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The Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain, 1849.Artist: A Bisson

The Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain, 1849. The Mezquita was originally built to be a warehouse/temple/lighthouse. It later became the second-largest mosque in the world. Construction of the Mezquita started in approximately the sixth century BC. Later, the Mezquita (originally the Aljama Mosque) was reworked for over two centuries to refashion it as a mosque, starting in AD784, under the supervision of the first Muslim Emir Abd ar-Rahman I, who used it as an adjunct to his palace and named it to honour his wife. The land was bought by the Emir from the previous owners. It is believed that the site included the Visigothic cathedral of St Vincent. When the forces of Tariq ibn-Ziyad first occupied Cordoba in 711, the Christian cathedral was suppressed. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, volume V (Paris, 1849).

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