TEC4563499: Ginza District in Tokyo, Japan Ginza - Tokyo - Japan - / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563503: Ginza District in Tokyo, Japan Ginza - Tokyo - Japan - / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563530: Ginza District in Tokyo, Japan Ginza - Tokyo - Japan - / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563644: Omotesando Avenue in Shibuya District in Tokyo, Japan Omotesando-Shibuya-Tokyo-Japan- / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563653: Omotesando Avenue in Shibuya District in Tokyo, Japan Omotesando-Shibuya-Tokyo-Japan- / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563672: Omotesando Avenue in Shibuya District in Tokyo, Japan Omotesando-Shibuya-Tokyo-Japan- / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563692: Shibuya District in Tokyo, Japan Shibuya - Tokyo - Japan - / Bridgeman Images

TEC4563724: Shinjuku District in Tokyo, Japan Shinjuku - Tokyo - Japan - / Bridgeman Images

TEC4566429: Urban display on Manege Square in Moscow (Russia) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4600788: Propaganda fascist poster for the Littorio loan, 1926, Italian School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600792: Place des Vosges in Paris. Inaugurated in 1612 during the marriage of Louis XIII (1601-1643) with Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the royal square, known since 1800, Place des Vosges, was created on the site of the Royal Hotel in Tournelles. It consists of thirty-six pavilions, nine on each side, built of stone and brick, with high roofs pierced with beef grooves above arches. This gives it a very rigorous symmetry. We do not know precisely the master of this place. Various names were advanced but without any proof: Louis Metezeau (1560-1615), Clement Metezeau (1581-1652), Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1550-1614) or Claude Chastillon (1559-1616). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600801: Place des Vosges in Paris. Inaugurated in 1612 during the marriage of Louis XIII (1601-1643) with Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the royal square, known since 1800, Place des Vosges, was created on the site of the Royal Hotel in Tournelles. It consists of thirty-six pavilions, nine on each side, built of stone and brick, with high roofs pierced with beef grooves above arches. This gives it a very rigorous symmetry. We do not know precisely the master of this place. Various names were advanced but without any proof: Louis Metezeau (1560-1615), Clement Metezeau (1581-1652), Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1550-1614) or Claude Chastillon (1559-1616). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600818: Theatre de la Ville, Place du Chatelet, Paris 4th arrondissement. Construction 1862, architect Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600860: The Hotel de Ville de Paris, Place de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4th arrondissement. Construction 1874-1882, architects Theodore Ballu (1817-1885) and Edouard Deperthes (1833-1898). / Bridgeman Images

LRI4600868: Advertising poster exhorting people to subscribe to the national loan, Italian School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600887: The ice rink at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4600983: Rue des Rosiers in Paris 4th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4601265: Square de la Place des Vosges, Paris 4th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4601369: A kiosk, Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4601424: L'Eglise Saint Paul Saint Louis, 99 rue Saint Antoine, Paris. Construction 1627-1641, architect Etienne Martellange (1569-1641). Photography25/08/07. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4601439: La rue Francois Miron in Paris 4th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4601745: Yellow and red still life, 1931 (oil on canvas), Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4602210: Bulwark boat, 20th century (oil on canvas), Dufy, Raoul (1877-1953) / Bridgeman Images

ITR4602366: Victor Hugo's bust in La Maison de Victor Hugo, in the Hotel Rohan-Guemenee (Rohan Guemenee), 6 place des Vosges, Paris 75004. Architecture by Isaac Arnaud, 1605. / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4602405: Evening of September, 1911 (oil on canvas), Denis, Maurice (1870-1943) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602476: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602544: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4602551: Portrait of G.B. Georges Besson: art critic and collector, (1882-1971), 1909 (oil on canvas), Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602589: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604362: Place Vendome in Paris. The one we know today dates back to 1699 and was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart. And it was only with the piercing of the Rue de la Paix that the Vendome Column was built in 1806. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604118: Place du Chatelet, view of the Pont au Change, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604649: The Court of Cassation in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604136: The Carree du Louvre court in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604774: L'Ile de la Cite Quai des Orfevres, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604220: The Bourse de Commerce in Paris opened its doors for the world exhibition of 1889. It was conceived and transformed by Henri Blondel from the old wheat market, in response to his new vocation as a trading stock exchange, anthem to industrial society, to the benefits of trade and to the transport revolution. From the previous building, Blondel retained only the two jewels that had ensured its reputation: the inner ring, built by Nicolas Le Camus de Meziere in 1763, and the frame of the metal dome added by Belanger in 1813, which bears witness to the emerging art of steel. Caslee au Creusot, it is a technical feat: fifty-one farms and fourteen circular belts respond to the number of full and voids of the facade to ensure the harmony and the striking light of the whole. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604292: Place Dauphine, Ile de la Cite, Paris. Built on the site of three islands, Place Dauphine, on the Ile de la Cite, is the second Parisian royal square of the 17th century, after Place des Vosges. King Henry IV entrusted Sully with the task of executing the plans. In three years thirty two uniform brick houses with stone chainings and slate roofs were built. Today, no houses built in this state remain. They have been either demolied, rebuilt or uplifted in a style and with different materials. / Bridgeman Images