PIX4621975: Nebula of the Horse's Head (IC 434) in Orion - Nebula of the Horse's Head (IC 434) in Orion - The horse's head nebula, Barnard 33, is a dark nebula located in front of the nebula has emitting IC 434 about 1500 years - light of the Earth in the constellation Orion. At the bottom left, the nebula NGC 2024 with just above the star Alnitak, a supergeant star belonging to the Orion Baudrier. Towards the center of the image, a reflexion nebula, NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622203: Nebula IC 1318 in the Swan - Gamma Cygnus, IC 1318, NGC 6888 - IC 1318 is a very extended emission nebula that surrounds the star Gamma Cygni (Sadr), visible towards the middle of the image. Lower right is the nebula NGC 6888 which surrounds a star Wolf - Rayet. This large area of emission nebulosity surrounds Sadr, Gamma Cygni, the brightest star in this photo and the heart of the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. Numerous star clusters can also be found embedded in the nebulosity. The two sections of nebulosity to the left of Sadr are called the Butterfly Nebula, and have the catalog designation of IC 1318. The large area of dark nebulosity that separates the two halves of the Butterfly is LDN 889, and B343 is the small but very dense dark nebula at the center right of the image. The small open cluster NGC 6910 is just above Sadr. The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, is at the lower right. The small patches of blue reflection nebulosity at top left are part of the NGC 6914/van den Berg 131/van den Berg 132 complex / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622339: Nebulae IC1848 & IC1805 in Cassiopee - (Heart and Soul nebulae) 2004 Four Frame Mosaic STL11000, FSQ106, F5, Total Exposure 12 hour / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622349: Peasant dance, detail(oil on canvas, 1630-1635), Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622490: Peasant Party or Cauldron Party near Antwerp, 1643 (painting), Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622524: Faculty of Sciences of Jussieu in Paris., Cassan, Urbain (1890-1979) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622543: IC 2944 in Centaur - Stellar nursery IC 2944 - View of the cluster of stars IC 2944 near which Bok's blood cells are visible. A Bok's blood cell is a dark interstellar cloud of gases and dust that absorb light. If it condenses enough, it gives birth to new stars. This intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of Eso's Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These blood cells are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting, rather like lumps of butter dropped onto a hot frying pan. It is likely that Thackeray's globules will be destroyed before they can collapse and form new stars / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622587: Peniche restaurant, floating kiosques, on the Seine near Notre Dame de Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622611: Peniche restaurant on the Seine, in front of the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, Paris 4th. Construction XIIIth, XIIIth, XIXth, rehabilitation by Eugene Viollet the Duke (1814-1879). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622632: The gargoyles of the Hotel de Cluny in Paris. One of the most beautiful monuments of medieval civil architecture in Paris elevated to the iniative of the Abbes of Cluny by Jacques d'Amboise (around 1440 or 1450-1516), brother of the cardinal minister. Restores after the ransacks of the Revolution, it now houses collections of sculptures and art objects from the Middle Ages. Renovated since 1991, the National Museum of the Middle Ages Thermes de Cluny. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622698: The bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve, construction 1845-1851, architect Henri Labrouste (1801-1875) in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622710: Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in the Swan - Cocoon Nebula - IC 5146 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away towards the constellation of Cygnus / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622742: Cocon Nebula (IC 5146) in Swan - Cocon Nebula (IC 5146) in Swan - Cocon Nebula, IC 5146, is an emission nebula located about 4000 years - light from Earth in the constellation Swan / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622162: Portrait of Young girl with a crown (painting, 1640-1642), Reni, Guido (1575-1642) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622303: Elephant tube nebula (VDB 142) in Cephee - The Elephant Trunk Nebula (VDB 142) in Cepheus - IC1396, VDB 142. Nebula located about 2700 years - light from Earth. Image obtained with a telescope 40 cm in diameter, through 3 different filters that highlight oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur. The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) in Cepheus is part of the larger IC 1396 complex which spans a large area of the sky measuring 170 by 140 arc - minutes and is one of the brightest emission nebulae with a magnitude of 3.5. The western portion of IC 1396 contains the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) which is characterized with H - II emissions, dark lanes and globules as well as a small reflection nebula. The IC 1396 complex is technically a star cluster (aka Cr 439, Trumpler 37) owing to the presence of a developing open but loose cluster at the heart of this rich nebulosity. This open star cluster is comprised of 50 - 100 member stars which vary in brightness spanning an area of approximately 50 'in diameter and which are not very well detached from the background sky. This stellar nursery lies at a distance of 2,720 light - years away. Image taken with a 16 inch telescope in combining the light from 3 different filters tracing emission from oxygen, hydrogen, and sulphur / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622334: The Church of Saint Etienne du Mont in Paris 75005. Victor Balard (1805-1874) restored the facade of the Church of Saint Stephen of Mount between 1861 and 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622365: Nebula IC 1805 in Cassiopee - Nebula IC 1805 in Cassiope / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622396: Parisian march, Paris 5th. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622416: La Chapelle de la Sorbonne in Paris. Architect Jacques Lemercier (1585-1654). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622441: Nebula IC 2177dans la Unicorn - IC 2177 The Seagull nebula - IC 2177, is a large emission nebula located at the edge of the constellations of the Unicorn and the Great Dog. IC 2177, also known as the Eagle or Seagull Nebula, is a large emission nebulosity located on the border between Monoceros and Canis Major, about 7.5 degrees northeast of Sirius. The brightest portion is the “” head”” of the bird, NGC 2327, measuring some 19 x 17 arc minutes, surrounding an 8th magnitude star, and nearly bisected by an interesting dark lane that stretches from the star eastward, and also including some blue reflection nebulosity. Several open clusters are also involved in this area of nebulosity, the most prominent being NGC 2335, located on the northern “” wing”” of the figure of the Seagull nebula / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622514: Master altar of the church of the Abbey of Val de Grace, Paris 5th. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622903: Portrait of the wife of the blacksmith and painter from Antwerp Quenston with her child, 1576 (painting), Antwerp School (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622697: La Teller de bonne aventure Painting by Jean Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) Dim. 125 x 175 cm Paris, Musee du Louvre, Boulogne, Valentin de (1594-1632) / Bridgeman Images

OMG4623016: Grande Mosquee de Paris, 2 bis place du Puits de l'Ermite, Paris 5th. In a Moorish Hispano style with predominance of Maghrebine influence in its interior decoration. Construction 1922-1926, architects Robert Fournez, Charles Heubes and Maurice Mantout. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4623082: Portrait of Italian philologist and anatomist Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani (1725-1813) Anonymous painting. Padua, University — Portrait of the Italian Philologist and Anatomist Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani 1725-1813. Anonymous painting. University of Padovia Italy / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622477: A Personification of Fame, 1635-6 (oil on canvas), Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622491: The Grand Bar le Cluny in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622534: The tomb of Christ. Among the characters, Saint Nicodema, Joseph of Arimathia, the Virgin Mary and Saint John, 1593-1594 (painting), Tintoretto, Domenico Robusti (1560-1635) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622544: The Faculty of Sciences of Jussieu has Paris5e. Construction 1971, architects Edouard Albert, Urbain Cassan, Rene Coulon and Roger Seassal. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622585: The Montebello in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622658: The Pantheon in Paris. Construction 1757-1790, architect Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713-1780). In 1744 Louis XV, suffering from a serious illness in Metz, would wish to erect an immense church instead of the abbey of Sainte Genevieve, which was then in ruins. When the war came, he kept his word and assigned the architect Soufflot the task of drawing the plans of the monument. A great admirer of Greek Roman architecture, he imagined a gigantic building, built on a plan of Greek cross 110 metres long, 84 metres wide and 83 metres high. At the time, the project seemed so insane that many, in the court and in the salons of the capital, would question Soufflot's abilities and prevent the collapse of the monument. Louis XV confirmed his confidence in the architect and laid the foundation stone in 1764 during a grand ceremony. In 1806, the Pantheon, like all the churches in France closed during the revolution, was restored to its original name of Sainte Genevieve church. Renamed Pantheon in 1830, the building regained its vocation as a laique and patriotic temple. Headquarters to the insurgents of the Commune in 1871, during which Milliere was shot on the steps, the building was definitively transformed into a Republican monument in 1885, during the funeral of Victor Hugo. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622765: Animals Table showing compartments corresponding to different animal species, 17th century (painting), Kessel, Jan van, the Elder (1626-79) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622782: Shepherds with flock, c.1635 (oil on panel), Laar, Pieter van (Il Bamboccio) (17th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4622824: Portrait of a woman with a child and a dog (the children of Francesco Bevilacqua?) Painting by Paolo Veronese Caliari (1528-1588) 16th century Sun. 115x95 cm Paris, Musee du Louvre, Veronese, (Caliari, Paolo) (1528-88) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622876: Planetary nebula M76 (NGC 650 - 51) in Persee - Planetary nebula M76 (NGC 650 - 51) in Persia / Bridgeman Images

LBY4622987: Rue de la Bucherie in Paris. / Bridgeman Images