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12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032106

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032108

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032110

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032114

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032116

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#10032118

12 May 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 11, 2023 - A panoramic view of the underground art space of Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China, May 11, 2023, 2019. After booking and grabbing tickets, lucky citizen tourists can immerse themselves in traditional Chinese history and culture here. The tower shadow is adjacent to Longhua Ancient Temple and hidden under the waters of Longhua Square. There are about 2,000 books here, integrating reading, leisure and art display. Visitors look up at the thousand-year-old pagoda through a curtain of water. Longhua Pagoda is the best-preserved Song Dynasty Pagoda in Shanghai.

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#9391826

5 January 2023

Talmud books at the Women's Section by the Western Wall at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel on December 27, 2022.

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#7739860

8 February 2022

Jewish prayer book in the Ibn Danan synagogue (Aben Danan synagogue) in the Jewish quarter of the Medina (old city) of Fez (Fes) in Morocco, Africa. The synagogue is of the oldest and most important synagogues in North Africa. It was originally built and owned by a prominent Moroccan Jewish family in the mid-seventeenth century and renovated in its present form in 1999. The structure, located in the hearth of the mellah (Jewish quarter) is a rare survivor of a pivotal time in Moroccan Jewish history.

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#6827436

25 June 2021

The complex of religions in Old Cairo brings together in one area the houses of worship of the three religions, Islamic, Coptic and Judaic. The history of the area dates back to the ancient Pharaonic era, then the Roman fortress known as "Babylon Castle" It was built because of the strategic importance of the site, until the entry of the leader Amr ibn al-Aas to Egypt, who established the city of Fustat and its mosque known as the Old Mosque. There are several churches, the Church of St. Abi Serga, the Church of St. George, the Church of St. Barbara, the Church of St. Abi Sefein, the Church of St. Tadrash El Shatby, and the Church of Archangel Michael.On June 24, 2021 in Cairo, Egypt.

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#6129390

27 October 2020

A bookseller in his library, one of the oldest in Molfetta withstands the economic crisis that is causing Covid-19 in Molfetta on October 26, 2020. The second wave of Covid-19 in Italy is damaging several companies, often small businesses such as restaurants, pizzerias, bars, artisans. There are very ancient activities in Molfetta, some handed down by grandparents with more than 100 years of activity. Many of these are trying to resist the economic crisis that is causing Covid-19

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#6108346

20 October 2020

Archaeologists inside the Pulo di Molfetta, a karst sinkhole, near the tanks, during the restoration and accessibility works to make it accessible to visitors and tourists. Area where several ancient archaeological finds were found, on 20 October 2020 in Molfetta. After years, the karst sinkhole of Molfetta is returned to the use of citizens and tourists thanks to the agreement signed in September 2018 between the Municipality of Molfetta and the Metropolitan City of Bari on the basis of which the Metropolitan Authority, owner of the site, has sold the Pulo to the Municipality for 20 years. Under the agreement, the Metropolitan City has allocated 200,000 euros for the safety of the site and the Municipality 800,000 euros for the refurbishment aimed at its reopening. In the next two months, admission to the Pulo will be free and contingent, with a mask, triage form and mandatory booking. Numerous reorganization interventions have been made to make the Pulo accessible. During the cleaning operations, the archaeologists Alessia Amato and Nicola de Pinto collected numerous archaeological finds, some dating back to the 6th to the 3rd century BC

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#6108348

20 October 2020

Archaeologists inside the Pulo di Molfetta, a karst sinkhole, near the tanks, during the restoration and accessibility works to make it accessible to visitors and tourists. Area where several ancient archaeological finds were found, on 20 October 2020 in Molfetta. After years, the karst sinkhole of Molfetta is returned to the use of citizens and tourists thanks to the agreement signed in September 2018 between the Municipality of Molfetta and the Metropolitan City of Bari on the basis of which the Metropolitan Authority, owner of the site, has sold the Pulo to the Municipality for 20 years. Under the agreement, the Metropolitan City has allocated 200,000 euros for the safety of the site and the Municipality 800,000 euros for the refurbishment aimed at its reopening. In the next two months, admission to the Pulo will be free and contingent, with a mask, triage form and mandatory booking. Numerous reorganization interventions have been made to make the Pulo accessible. During the cleaning operations, the archaeologists Alessia Amato and Nicola de Pinto collected numerous archaeological finds, some dating back to the 6th to the 3rd century BC

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#6108354

20 October 2020

Archaeologists inside the Pulo di Molfetta, a karst sinkhole, near the tanks, during the restoration and accessibility works to make it accessible to visitors and tourists. Area where several ancient archaeological finds were found, on 20 October 2020 in Molfetta. After years, the karst sinkhole of Molfetta is returned to the use of citizens and tourists thanks to the agreement signed in September 2018 between the Municipality of Molfetta and the Metropolitan City of Bari on the basis of which the Metropolitan Authority, owner of the site, has sold the Pulo to the Municipality for 20 years. Under the agreement, the Metropolitan City has allocated 200,000 euros for the safety of the site and the Municipality 800,000 euros for the refurbishment aimed at its reopening. In the next two months, admission to the Pulo will be free and contingent, with a mask, triage form and mandatory booking. Numerous reorganization interventions have been made to make the Pulo accessible. During the cleaning operations, the archaeologists Alessia Amato and Nicola de Pinto collected numerous archaeological finds, some dating back to the 6th to the 3rd century BC

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#6108358

20 October 2020

Archaeologists inside the Pulo di Molfetta, a karst sinkhole, near the tanks, during the restoration and accessibility works to make it accessible to visitors and tourists. Area where several ancient archaeological finds were found, on 20 October 2020 in Molfetta. After years, the karst sinkhole of Molfetta is returned to the use of citizens and tourists thanks to the agreement signed in September 2018 between the Municipality of Molfetta and the Metropolitan City of Bari on the basis of which the Metropolitan Authority, owner of the site, has sold the Pulo to the Municipality for 20 years. Under the agreement, the Metropolitan City has allocated 200,000 euros for the safety of the site and the Municipality 800,000 euros for the refurbishment aimed at its reopening. In the next two months, admission to the Pulo will be free and contingent, with a mask, triage form and mandatory booking. Numerous reorganization interventions have been made to make the Pulo accessible. During the cleaning operations, the archaeologists Alessia Amato and Nicola de Pinto collected numerous archaeological finds, some dating back to the 6th to the 3rd century BC

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20 October 2020

Archaeologists inside the Pulo di Molfetta, a karst sinkhole, near the tanks, during the restoration and accessibility works to make it accessible to visitors and tourists. Area where several ancient archaeological finds were found, on 20 October 2020 in Molfetta. After years, the karst sinkhole of Molfetta is returned to the use of citizens and tourists thanks to the agreement signed in September 2018 between the Municipality of Molfetta and the Metropolitan City of Bari on the basis of which the Metropolitan Authority, owner of the site, has sold the Pulo to the Municipality for 20 years. Under the agreement, the Metropolitan City has allocated 200,000 euros for the safety of the site and the Municipality 800,000 euros for the refurbishment aimed at its reopening. In the next two months, admission to the Pulo will be free and contingent, with a mask, triage form and mandatory booking. Numerous reorganization interventions have been made to make the Pulo accessible. During the cleaning operations, the archaeologists Alessia Amato and Nicola de Pinto collected numerous archaeological finds, some dating back to the 6th to the 3rd century BC

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