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P & O Building, 122 Leadenhall Street, City of London, seen from across the plaza from St Mary Axe

RIBA24822
Gollins Melvin Ward & Partners
NOTES: Also known as Indosuez House, this podium block was an exemplar of a glass-walled office building in Britain on its completion. It was demolished from the bottom-up in 2008 to make way for a new tower, nicknamed the 'Cheese Grater', designed by Sir Richard Rogers.

Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London: the bronze entrance doors to the Grand Temple

RIBA25139
Ashley & Newman
NOTES: This, the third Freemasons' Hall to be built in Queen Anne Street, is both the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and the principal meeting place for Lodges in London. It was built in 1927-1933 as a memorial to the many Freemasons who died on active service during World War I and was initially known as the Masonic Peace Memorial.

Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London: the Grand Temple seen from the bronze entrance doors

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Ashley & Newman
NOTES: This, the third Freemasons' Hall to be built in Queen Anne Street, is both the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and the principal meeting place for Lodges in London. It was built in 1927-1933 as a memorial to the many Freemasons who died on active service during World War I and was initially known as the Masonic Peace Memorial.

The Colossus in front of the Basilica del San Sepolcro, Barletta

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NOTES: This colossal bronze statue is possibly of the Emperor Valentinian I (321-375). The Venetians brought it back from Constantinople to Italy in the 13th century and left it after a shipwreck on the beach of Barletta.

'Loggia dell Porcellino', Mercato Nuovo (the Straw Market), Florence

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Del Tasso, Giovanni Battista (1500 -1555)
NOTES; This semi-enclosed market is located in a spacious loggia dating back to the 16th century. Market traders set up stalls daily under the arches selling belts, scarves, leather goods, embroidered linens, souvenirs, and Florentine straw hats This market is known locally as ' Il Porcellino' (Little Pig) after the wild boar fountain, created in 1612 by Pietro Tacca, located the south side.

Duomo,Troia: detail of the main doors sculpted in bronze

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Oderisius di Benevento (fl. c. 1119-1150)
NOTES: These the main doors, completed in 1119, include an image of Oderisius, while the south doors, completed in 1127, are engraved with his signature, 'Factor portarum fuit Oderisius Beneventanus harum'.

Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore, Verona: detail of the bronze entrance doors

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NOTES: The original Romanesque church, begun in 967, was damaged by an earthquake in 1117. It was reconstructed in 1120-1138 and completed by the reconstruction of the roof and of the Gothic style apse in 1348.

Basilica of San Marco, Venice: the bronze horses on the facade

RIBA26640
NOTES: The origin of the bronze horses is uncertain but they are thought to have been part of a Roman quadriga.
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