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Brandenburg Gate and the Quadriga, Berlin
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NOTES: The gate was designed by Carl Gotthard Langans in 1799-1791.The sculpture of the Quadriga with Viktoria above the gate was made by Johann Gottfried Schadow and added in 1793.
Roofscape of the City of London with the Lloyd's building in the foreground on the right and the NatWest Tower in the left background
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NOTES: The National Westminster Bank (NatWest) Tower in Old Broad Street, was designed by R. Siefert & Partners. Completed in 1981, it remained the tallest building in the City of London until the erection of the nearby Heron Tower in 2009. Badly damaged in the Bishopsgate bombing of 1993, the tower was subsequently entirely reclad and refurbished internally and renamed Tower 42. The Lloyd's building, Lime Street, was designed by Richard Rogers Partnership and completed in 1986.
Harbour and quay called the Ripa Grande, Rome
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 27 NOTES: The Ripa Grande in Trastevere was Rome's old port of arrival for goods coming from the Mediterranean.
Small harbour called the Porto di Ripetta, Rome
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 28 NOTES: The Ponte Cavour, built at the end of the 19th century, takes up part of this area.
