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Arènes de Lutece, Paris, Roman coliseum

 

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J87XMR Mont Saint-Michel, France

 

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MNJG4F Tour Magne, Nimes, France, Roman 

 

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Historic Roman 1st century Tower of Hercules lighthouse still in use today A Coruña Galicia Spainhistoric-roman-1st-century-tower-of-hercules-lighthouse-still-in-use-today-a-corua-galicia-spain-2RJ7AHJ.jpg

 

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Roman stone bridge over the River Guadiana in Merida Extremadura Spain

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Stonehenge, a Pre-Historic monument on Salisbury Plain Wiltshire England UK Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avebury Wiltshire England  A stone circle encompasses this small Wiltshire Village Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cove and St Mary's Church. at Stanton Drew  Somerset England Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

Lanyon Quoit,  a Neolithic Dolmen near Morvah Penzance Cornwall Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lanyon Quoit,  a Neolithic Dolmen near Morvah Penzance Cornwall Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avebury Wiltshire England  A stone circle encompasses this small Wiltshire Village Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uley Tumulus or Hetty Pegler's Tump Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chepstow Castle, a Norman Castle in Chepstow Monmouthshire Wales Britain UK Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Historic Roman 1st century Tower of Hercules lighthouse still in use today with the 1998 sculpture The Hydra of Lerna A Coruña Galicia Spain 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air amphitheatre Merida Spain

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air theatre Merida Spain April 2014 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air theatre Merida Spain April 2014 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air amphitheatre Merida Spain April 2014 

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Roman ruins with script on an arch at the Roman open air theatre Merida Spain April 2014 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air theatre Merida Spain April 2014 

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Row of columns in the Roman ruins Merida Extremadura Spain

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air amphitheatre Merida Extremadura Spain

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Hired self balancing two wheel personal transporter being driven near the oldest extant lighthouse known Tower of Hercules A Coruna Galicia Spain 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air theatre woman looking at information board Merida Spain April 2014 

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Roman ruins at the Roman open air amphitheatre with a female tourist reading information Merida Spain April 2014 

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Entrance to the open air Roman theatre ruins in Merida Extremadura Spain

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1st century AD Roman Theater excavated in 1973 and now protected with a roof and part of the Cesaraugusta Theater Museum Zaragoza Aragon Spain 

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Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium translates as Puerto de la Victoria or Victory Gate. Claimed to be Roman in Santander Spain 

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Entrance to the open air Roman amphitheatre ruins in Merida Extremadura Spain

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Roman ruins with headless statue of roman soldier in the Roman theatre Merida Extremadura Spain -Image ID: 2BC959Froman-ruins-in-strong-sunlight-with-head

 

1st century AD Roman Theater excavated in 1973 and now protected with a roof and part of the Cesaraugusta Theater Museum Zaragoza Aragon Spain 

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1st century AD Roman Theater excavated in 1973 and now protected with a roof and part of the Cesaraugusta Theater Museum Zaragoza Aragon Spain - Image ID: 2G64X5R1st-century-ad-roman-theater-2G64X5R.jpg

 

1st century AD Roman Theater excavated in 1973 and now protected with a roof and part of the Cesaraugusta Theater Museum Zaragoza Aragon Spain 

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Spires of the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar seen from behind the ruined ancient Roman wall Zaragoza Aragon Spain 

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Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium translates as Puerto de la Victoria or Victory Gate. Claimed to be Roman in Santander Spain 

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Long pedestrianised Roman stone bridge over the River Guadiana in Merida Spain April 2014 

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The Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos (The Royal Place of the Christian Kings) view of the roman bridge over the river Guadalquivir from a distance 

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Colourful preserved mosaic with missing areas in the Roman Villa of Olmedo Saldaña Palencia Castile and Leon Spain 

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Mosaic of the Oecus Caceria Colourful preserved mosaic with leopard leaping at hunter holding shield Roman Villa of Olmedo Saldaña Palencia Spain 

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Interior view of the Great Bath at the Roman Baths Bath England UK 

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Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana where the largest piece of the True cross is kept with a woman kissing the cross near Potes Cantabria Spain 

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The stone circle near Ardgroom, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland, with mackerel sky near sunset

 

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The huge cairn of Queen Maeve, legendary queen of the province of Connaught, Knocknarea, County Sligo, Ireland

 

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Ancient cairn on the sunmmit of Slievenamon, County Tipperary, Ireland

 

 

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Ancient cairn on the sunmmit of Slievenamon, County Tipperary, Ireland

 

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Ancient cairn on the summit of Abbey Hill, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

 

 

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Ancient cairn on the summit of Hungry Hill, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland

 

 

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A few more from me...

 

Toltec warrior, Tula, Mexico

 

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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA B36DN2

 

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Anasazi ruins at Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado / Utah, USA BK2GWE

 

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Temples I and II, Tikal, Guatemala BWF949

 

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Tikal, Guatemala ANXPMN

 

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Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico E982EY

 

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Mayan ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico E982XK

 

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View of Albenga seen across the river Centa with Roman remains in foreground, northern Italy, DBMEGT

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Volunteers excavating the remains at Vindolanda Roman Fort Northumberland England UK E53HW0

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View along Hadrian's Wall looking east towards Hotbank crags near Housesteads, Northumberland, England, : GFXBY0

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