Images Dated 17th March 2009

Hippy Bus at the Woodstock Music Festival 1969

Fans sitting on top of a painted bus at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York, 15th-17th August 1969. The Festival was scheduled to end after "three days of peace and music" in upstate New York. The iconic event didn't stop going though, and it pushed on for an unscheduled fourth day.
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Italy. Rome. Basilica of San Carlo al Corso and statue of Sa

Italy. Rome. Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso, usually known as San Carlo al Corso. Its construction was begun in honour of the canonization of St. Charles Borromeo in 1610, by Onorio Longhi (1568-1619) and, after his death, by his son Martino Longhi the Younger (1602-1680). The dome was designed by Pietro da Cortona (1597-1669) in 1668. First, an statue of Saint Ambrose (340-397), archbishop of Milan

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Italy. Rome. Palazzo Farnese

Italy. Rome. Palazzo Farnese. High Renaissance. It was designed in 1517 for the Farnese family. The building was expanded when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534, to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. In it participated some of the most prominent Italian architects of the 16th century, including Michelangelo, Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta. Currently serves as the French embassy in Italy

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