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An oil-on-canvas portrait of the French philosopher, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755). It is estimated to have been made around the late-18th century by Jacques-Antoine Dassier. (Museum of the History...

The grave of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) in the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris.

A c. 1850 cartoon caricature by Anton Elfinge of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Berlioz used instruments and sounds innovatively in his work and this is here being parodied.

A photograph of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Taken in 1863 by Pierre Petit. (Gallica Digital Library)

An 1850 oil-on-canvas portrait by Gustave Courbet of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)

An 1832 portrait by Émile Signol of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). ( Villa Medici, Rome)

The high-level aqueduct of Caesarea built by Herod the Gret (r. 37-4 BCE), Caesarea Maritima, Israel.

The Lower Terrace of the Promontory Palace of Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) stretching into the sea, it was the private section of the palace, Caesarea Maritima, Israel.

Roman theatre, constructed by Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) during the first stages of the city's development and renovated in the 2nd century CE, Caesarea, Israel.

Caesarea Maritima National Park, Israel.