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Building sites

Place where a building is located, formerly was located, is under construction, or will be constructed

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  • Saint Bartholomew of Grottaferrata supervising the building of a church; an accident is avoided when a falling column is stayed on the order of one of his disciples. Engraving by P.A. Pozzi after N. Vanni after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Saint Guthlac building a chapel at Croyland. Engraving by G.F. Storm after C.A. Stothard, 1842.

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    Saint Bartholomew of Grottaferrata supervising the building of a church; an accident is avoided when a falling column is stayed on the order of one of his disciples. Engraving by P.A. Pozzi after N. Vanni after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

    Domenichino | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 493847i
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    Rebuilding of the walls of the City of London: King Alfred the Great, on horseback, visits the building site and gives an order to the master builder. Colour process print after F.O. Salisbury, 1912.

    Frank O. Salisbury | Date: [1912?] | Reference: 2970979i
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    Saint Guthlac building a chapel at Croyland. Engraving by G.F. Storm after C.A. Stothard, 1842.

    Charles Alfred Stothard | Date: 1842 | Reference: 574863i
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    Builders cleaning themselves in order not to spread typhus among the workforce on the construction site. Colour lithograph, 1931.

    | Date: 1931 | Reference: 545739i

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