File:British Museum Great Court roof.jpg

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Deutsch: Der Große Hof des British Museums. Parkettiertes Dach designed von Foster + Partners. Gewölbt um den original Lesesaal der British Library. Die Skulptur auf dem Podest im rechten Bildteil zeigt einen „jugendlichen Reiter“ aus dem 1. Jahrhundert.
English: The Great Court of the British Museum, with the new tessellated roof designed by w:Foster and Partners arching around the original, circular, Reading Room of the British Library. The sculpture on the pedestal on the right hand foreground is A youth on horseback from 1st century AD Rome.
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Great Court of the British Museum in London

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