Close-up of ceramic wall of colorful tiles with human figure and allegorical scenes, Real Alcazar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Telamons depicting grotesque figures or fantastic and allegorical animals, detail of the Baroque facade, Church of Santa Croce, Lecce, Salento, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Telamons depicting grotesque figures or fantastic and allegorical animals, detail of the Baroque facade, Church of Santa Croce, Lecce, Salento, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Detail of the funerary monument to Pope Innocent XI, by the French sculptor Pierre-Etienne Monnot, housed within St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Vienna, Austria ��� View of the Donnerbrunnen, a Baroque fountain located on Neuer Markt square, featuring allegorical figures and sculpted by Georg Raphael Donner.

Vienna, Austria ��� View of the Naturhistorisches Museum entrance, its grand Renaissance Revival portal crowned by a dome and adorned with allegorical sculptures, overlooking Maria-Theresien-Platz.

View of the Fountains of Po and Dora in Piazza CLN, dating back to 1936 and adorned with allegorical sculptures, standing as neorationalistic symbols in architect Marcello Piacentini's vision for Via Roma's redevelopment, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

View of the Fountain of Dora in Via Roma, executed by Umberto Baglion, 1893-1965, and placed in 1939, the allegorical statue represents the River Dora with a woman lying on a pedestal, from which water flows, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

View of the Fountain of Po in Via Roma, executed by Umberto Baglioni, 1893-1965, and placed in 1939, the allegorical statue represents the River Po with a man lying on a pedestal, from which water flows, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Comparsa. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Moated castle Anholt, Isselburg, Westpahlia, NRW, Germany

Glass painting, Lady Justice, district court Bremen, Germany

Samba dancers on an allegorical float of the Beija-Flor de Nikopol samba school at the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro 2010, Brazil, South America

Allegorical float of the Beija-Flor de Nikopol samba school at the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro 2010, Brazil, South America

Allegorical float of the Beija-Flor de Nikopol samba school at the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro 2010, Brazil, South America

Close-up of the beautiful fountain with its many ornate details

Portal Ingresso di Terra with statues of the Arsenal in Venice

Close-up of the beautiful fountain with its many ornate details

Allegorical statues representing death and paganism on the Prague Astronomical Clock on the clock tower of the Old Town City Hall, Old Town Square, historic district, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Allegorical statue, woman with fruits and flowers in her hair, lion, Herrenhaeuser Gardens, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Allegorical group of figures above the entrance, detail facade, post office building, Palacio de Communicaciones, building of 1922, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Allegorical figure from Friedrich Rueckert's works, "Sonnet in arms" at his memorial, market square, Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Allegorical figures supporting the pulpit in Notre-Dame d'Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, Somme, France