Apotheosis of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the allegory of the missionary work of the Jesuits dating from 1685 by the Jesuit painter Andrea Pozzo, Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Pallas Athene statue, Austrian Parliament, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vienna, Austria, Europe

The Baroque Schloss Eggenberg, Italian Pietro de Pomis designed this allegory of universal order, with 24 state rooms, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe

An Allegory of True Love by Pieter Pourbus, The Wallace Collection Art Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Allegory on the top of the Here Arch, Place Stanislas, formerly Place Royale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle, Lorraine, France, Europe

During the day the Freedom Memorial is watched over by a guard of honor, Riga, Latvia, Baltic states

Allegory of Freedom statue on top of the Freedom Memorial in Riga, Latvia, Baltic states

Moated castle Anholt, Isselburg, Westpahlia, NRW, Germany

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

Main facade, Opera de Paris, Palais Garnier, statue of the Allegory of Lyric Poetry and a bust of the composer Halevy, 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France, Europe

Statue of Justitia, Lady Justice, on top of the neo-classical town hall, 1784, Am Markt, Gengenbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Glass painting, Lady Justice, district court Bremen, Germany

Woman with goat, allegory for the River Oder, Neptunbrunnen fountain, Marienkirche church, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Allegory of the physical culture, ceramic sculpture at the Karl-Marx-Hof courtyard, Vienna's most famous municipal tenement complex from the interwar period, Doebling, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Man with scythe under tree with starry sky, Oberguenzburg, Ostallgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Man with scythe under tree with starry sky, Oberguenzburg, Ostallgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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

A boy standing in a field with a wagon looking at piles of books, composite image

Playing cards set up in a grass field under a stormy sky, composite image

A boy stands looking up at a swing that he is too short to reach, composite image