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  • June 18, 2017 - Rome, Italy - Pope Francis leads a Holy Mass at St. John Lateran Basilica to mark the Solemnity of Corpus Domini or Corpus Christi in Rome, Italy on June 18, 2017. The Roman Catholic feast of Corpus Domini, commemorates Christ's last supper and the institution of the Eucharist. The mass was followed by the traditional torchlight procession, in which parish groups, sodalities and charitable and fraternal organisations of all kinds participate along with ordinary citizens, from the St. John Lateran Basilica to the St. Mary Major Basilica. (Credit Image: © Giuseppe Ciccia/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Cazalla De La Sierra, Spain - Children in procession in the Corpus Christi in Cazalla de la Sierra June 19, 2017. In a village in the mountains of Seville this day of the corpus is celebrated with the prosesion of the children who recently made the communion with the saint and the very emblem of Corpus Christi in the town of Cazalla de la Sierra is a tradition of many years. (Credit Image: © David Carbajo/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - A man gets ready inside Barcelona's City Hall, Spain,  moments before taking part at the folkloric  procession of Corpus Christi on 18 June, 2017. (Credit Image: © Jordi Boixareu/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic - HRADEC KRALOVE, CZECH REPUBLIC - JUNE 18:  Hundreds of Czech catholics attend the Corpus Christi celebrations, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic on June 18, 2017. (Credit Image: © Omar Marques/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 15, 2017 - Warsaw, Poland - Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz taking part in a procession through Warsaw's Old Town in commemoration Corpus Christi in Poland, 15 June, Warsaw  (Credit Image: © Krystian Dobuszynski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 15, 2017 - Warsaw, Poland - Man holds a flag during celebration of Corpus Christi feast in Warsaw on June 15, 2017. (Credit Image: © Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 15, 2017 - Warsaw, Poland - Members of the Catholic Church and people taking part in a procession through Warsaw's Old Town in commemoration Corpus Christi in Poland.  (Credit Image: © Krystian Dobuszynski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • May 26, 2016 - Bydgoszcz, Poland - BYDGOSZCZ, 26 May 2016 - On the occasion of Boze Cialo or Corpus Christi on Thursday members of the Saint Martin and Michael parish held a march through the city center. (Credit Image: © Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • Shere Jones from Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, talks about staying in the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced her, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Kevin Sweet from Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, sits on his cot after taking shelter at the FEMA Dome after Harvey displaced him, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Juan Garza from Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, reads a book as he stays at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced his family, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • From left, Harmony Murphy, Selah Murphy and Craig Murphy from Rockport play a card game as they stay at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced them, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Felicia Murphy, left, from Rockport, Texas, USA, talks with Randy Holmes from Fulton as they stay in the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced their families, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Families take shelter at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced them, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Harvey struck the Texas, USA Coastal Bend as a Category 4 on August 25. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • August 26, 2017 - Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. - A streetlight continues to blink despite being ripped from the ground in downtown Corpus Christi, the morning after Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf coast. (Credit Image: © Rachel Denny Clow/TNS via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Red Cross Shelter Supervisor Scott Goldsmith opens a box with food and medical aid at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced families, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Premont, Texas, USA, Fire Fighter Ellie Robledo delivers food and water at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced families, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Tulsa-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. Photo by Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • August 26, 2017 - Corpus Christi, TX, USA - Beverly Perryman stands outside her home and watches as her nephew cuts down a tree with a machete in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, the morning after Hurricane Harvey. She said, ''The house got to shaking, it tore the stuff off our roof.'' She doesn't have insurance. (Credit Image: © Rachel Denny Clow/TNS via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 26, 2017 - Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. - A boat appears partially sunk in the water in the municipal marina in Corpus Christi after Hurricane Harvey a category 4 storm ripped through the area overnight. (Credit Image: © San Antonio Express-News via ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 01, 1993; Corpus Christi, TX, USA; 'Desperate Housewives' star EVA LONGORIA had fashionably 'big hair' as a senior at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1993. (Credit Image: © Courtesy Roy Miller High School/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • May 01, 1992; Corpus Christi, TX, USA; 'Desperate Housewives' star EVA LONGORIA had fashionably 'big hair' as a junior at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1992. (Credit Image: © Courtesy Roy Miller High School/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • August 29, 2017 - Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. - US President DONALD TRUMP (R) and First Lady MELANIA TRUMP arrive at the Corpus Christi International Airport. Trump travelled to Texas on Tuesday to see the recovery efforts underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Credit Image: © Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News via ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 24, 2019 - Corpus Christi, Texas, United States - May 24, 2019- Padre Island, Texas, UNITED STATES. The sun rises as vacationers arrive at the beach for the Memorial Day weekend on Padre Island where Packery Channel enters the Gulf gf Mexico near Corpus Christi, Texas. (Credit Image: © Ralph Lauer/ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 15, 2017 - CamuñAs, Toledo, Spain - Feast ''Danzantes y Pecados'', a celebration of Corpus Christi, which dates back many centuries and takes the form of an Auto Sacramental. It treats the eternal struggle between the Good and the Evil, represented with the dancers and the sins. (Credit Image: © M.Ramirez/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Genzano, Rome, Italy - Again this year, from 17 to 19 June, the traditional 'Infiorata' was repeated in the small town of the Roman castles, which dates back to 1778. The religious, historical and folkloric event extends over an area of about 2000 square meters, covered with thousands of flower petals used to make designs that change every year. It is held in the recurrence of the Corpus Domini, on which after the Eucharistic celebration there is a procession presided by the Bishop, on the streets of the town and on the site of the Infiorata presided by the Bishop and the participation of local civilian and military authorities. (Credit Image: © Leo Claudio De Petris/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Genzano In Rome, Italy, Italy - Again this year, from 17 to 19 June, the traditional 'Infiorata' was repeated in the small town of the Roman castles, which dates back to 1778. The religious, historical and folkloric event extends over an area of about 2000 square meters, covered with thousands of flower petals used to make designs that change every year. It is held in the recurrence of the Corpus Domini, on which after the Eucharistic celebration there is a procession presided by the Bishop, on the streets of the town and on the site of the Infiorata presided by the Bishop and the participation of local civilian and military authorities. (Credit Image: © Leoclaudiodepetris/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Castrillo De Murcia, Burgos, Spain - Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos, Spain. 18th June, 2017. El Colacho, also known as baby jumping, is a traditional Spanish holiday originating back to 1620. It takes place once a year to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in the small town of Castrillo de Murcia. Babies born during the last twelve months are laid on matresses on the ground followed by men dressed as devils jump over them to 'cleanse them of evil spirits' (Credit Image: © M.Ramirez/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 30, 2017 - Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. - Families take shelter at the FEMA Dome after Hurricane Harvey displaced them, on Wednesday, at Tulsa-Midway High School. Harvey struck the Texas Coastal Bend as a Category 4 on August 25. (Credit Image: © Gabe Hernandez/TNS via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 28, 2017 - Rockport, Texas, U.S. - BRIDGET BRUNDRETT presents a flag recovered from city hall after it had flown through Hurricane Harvey as Governor GREG ABBOTT visits Rockport. (Credit Image: © Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 15, 2017 - Fieis montam tradicional tapete de sal em celebração ao dia de Corpus Christi, na Avenida Chile, no Centro do Rio de Janeiro, RJ. (Credit Image: © André Horta/Fotoarena via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 14, 2017 - Movimentação intensa no Rodoanel Oeste, altura do KM 20, nos dois sentidos, nesta quarta-feira (14) véspera de feriado prolongado de Corpus Christi. (Credit Image: © Aloisio Mauricio/Fotoarena via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 15, 2017 - Fiéis católicos confeccionam nesta quinta-feira (15), o tradicional tapete para comemoração de Corpus Christi na cidade de Santana de Parnaíba na Grande São Paulo. (Credit Image: © Aloisio Mauricio/Fotoarena via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Rome, Lazio, Italy - Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major celebrated Corpus Christi, the traditional celebration of the body and blood of Christ. (Credit Image: © Andrea Franceschini/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • The Fulton Volunteer Fire Department in Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Mike Santana helps work on a friend's damaged home in Holiday Beach, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Kim Weatherford surveys the damage at his vacation home in Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Elise Moore holds up a diary her in-laws kept detailing experiences when guests would visit their vacation home in Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • An overhead view of Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Kim Weatherford surveys the damage at his vacation home in Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • An overhead view of Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Linda and William Hart Photo by not pictured), shown at their home on August 28, 2017, rode out Hurricane Harvey in their trailer near Bronte Street in Fulton, Texas, USA. They didn't evacuate because of their dogs. "If I can't take my dogs you leave me right where I am," Linda Hart said.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Linda and William Hart rode out Hurricane Harvey in their trailer near Bronte Street in Fulton, Texas, USA. On Monday, August 28, 2017, they described living through the hurricane and said they held hands just praying they would survive it.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Linda and William Hart rode out Hurricane Harvey in their trailer near Bronte Street in Fulton, Texas, USA. On Monday, August 28, 2017, they described living through the hurricane and said they held hands just praying they would survive it.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Homes in the Key Allegro subdivision on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Rockport, Texas, USA. Property managers were checking Monday to make sure residents were the only ones going into the heavily damaged subdivision.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Homes in the Key Allegro subdivision on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Rockport, Texas, USA. Property managers were checking Monday to make sure residents were the only ones going into the heavily damaged subdivision.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Charles Prothro volunteers to clean up a property off FM 1781 in Aransas County, Texas, USA on Monday, August 28, 2017 damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The group of volunteers came together on social media and call themselves the "big truck crew" because they all have big trucks, including decommissioned military trucks.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • This area off FM 1781 in Aransas County, Texas, USA was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. A group of volunteers came together on social media and call themselves the "big truck crew" because they all have big trucks, including decommissioned military trucks. They were in the area on Monday, August 28, 2017 cleaning up.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Homes in the Key Allegro subdivision on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Rockport, Texas, USA. Property managers were checking Monday to make sure residents were the only ones going into the heavily damaged subdivision.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • A sign for residents entering Holiday Beach, Texas, USA, tells residents the Hurricane Harvey didn't break the community, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Luis Dominguez helps work on a friend's damaged home in Holiday Beach, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • August 29, 2017 - Rockport, TX, USA - The First Baptist Church in Rockport, Texas, had extensive damage during Hurricane Harvey, as seen on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (Credit Image: © Rachel Denny Clow/TNS via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Jessica Jackson tries to coax a dog that was left behind during Hurricane Harvey in Fulton, Texas, USA from underneath a trailer near Bronte Street on Monday, August 28, 2017. Officials said animals left behind during the hurricane have been a major problem because the county doesn't have the resources to handle them and cannot address the problem.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Darlene Vasquez returned to what was going to be a retirement home to survey the damage on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Fulton, Texas, USA near Bronte Street. She said she had been unable to find information so she and her husband decided to come check out the trailer and her mother's trailer themselves. "I was so sick and I'm still sick to my stomach," she said.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Darlene Vasquez returned to what was going to be a retirement home to survey the damage on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Fulton, Texas, USA near Bronte Street. She said she had been unable to find information so she and her husband decided to come check out the trailer and her mother's trailer themselves.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Darlene Vasquez returned to what was going to be a retirement home to survey the damage on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Fulton, Texas, USA near Bronte Street. She said she had been unable to find information so she and her husband decided to come check out the trailer and her mother's trailer themselves.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Darlene Vasquez returned to what was going to be a retirement home to survey the damage on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Fulton, Texas, USA near Bronte Street. She said she had been unable to find information so she and her husband decided to come check out the trailer and her mother's trailer themselves. "I was so sick and I'm still sick to my stomach," she said.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Homes in the Key Allegro subdivision on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Rockport, Texas, USA. Property managers were checking Monday to make sure residents were the only ones going into the heavily damaged subdivision.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • A woman photographs damage at the Bay House Condominiums on Monday, August 28, 2017 in Rockport, Texas, USA. Hurricane Harvey caused tremendous damage to the property.<br />
Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • An overhead view of Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Photo by Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • June 18, 2017 - Rome, Italy - POPE FRANCIS  celebrates Corpus Christ  (Credit Image: © Evandro Inetti via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Aug. 29, 2017 - Washington DC, USA - U.S. President DONALD TRUMP (R) and First Lady MELANIA TRUMP walk to board Marine One before departing the White House for Joint Base Andrews, en route to Corpus Christi, Texas, in Washington, D.C., the United States. President Donald Trump went to Texas on Tuesday to see the recovery efforts underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.  (Credit Image: © Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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  • ug. 29, 2017 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - US President DONALD TRUMP (R) and First Lady MELANIA TRUMP walk to board Marine One before departing the White House for Joint Base Andrews, en route to Corpus Christi. President Donald Trump went to Texas on Tuesday to see the recovery efforts underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Credit Image: © Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 29, 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and First Lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One before departing the White House for Joint Base Andrews, en route to Corpus Christi, Texas, in Washington, D.C., the United States. President Donald Trump went to Texas on Tuesday to see the recovery efforts underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Credit Image: © Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 28, 2017: Hurricane Harvey made landfall late Friday just north of Corpus Christi as a category 4 Hurricane, Harvey's aftermath continues on La Grange, Texas. Mario Cantu/CSM(Credit Image: © Mario Cantu/CSM via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 29, 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and First Lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One before departing the White House for Joint Base Andrews, en route to Corpus Christi, Texas, in Washington, D.C., the United States. President Donald Trump went to Texas on Tuesday to see the recovery efforts underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Credit Image: © Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Jun 17, 2017 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Catholics take part in the Corpus Christi procession near the Plaza de Mayo. (Credit Image: © Anton Velikzhanin via ZUMA Wire)
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • May 20, 2019, Florida, U.S.: City life has its challenges. The crowds, the traffic, pedestrians at the mercy of the weather, and drones also known as unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, which will face some of the same challenges in our cities in the near future. By 2020, there could be as many as 400,000 commercial small UAS registered in the United States, along with some two million for recreational use. Many jobs, those too dirty or dangerous for people, are already emerging for drones, everywhere from farms in the heartland to the urban areas. Especially in an urban environment, there will be a need to keep all that activity in the air running safely and smoothly. NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes in Reno, Nevada, and Corpus Christi, Texas, during the next few months. This will complete the agency's testing of technologies that can be part of a system to safely manage drone traffic. (Credit Image: © Ball Aerospace/NASA Via ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB/NO APPS - A cottage in the painted village of Zalipie, Poland on September 2, 2017. Located 100 km from Krakow near the confluence of the Wisła and Dunajec rivers, Zalipie is a peaceful agricultural village, very unique because of colorful flower paintings all over the walls of wooden houses, fences, wells, which makes you feel like in a fairy tale. Since the late 19th century, the women of Zalipie have been painting their homes inside and out with bright, floral patterns. The custom developed in the days before chimneys when the smoke from the cottage hearths would slowly blacken the interior walls. To prepare the home for important religious holidays, the proud wives of the village would repaint the walls with white lime. By the time progress and its new fan-dangled ‘chimneys’ arrived in Zalipie the tradition had not only stuck, but, with the aid of coloured paints, it had evolved into a unique art form that saw the village cottages adorned inside and out in extraordinary floral folk motifs. By the 1930s, the village had made a bit of a name for itself and in 1948, the first competition to select the most beautifully decorated cottage was held—a tradition that continues annually to this day on the weekend after Corpus Christi. Photo by Somer/ABACAPRESS.COM
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