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Gallery
A room, building or entire institution in which artworks are displayed for viewing and/or sale; the word derives from mediaeval latin galilaea, the far end or "porch" of a church (so named after galilee, the north end of palestine, in hebrew, galil hagoyim, or place of the goys, i.e. Unbelievers).
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