Historic Architectural Masterpieces Around the World
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Lincoln Cathedral
It was the tallest building in the world for 238 years. After came Gizeh.
Architect: Bishop Remigious
Patron: William the Conqueror
Style: Gothic
Century: Consecrated 11 May 1092
Stonehenge
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Patron:
Style: Prehistoric monument
Century: Constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt: It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.
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Patron:
Style: Prehistoric
Century: 2580-2560 BC
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece: dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.
Architect: Iktinos, Callicrates
Patron: Athenian Empire
Style: Classical Greece
Century: Completed 432 BC
Maison Carree, Nimes, France the Maison Carree was dedicated or rededicated to Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar.
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Patron: Augustus
Style: Roman
Century: Completed ca. 2 AD
La Madeleine (bigger), Paris, France
Architect: Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
Patron: Napoleon dedicated to Mary Magdalene
Style: Roman temple, neo-classical
Century: 1842
The Colosseum Rome: also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre
Architect: Vespian, Titus
Patron: Vespian, Titus
Style: Ancient Roman
Century: 70–80 AD
Arch of Titus Rome to commemorate Titus's victories, inspiration for Arc d’Triumph
Architect: Emperor Domitian
Patron: Emperor Domitian
Style: Ancient Roman
Century: Constructed c. AD 82
Arc de Triomphe, L’Etoile It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon at the peak of his fortunes.
Architect: Jean Chalgrin Louis-Étienne Héricart de Thury
Patron: Emperor Napoleon
Style: Neoclassicism
Century: Inaugurated 29 July 1836
Trajan’s Column Rome commemorates Roman Emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
Architect: Probably Apollodorus of Damascus
Patron: Emperor Trajan
Style: Ancient Roman
Century: AD 107~113
Colonne de Vendome, Paris dedicated to the Battle of Austerlitz. She was inspired by Trajan's Column in the Forum of Trajan in Rome.
Architect: Napoleon
Patron: Napoleon
Style: Commemorative column
Century: Construction 1810
The Pantheon Rome bigger, shorter Marcus Agrippa started an impressive building program: the Pantheon was a part of the complex created by him on his property
Architect: Maybe Apollodrus of Damascus
Patron: Trajan, Hadrian
Style: Roman Temple
Century: 113–125 AD
Le Pantheon Paris It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics, with a façade modeled on the Pantheon in Rome,
Architect: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Jean-Baptiste Rondelet
Patron: Dedicated church
Style: Neoclassicism
Century: Completed 1765 AD
Notre-Dame of Paris: The cathedral is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture
Architect: North transept- Jean de Chelles south transept finished by Pierre de Montreuil
Patron: Under Bishop Maurice de Sully
Style: French Gothic
Century: Completed 1345
St Etienne du Mont (St. Gervais.s)It contains the shrine of St. Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris.
Architect: Gabriel-Jules Thomas
Patron: Devoted to the Virgin Mary, then to St. John the Apostle
Style: French Gothic, French Renaissance
Century: Completed 1624
Úrsula of the Sorbonne (1635-42)
Architect: Jacques Lemercier
Patron: Private chapel for university
Style: Renaissance and the Baroque
Century: Finished 1642
Il Gesu (more yellow) is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order.
Architect: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo della Porta
Patron: By Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Style: The first truly Baroque façade
Century: Consecrated 1584