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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Louvre

LOUVRE

Medieval Architecture

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Renaissance Architecture

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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The Capitol of Toulouse, one of the famous classicist buildings of France.
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The Capitol of Toulouse, one of the famous classicist buildings of France.

The Palais Royal, Paris. Built as "Palais Cardinal" for Richelieu, it was the center of Orleanist opposition against the Court at Versailles. Philippe, Duc de Chartres (Philippe Egalite) resided here. The Palais was also a center of gay social life.
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The Palais Royal, Paris. Built as "Palais Cardinal" for Richelieu, it was the ce...

Palais Royal, first floor landing of the Escalier d' Honneur, designed by Pierre Contant d'Ivry. Today, the Palais Royal is the seat of the Conseil d'Etat.
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Palais Royal, first floor landing of the Escalier d' Honneur, designed by Pie...

Palais Royal: Escalier d'honneur designed by Contant d'Ivry.The stairwell consists of arched openings with grisaille-paintings in trompe-loeuil technique. Wrought-iron banister by Corbin and Caffieri. Today the Palais Royal is the seat of the Conseil d'Etat.
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Palais Royal: Escalier d'honneur designed by Contant d'Ivry.The stairwell con...

Palais Royal. The former dining room of the Duchess of Orleans, today one of the meeting rooms of the Conseil d'Etat, now located in the Palais Royal.
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Palais Royal. The former dining room of the Duchess of Orleans, today one of th...

The Pantheon in Paris. Originally, the building with the classic cupola was a church, in fulfilment of a vow by Louis XV. Later it became the mausoleum for the Great of France.
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The Pantheon in Paris. Originally, the building with the classic cupola was a...

Salt mining in the Franche-Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773 new and larger buildings in an innovative, neo-classical style were constructed in Arc-et-Senans. Workshops and workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble.
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Salt mining in the Franche-Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773 new a...

Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble. Claude Nicolas was a Freemason and built the facade in the style of a masonic temple.
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Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new...

Fountain of Neptune on Place Stanislas in Nancy, residence of Stanislas Leszczynski, King of Poland and Lorraine. Forged iron and gold
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Fountain of Neptune on Place Stanislas in Nancy, residence of Stanislas L...

The Synagogue at Cavaillon, Vaucluse, France, 1772. It was built on the site of a former synagogue of the 14th, when the condition of the jews in the Papal States was better than in the rest of France. The synagogue is an example of the richest French Rococo.
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The Synagogue at Cavaillon, Vaucluse, France, 1772. It was built on the site...

Chateau la Brede, France. Montesquieu was born here. Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755),writer and philosopher. his "Lettres Persanes" of 1721, spoof the lose morals of his time. His chief work, "L'Esprit des Lois" was published in 1748.
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Chateau la Brede, France. Montesquieu was born here. Charles-Louis de Secondat,...

"Les Charmettes," Mme de Warens'country house in which the young Jean-Jaques Rousseau (1712-1778) spent several years with his benefactor and "maman."
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"Les Charmettes," Mme de Warens'country house in which the young Jean-Jaques Ro...