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The architecture of Germany has a long, rich and diverse history. Every major European style from Roman to Postmodern is represented, including renowned examples of Carolingian , Romanesque , Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque , Classical , Modern and International Style architecture.
This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany
The Middle German house ([mitteldeutsches Haus] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration of latn script ) is a style of traditional German farmhouse which is predominantly found in Central Germany. It is known by a variety of other names, many of which indicate its regional distribution: Ernhaus (hall house, hall kitchen house)
The German name, Fachhallenhaus, is a regional variation of the term Hallenhaus ("hall house", sometimes qualified as the "Low Saxon hall house").In the academic definition of this type of house the word Fach does not refer to the Fachwerk or "timber-framing" of the walls, but to the large Gefach or "bay" between two pairs of the wooden posts (Ständer) supporting the ceiling of the hall and ...
Schloss Machern (Machern Castle) near Leipzig is an example of a typical manor house, it evolved from a medieval castle which was originally protected by a water moat and later was converted into a baroque-style castle with typical architectural features of the period and one of the first English-style parks in Germany.
The city's appearance in the 21st century has been shaped by the key role the city played in Germany's 20th-century history. Each of the governments based in Berlin—the Kingdom of Prussia , the 1871 German Empire , the Weimar Republic , Nazi Germany , East Germany and the reunified Federal Republic of Germany —initiated ambitious ...
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1885 – William Le Baron Jenney builds the first metal-frame skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, in Chicago. 1884 – Gaudí is given the commission for the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926. 1883 – Antoni Gaudí completes his Casa Vicens in Barcelona. 1881 – The Natural History Museum in London opens.