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During the French Colonial period, there was a visible shift and transition of traditional residential buildings into French-style buildings within various areas in South East Asia. Whilst this transition was not completely transformative, French influence intentionally modified their buildings to embrace the tradition and culture of the ...
French colonisation of three countries in mainland Southeast Asia—Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, known as Indochina in the 19th and 20th centuries, left a lasting architectural legacy. Most French colonial buildings, now mostly transformed for public use, are located in large urban areas, namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), and Phnom ...
French Baroque profoundly influenced 18th-century secular architecture throughout Europe. Although the open three wing layout of the palace was established in France as the canonical solution as early as the 16th century, it was the Palais du Luxembourg (1615–20) by Salomon de Brosse that determined the sober and classicizing direction that ...
Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.
Italian qualities can also be found due to proximity, Genoese heritage and the influence of the Capriccio movement, incorporated in the housing architecture of notable structures in Monte Carlo. Notable Monagasque works of French architects Charles Garnier [5] and Jules Dutrou [6] epitomise the mixture of other European and historical influences.
The architecture was inspired by the stylings of Versailles during the reign of King Louis XIV. [1] Homes found in Normandy, France are often known for the style. [2] The first homes to be designed in the style were manor houses. [3] French nobles built chateaus or manor houses with steep hipped roofs and an overall formal appearance. [4]
The oldest known building in the Americas. [24] [25] Dholavira: India: Asia: 2600 BCE Settlement A complex of ruins with varying dates at Dholavira. [26] [27] [28] It has brick water reservoirs, with steps, circular graves and the ruins of a well planned town.
Unlike the Southern France, Paris has very few examples of Romanesque architecture; most churches and other buildings in that style were rebuilt in the Gothic style.The most remarkable example of Romanesque architecture in Paris is the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built between 990 and 1160 during the reign of Robert the Pious.