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2. Forma Urbis Romae - Wikipedia

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   Reconstruction of part of the Forma Urbis with cavea of theatrum Pompei shown. The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211 CE. Matteo Cadario gives specific years of 205–208, noting that the map was based on property records.

3. Architecture of cathedrals and great churches - Wikipedia

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   Plan of the Renaissance St Peter's Basilica, showing elements of both central and longitudinal plan. Many of the earliest churches of Byzantium have a longitudinal plan. At Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, there is a central dome, framed on one axis by two high semi-domes and on the other by low rectangular transept arms, the overall plan being square ...

4. Siena Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Region. Europe and North America. Siena Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and from the 15th century that of the Archdiocese of Siena.

5. Parthenon - Wikipedia

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   Technical details; Material: Pentelic Marble [4] Size: 69.5 by 30.9 m (228 by 101 ft) Floor area: 73 by 34 m (240 by 112 ... the visible section of the minaret was ...

6. Ancient Greek architecture - Wikipedia

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   There is an abundance of high quality white marble both on the mainland and islands, particularly Paros and Naxos. This finely grained material was a major contributing factor to precision of detail, both architectural and sculptural, that adorned ancient Greek architecture. [6]

7. Palatine Chapel, Aachen - Wikipedia

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   Sunlit dome of the Palatine Chapel at noonday Detail of barred window of Palatine Chapel (exterior view) Floor plan of Aachen Cathedral with Charlemagne's palace chapel highlighted in the center. There is a sixteen-sided ambulatory with a gallery overhead encircling the central octagonal dome.