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Queen Anne Style architecture 1870–1910s UK and US; Queenslander 1840s–1960s; Ranch-style 1940s–1970s US; Repoblación architecture 880s–11th century; Spain; Regency architecture; Richardsonian Romanesque 1880s US; Rococo; Roman architecture 753 BC – 663 AD; Romanesque architecture 1050–1100; Romanesque Revival architecture 1840 ...
Milos is the southwestern-most island in the Cyclades group. The Venus de Milo (now in the Louvre), the Poseidon of Melos (now in the NAMA) and the Asclepius of Milos (now in the British Museum) were all found on the island, [2] as was an archaic Apollo now in Athens. Milos is a popular tourist destination during the summer.
Whoa: Roman love letters and so many sandals The roller coaster, 70-mile-long turf and stone wall that Hadrian built coast to coast across northern England is a multi-site, must-visit Roman ...
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway by 146 BC, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BC with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following the Battle of Actium.
Spanish colonial architecture was built in Florida and the Southeastern United States from 1559 to 1821. The conch style is represented in Pensacola, Florida and other areas of Florida, adorning houses with balconies of wrought iron, as appears in the mostly Spanish-built French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Fires in 1788 and 1794 ...
Archaeologists digging in central Rome say they've found what could be the oldest known Roman temple: the temple of Fortuna. It's believed to have been built around the 7th century BC for the ...
Titus Annius Milo (died 48 BC) was a Roman political agitator. The son of Gaius Papius Celsus, he was adopted by his maternal grandfather, Titus Annius Luscus. In 52 BC, he was prosecuted for the murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher and exiled from Rome.
Altare della Patria, the best-known symbol of Roman neoclassical architecture. In 1870, Rome became the capital city of the new Kingdom of Italy. During this time, neoclassicism, a building style influenced by the architecture of classical antiquity, became a predominant influence in Roman architecture. During this period, many great palaces in ...