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2. Mansard roof - Wikipedia

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   A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.

3. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada

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   For most Second Empire buildings, the mansard roof is the primary stylistic feature and the most commonly recognised link to the style's French roots. A secondary feature is the use of pavilions , a segment of the facade that is differentiated from surrounding segments by a change in height, stylistic features, or roof design and are typically ...

4. French architecture - Wikipedia

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   But the most striking feature borrowed from this period is the steep, boxy mansard roof. You can recognize a mansard roof by its trapezoid shape. Unlike a triangular gable, a mansard roof is almost vertical until the very top, when it abruptly flattens. This singular roofline creates a sense of majesty, and also allows more usable living space ...

5. French Baroque architecture - Wikipedia

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   A traditional French feature was the high sloping mansard roof and the complex roofline. Like the Villa Medici in Rome, the palace was surrounded by a large garden and fountains. The interior design was also innovative; the pavilions around the main block contained the apartments, allowing a greater flexibility and functionality of the interior ...

6. Second Empire style - Wikipedia

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   As the Second Empire style evolved from its 17th-century Renaissance foundations, it acquired a mix of earlier European styles, most notably the Baroque, often combined with mansard roofs and/or low, square-based domes. [7] The style quickly spread and evolved as Baroque Revival architecture throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. Its ...

7. Category talk:Buildings with mansard roofs - Wikipedia

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8. Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport House - Wikipedia

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   Generations of the Davenport family, and other owners after them made further changes to the house, so that the original structure built by Antoine Lispenard and Joseph Rodman is largely invisible. In the 1860s, the original roof was replaced by a modified mansard, topped by a cupola.

9. Missouri Governor's Mansion - Wikipedia

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   Major exterior features of the 66-foot-6-inch (20.27 m) square, three-story red brick building are the 13-foot (4.0 m) mansard roof and four pink granite columns from Brown's quarry in Iron County, Missouri. The most striking interior feature is the Grand Stairway carved of walnut.