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French Romanesque schools of architecture, which are specific for every region, are characterised by the variety of stone vaulting. Regions that developed distinctive styles are: Burgundy. abbey church, Cluny; Saint-Bénigne, Dijon; Autun; St Philibert at Tournus; Provence. Church of St. Trophime and cloister, Arles; Tour Fenestrelle, Uzès
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 ...
Liste des châteaux de Bretagne (List of Breton manor houses in the French Wikipedia) Luettelo Suomen kartanoista (List of Finnish manor houses in the Finnish Wikipedia) There is a short list of Norman manoirs in Pays de Caux. Lijst van kastelen in Nederland (From the Dutch Wikipedia, a comprehensive list of castles and manor houses in the ...
[4] Cite de Peuple Paris 75013 France 1926 1926 Salvation Army hostel Maison Guiette / Les Peupliers: Antwerp: Belgium: 1926: 1926: House and studio for Rene Guilette; World Heritage Site (2016) [2] Villa Ternisien: 5, Allee des Pins, Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris: France: 1926
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.
Palais de la Cité, also simply known as le Palais, first royal palace of France, from before 1000 until 1363; now the seat of the courts of justice of Paris and of the Court of Cassation (the supreme court of France) Palais de la Légion d'honneur; Palais du Louvre, second royal palace of France, from 1364 until 1789; now the Louvre Museum
French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–1774). It was preceded by French Renaissance architecture and Mannerism and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by French Neoclassical architecture .
Cluny Abbey was almost entirely destroyed during and after the French Revolution; the stones were reused in buildings across the region. The only remaining structures are the two towers of the avant-nave, and the bell tower on the south wing of the grand transept. Eight percent of the original structure remains today. [citation needed]