The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important...
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tilework and Art Nouveau entrances, the architecture of Paris Métro stations has evolved with successive waves of building and renovation. After experiments...
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architecture of Paris created during the Belle Époque, between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914, was notable for its variety of different...
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Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène...
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The architecture of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs in the era of absolutism (16–18th centuries) went through several important historical stages:...
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Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred...
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French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715)...
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of Mount Pelée, it was dedicated in 1915. France portal Architecture of Paris List of historic churches in Paris List of tourist attractions in Paris...
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Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process...
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in Paris Architecture of Paris Demographics of Paris History of France Grand Paris Paris chronology History of parks and gardens of Paris History of music...
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the architectural form at all.[citation needed] The Palais-Royal, which opened in 1784 and became one of the most important marketplaces in Paris, is...
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Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] ) is the capital and largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in...
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near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace (Les Halles) and rue Montorgueil, Saint-Eustache exemplifies a mixture of multiple architectural styles: its...
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Art Deco (redirect from Art Deco architecture)
(lit. 'Decorative Arts'), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I...
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French architecture consists of architectural styles that either originated in France or elsewhere and were developed within the territories of France...
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Nouveau movement of architecture and design flourished in Paris from about 1895 to 1914, reaching its high point at the 1900 Paris International Exposition...
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history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings of all...
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Germany. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous...
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Beaux-Arts architecture (/boʊz ˈɑːr/ bohz AR, French: [boz‿aʁ] ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly...
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This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages. Notable events in architecture and related disciplines including...
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Art Nouveau (redirect from Art Nouveau architecture)
style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants...
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the preservation of Gothic architecture as an element of France's cultural heritage. The novel's French title, Notre-Dame de Paris, refers to Notre-Dame...
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from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France...
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London, England: Routledge. ISBN 0415131863. Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris: An Architectural Guide...
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Architecture-Studio is a French architecture firm known for the Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Arab World Institute in Paris (together...
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Palais Garnier (redirect from Paris Opera House)
History of architecture (in Spanish) Unused architectural drawings for the Opéra de Paris by Charles Rohault de Fleury 360° Panoramas of the Paris Opera...
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The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis] ) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the...
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de Paris (in French). Paris: Renouard. Mead, Christopher Curtis (1991). Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French...
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Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th...
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