History Of Architecture Construction Dates

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Catal Hoyuk

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Turkey, ca. 7400-6000 BCE

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ZIggurat of Ur

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Ur, 2040-2000 BCE

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Stepped Pyramid of Djoser

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Saqqara, Egypt, ca. 2650 BCE; by Imhotep

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Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

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Deir el Bahari, ca. 1480 BCE; by Senmut

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Complex of the Palace at Knossos

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Crete, ca. 1450 BCE

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Lion Gate at Mycenae

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Mycenae, 1600-1200 BCE

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Parthenon

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Athenian Acropolis, 448-432 BCE; by Iktinos and Kallikrates

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Erechtheion

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Athenian Acropolis, 421-406 BCE

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Pont du Gard

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Nimes, France, ca. 19 BCE

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Maison Carree

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Nimes, France, ca. 10 CE

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Colosseum

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Rome, 80 CE

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Pantheon

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Rome, ca. 125 CE; by Emperor Hadrian

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Ceiling painting of the Good Shepherd

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Catacomb of St. Pietro e Marcellino, Rome, Late 3rd Century

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Old St. Peter's Basilica

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Rome, 4th Century

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Santa Costanzo

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Rome, 338-350

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Church of San Vitale

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Ravenna, 540

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Hagia Sophia

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Constantinople (Istanbul), 532-537; by Anthemius of Tralles and Isodorus of Miletus

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Dome of the Rock

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Jerusalem, ca. 691-692

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Great Mosque of Damascus

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Syria, 706-714

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Great Mosque of Cordoba

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Spain, 785-1000

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Court of the Lions, Alhambra

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Granada, begun in 11th century, 1246-1492; by the Nasrid Dynasty

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Taj Mahal

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Agra, India, 1632-1652

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St. Foy

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Conques, 1050-1120

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St. Etienne

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Caen, 1073-1081

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Abbey Church of Saint Denis

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France, 1137-1144; by Abbot Suger

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Laon Cathedral

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Laon, France, 1160-1200

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Chartres Cathedral

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Chartres, France, 1144-1225

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Saint-Chapelle

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Paris, France, 1243-1248

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Frauenkirche

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Nuremberg, 1350s

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Church of San Lorenzo

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Rome, Italy, 1418-1446; by Brunelleschi

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Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

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Florence, Italy, begun ca. 1445; by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo

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Tempietto

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Rome, 1502; by Donato Bramante

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Laurentian Library

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Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, 1524-1559; by Michelangelo Buonarotti

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The Cornaro Chapel

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Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1645-1652; by Gianlorenzo Bernini

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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontaine

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Rome, 1638-1646; by Francesco Borromini