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Architectural styles
Architectural styles, periods, and distinguishing features.
Beaux-Arts
An academic method organizing monumentality, axes, and sculpted decoration.RegionFrance and international capitalsPeriod1830 to 1930Palladianism
An architecture of symmetry inspired by Andrea Palladio’s villas and Roman antiquity.RegionVeneto and BritainPeriod1508 to 1800Second Empire style
An opulent eclectic style associated with the major building campaigns of Napoleon III.RegionFrancePeriod1852 to 1870Georgian style
British architecture of measured brick façades, sash windows, and classical proportion.RegionBritain and IrelandPeriod1714 to 1830