Washington, D.C. is often confused with a porte-cochère, where a raised vehicle ramp gives an architectural portico the functionality of the latter. Today...
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Future French aircraft carrier (redirect from Porte-avions de Nouvelle Generation)
aircraft carrier (supercarrier) and new flagship. It is known in French as Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PA-NG) for 'new generation aircraft carrier'...
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La Porte (from French 'the door') is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to...
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impacts. The building is considered a landmark of Art Deco architecture. The Palais de la Porte Dorée has housed a succession of ethnological museums, starting...
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611184; -86.722173 The LaPorte County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in La Porte, Indiana, the county seat of LaPorte County. Previous courthouses...
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Adidas Arena (redirect from Porte de La Chapelle Arena)
Paris". grandparis.ccibusiness.fr. "Le chantier de la future Arena 2 lancé Porte de la Chapelle". CNEWS. "Paris 2024 : village des athlètes, Arena, centre...
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Art Deco (redirect from Art Deco architecture)
Arts décoratifs (lit. 'Decorative Arts'), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just...
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The Gates of Hell (redirect from La Porte De L'enfer)
The Gates of Hell (French: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from...
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Scots baronial is an architectural style of 19th-century Gothic Revival which revived the forms and ornaments of historical architecture of Scotland in the...
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French aircraft carrier PA2 (redirect from Porte-avions 2)
PA2 (French: Porte-Avions 2, "Aircraft Carrier 2") was a planned aircraft carrier under development by Thales Naval France and DCNS for the French Navy...
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of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1930, and includes examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neoclassical style architecture. Notable...
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Metro entrance at Porte Dauphine by Hector Guimard (1900). Its cast-iron and glass canopy is as much sculpture as it is architecture. In Paris, Art Nouveau...
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Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). What is today recognised...
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The Toyota Porte (Japanese: トヨタ・ポルテ, Hepburn: Toyota Porute) is a mini MPV produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota from 2004 to 2020 that features an...
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Art Nouveau (redirect from Art Nouveau architecture)
French: [aʁ nuvo] ; lit. 'New Art') is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired...
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Porte des Lilas station (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt de lilɑ]) is a station of the Paris Métro. It serves Line 11 and is the northern terminus of Line...
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Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary...
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Baroque (redirect from Baroque Art and Architecture)
bə-ROK, US: /-ˈroʊk/ -ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished...
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Ottoman Empire (redirect from The High Porte)
recurring pattern where the Sublime Porte needed the help of foreign powers to protect itself.: 95–96 In 1839, the Sublime Porte attempted to take back what...
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Porte Dauphine (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt dofin]) is the western terminus of Line 2 of the Paris Métro. It is situated in the 16th arrondissement. Avenue...
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L'Entrecôte (redirect from L'Entrecôte Porte Maillot)
17th arrondissement near Porte Maillot. Now run by one of his daughters, the restaurant is widely known as L'Entrecôte Porte-Maillot. It has eight additional...
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This page is a glossary of architecture. Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z See also Notes References Abacus A flat slab forming...
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Cimitero delle Porte Sante (The Sacred Doors Cemetery) is a monumental cemetery in Florence located within the fortified bastion of the Basilica of San...
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sign of the beginning of more originality in French Renaissance architecture. The Porte Dorée, or gatehouse, with large loggias one above the other, and...
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Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
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The porte Désilles (or mémorial Désilles) is a memorial gate in the French city of Nancy. It is considered to be the oldest War memorial in France. It...
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Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse (category Romanesque architecture in France)
beautiful tympanums in Romanesque architecture (end of 11th c. or circa 1115). Porte Miègeville Tympanum of the Porte Miègeville Saint Peter Saint James...
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Tunis (redirect from Architecture of Tunis)
the Medina, through the Sea Gate (also known as the Bab el Bhar and the Porte de France), begins the modern part of the city called "Ville Nouvelle",...
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Romanian architecture is very diverse, including medieval, pre-World War I, interwar, postwar, and contemporary 21st century architecture. In Romania,...
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Palace Jubilee Exhibition Building Grand Palais Aceh Museum Palais de la Porte Dorée Pagode de Vincennes Tait Tower 1964 New York World's Fair pavilions...
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