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Victorian Architecture

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The term '''Victorian architecture''' can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Victoria after whom it is named. Image:Gingerbread (architecture).jpg thumb|right|200px|A gingerbread house *Neoclassicism *Gothic Revival *Italianate *Second Empire *Neo-Grec *Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) *Renaissance Revival *Queen Anne style Queen Anne *Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) *British Arts and Crafts movement *painted ladies *Stick-Eastlake There are also Folk and Shingle Style Victorian Houses. Please note that the names of architectural styles (as well as their adaptations) varied between countries. Many homes combined the elements of several different styles and are not easily distinguishable as one particular style or another. Highly decorated houses are sometimes called gingerbread houses. The Victorian era lasted roughly 75 years, from 1825 to 1900. Greek Revival architecture stretches from the later part of the Colonial era into the beginnings of the Victorian era. Similarly, the Arts and Crafts movement in The United States started a few years before the end of the Victorian era. Great Victorian era cities include London, Glasgow, Melbourne and Manchester. :''See also'': Georgian architecture.

Further reading
*Dixon, Roger and Muthesius, Stephan. ''Victorian architecture''. Thames & Hudson: 1978. ISBN 0500181632 . Category:Architectural history Category:Victorian era architecture Category:British architecture de:Viktorianische Architektur fr:Architecture victorienne see Victorian architecture