Colonial architecture, the Glossary

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1. 64 relations: American colonial architecture, Americas, Antigua Guatemala, Architecture of Africa, Australia, Bahay na bato, Brazil, British West Indies, Cape Dutch architecture, Cartagena, Colombia, Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo), Colonial architecture of Indonesia, Colonial Revival architecture, Dutch colonial architecture, Dutch Colonial Revival architecture, Earthquake Baroque, Federal architecture, Federation architecture, First Period, Former British Consulate at Takao, French colonial architecture, Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Goa, Guanajuato (city), Guatemala, Historic center of Mexico City, Indies Empire architecture, Indonesia, Java, Landhuis, Macau, Madeira, Mainland Southeast Asia, Malacca, Maluku Islands, Morelia, National Endowment for the Humanities, New Indies architecture, New Spain, New Spanish Baroque, New Zealand, North America, Old San Juan, Philippines, Portuguese colonial architecture, Puebla, Puerto Rico, Queen's University at Kingston, Querétaro, Santo Domingo, ... Expand index (14 more) »

American colonial architecture

American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), Spanish Colonial, French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian.

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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala, commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala.

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Architecture of Africa

Like other aspects of the culture of Africa, the architecture of Africa is exceptionally diverse.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bahay na bato

Bahay na bato (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as balay na bato or balay nga bato and in Spanish as casa Filipino, is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. Colonial architecture and Bahay na bato are architectural styles.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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British West Indies

The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Trinidad and Tobago.

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Cape Dutch architecture

Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates. Colonial architecture and Cape Dutch architecture are architectural styles.

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Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias, is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean sea.

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Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo)

Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo.

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Colonial architecture of Indonesia

The colonial architecture of Indonesia refers to the buildings that were created across Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period, during that time, this region was known as the Dutch East Indies.

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Colonial Revival architecture

The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.

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Dutch colonial architecture

Dutch colonial architecture refers to the various style of Dutch architecture built across the Dutch Empire. Colonial architecture and Dutch colonial architecture are architectural styles.

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Dutch Colonial Revival architecture

Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Colonial architecture and Dutch Colonial Revival architecture are architectural styles.

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Earthquake Baroque

Earthquake Baroque, or Seismic Baroque, is a style of Baroque architecture found in the former Spanish East Indies and in Guatemala, which were Spanish-ruled territories that suffered destructive earthquakes during the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of Andrea Palladio with several innovations on Palladian architecture by Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries.

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Federation architecture

Federation architecture is the architectural style in Australia that was prevalent from around 1890 to 1915. Colonial architecture and Federation architecture are architectural styles.

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First Period

First Period is an American architecture style originating between approximately 1626 and 1725, used primarily by British colonists during the settlement of the British colonies of North America, particularly in Massachusetts and Virginia.

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Former British Consulate at Takao

The British Consulate at Takao (or Ta-kau) is a former British consulate built in 1865 in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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French colonial architecture

French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization.

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Gauvin Alexander Bailey

Gauvin Alexander Bailey is an American-Canadian author and art historian.

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Goa

Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.

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Guanajuato (city)

Guanajuato (Otomi) is a municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.

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Historic center of Mexico City

The historic center of Mexico City (Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central.

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Indies Empire architecture

Indies Empire style (Dutch: Indisch Rijksstijl) is an architectural style that flourished in the colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the middle of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century. Colonial architecture and Indies Empire architecture are architectural styles.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Landhuis

A landhuis (Dutch for "mansion, manor", plural landhuizen; Indonesian: rumah kongsi; Papiamento: kas di shon or kas grandi) is a Dutch colonial country house, often the administrative heart of a particuliere land or private domain in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.

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Macau

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Madeira

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.

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Mainland Southeast Asia

Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.

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Malacca

Malacca (Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.

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Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.

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Morelia

Morelia (from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid, Otomi) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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New Indies architecture

New Indies Style (Nieuwe Indische Bouwstijl) is a modern architectural style used in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the late 19th century through pre-World War II 20th century.

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New Spain

New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.

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New Spanish Baroque

New Spanish Baroque, also known as Mexican Baroque, refers to Baroque art in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Old San Juan

Old San Juan (Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the islet of San Juan in San Juan.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Portuguese colonial architecture

Portuguese colonial architecture refers to the various styles of Portuguese architecture built across the Portuguese Empire (including Portugal). Colonial architecture and Portuguese colonial architecture are architectural styles.

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Puebla

Puebla (colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Puerto Rico

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Queen's University at Kingston

Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Querétaro

Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro (Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro; Otomi: Hyodi Ndämxei), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo (meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.

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Sino-Portuguese architecture

Sino-Portuguese architecture, also known as Chinese Baroque, Straits/Singapore Eclectic architecture or Peranakan architecture is an Asian hybrid style incorporating elements of both Chinese and Portuguese architectural styles. Colonial architecture and Sino-Portuguese architecture are architectural styles.

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, CRSH), often colloquially pronounced 'shirk', is a Canadian federal research-funding agency that promotes and supports post-secondary research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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Spanish Colonial architecture

Spanish colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on the cities and towns of its former colonies, and is still seen in the architecture as well as in the city planning aspects of conserved present-day cities. Colonial architecture and Spanish Colonial architecture are architectural styles.

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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

The Spanish Colonial Revival style (Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Spanish East Indies

The Spanish East Indies were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed through the captaincy general in Manila for the Spanish Crown, initially reporting to Mexico City, then Madrid, then later directly reporting to Madrid after the Spanish American Wars of Independence.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. Colonial architecture and Spanish Empire are history of European colonialism.

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Spanish West Indies

The Spanish West Indies, Spanish Caribbean or the Spanish Antilles (also known as "Las Antillas Occidentales" or simply "Las Antillas Españolas" in Spanish) were Spanish territories in the Caribbean.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Viceroyalty of New Granada

The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada (Virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada), also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santafé, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.

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Viceroyalty of Peru

The Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.

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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Virreinato del Río de la Plata or Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River of the Silver", also called the "Viceroyalty of River Plate" in some scholarly writings, in southern South America, was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of one of the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.

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Zacatecas (city)

Zacatecas is the principal city within the municipality in Mexico of the same name, and the capital of the state of Zacatecas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_architecture

Also known as British colonial architecture, Colonial building.

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