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Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
structures.


Belgium

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Antwerp City Hall The City Hall (Dutch: ) of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of Antwerp's Grote Markt ("Great Market Square"). Erected between 1561 and 1565 after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, t ...


Czech Republic

* Château of
Litomyšl Litomyšl (; german: Leitomischl) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle ...
* Villa Belvedere in
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...


Denmark

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Kronborg Castle Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and was inscribed on the UNE ...
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Rosenborg Castle Rosenborg Castle ( da, Rosenborg Slot) is a renaissance castle located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects. It was built in the D ...
* Børsen


England

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Longleat Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquess of Bath, Marquesses of Bath. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan era, Elizabethan prodigy house, it is adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of War ...
, Wiltshire (1567–1580) *
Banqueting House In English architecture, mainly from the Tudor period onwards, a banqueting house is a separate pavilion-like building reached through the gardens from the main residence, whose use is purely for entertaining, especially eating. Or it may be b ...
, London (1619–1622) *
Queen's House Queen's House is a former royal residence built between 1616 and 1635 near Greenwich Palace, a few miles down-river from the City of London and now in the London Borough of Greenwich. It presently forms a central focus of what is now the Old Ro ...
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Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
, London (1616–1617)


France

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Château d'Amboise The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire ''département'' of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. K ...
* Château de Blois *
Château de Chambord The Château de Chambord () in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with cla ...
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Château de Châteaubriant The Château de Châteaubriant is a medieval castle strongly modified during the Renaissance, located in the '' commune'' of Châteaubriant in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' of France. The original castle was founded in the 11th century on t ...
* Château de Chenonceau *
Château de Fontainebleau Palace of Fontainebleau (; ) or Château de Fontainebleau, located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence ...
* Château de Laval *
Hôtel d'Assézat The Hôtel d'Assézat in Toulouse, France, is a French Renaissance ''hôtel particulier'' (urban palace) of the 16th century which houses the Bemberg Foundation, a major art gallery of the city. The hôtel was likely built by Toulouse architect N ...


Germany

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Schloss Johannisburg Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It was erected between 1605 and 1614 by the architect for Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, Prince Bishop of Mainz. Until 1803, it ...
* Ahrensburg Castle * Augsburg Town Hall *
Bremen City Hall The Bremen City Hall (german: Bremer Rathaus) is the seat of the President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of the most important examples of Brick Gothic and Weser Renaissance architecture in Europe. Sin ...
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Cologne City Hall The City Hall (german: link=no, Kölner Rathaus) is a historical building in Cologne, western Germany. It is located off Hohe Straße in the district of Innenstadt, and set between the two squares of Rathausplatz and Alter Markt. It houses part o ...
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Düsseldorf City Hall Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
* Heidelberg Castle * Leipzig City Hall * Munich Residenz *
Schwerin Castle Schwerin Castle (also known as ''Schwerin Palace'', german: Schweriner Schloss, ), is a schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany. It is situated on an island in the city's main lake, Lake Sch ...


Hungary

* Visegrád, Royal Summer Palace * Bakócz Chapel in Esztergom


Italy

*Bergamo, Colleoni Chapel *Brescia, Palazzo della Loggia * Dome of khairo-Italian scilia * Florence ** Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Ospedale degli Innocenti (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Sagrestia Vecchia (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Santo Spirito di Firenze, Santo Spirito (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Pazzi Chapel at Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze, Basilica di Santa Croce (by Filippo Brunelleschi) ** Palazzo Medici (by Michelozzo) ** Palazzo Pitti (unknown architect) ** Palazzo Strozzi ** Façade of Santa Maria Novella (by Leon Battista Alberti, L.B. Alberti) ** Palazzo Rucellai (by L.B. Alberti) ** Uffizi (by Giorgio Vasari) * Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano (by Leon Battista Alberti) * Mantua ** Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova, Sant'Andrea (by Leon Battista Alberti) ** Palazzo Te (by Giulio Romano) * Urbino, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Palazzo Ducale (by Luciano Laurana) * Milan **Santa Maria presso San Satiro (by Donato Bramante, Bramante) ** Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan), Santa Maria delle Grazie (by Bramante) * Rome ** Capitoline Museums (by Michelangelo) **Palazzo Farnese (by Giuliano da Sangallo the Younger and Michelangelo) ** San Pietro in Montorio (by Bramante) ** Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace (by Bramante) ** Villa Farnesina * Villa Farnese, Caprarola (by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola) *Urbino **Ducal Palace, Urbino, Ducal Palace * Venice ** Loggetta of St. Mark's Basilica, St. Mark's Campanile (by Jacopo Sansovino?) ** Biblioteca Marciana (by Jacopo Sansovino) **Scuola Grande di San Marco *Vicenza **Basilica Palladiana ** Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (by Andrea Palladio, A. Palladio)


Lithuania

* Biržai Castle * Panemunė Castle * Radziwill Palace in Vilnius, Radziwill Palace in Vilnius * Raudondvaris, Raudondvaris Palace * Royal Palace of Lithuania (or the Vilnius Castle Complex#Royal Palace, Lower Castle) in Vilnius * St. Michael's Church in Vilnius


Poland

* Wawel Castle in Kraków * Sigismund's Chapel at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków * Old City of Zamość * Cathedral in Zamość * Sukiennice, Cloth Hall in Kraków * Poznań Town Hall * Town Hall in Chełmno * Krasiczyn Castle * Brzeg Castle * Pieskowa Skała, Pieskowa Skała Castle * Firlej Chapel in Bejsce * Loitz house in Szczecin * Houses and parish church in Kazimierz Dolny * Great Arsenal in Gdańsk * Upper Gate in Gdańsk * Green Gate in Gdańsk * Castle in Drzewica * Baranów Sandomierski Castle * Jesuit Church, Warsaw * Town Hall in Chełmno * Castle in Płakowice near Lwówek Śląski * Pruszków Castle * Niemodlin Castle * Castle in Siedlisko, Nowa Sól County, Siedlisko


Portugal

*Cloister of John III in Convent of the Order of Christ, in Tomar *Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça (Évora), Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Évora


Russia

* Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin


Spain

* El Escorial (by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera) * New Cathedral of Salamanca (by Juan de Álava and others) * Palace of Monterrey in Salamanca (by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón) * Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo, Arzobispo Fonseca College in Salamanca (by Diego de Siloé, Juan de Álava and Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, R. G. de Hontañón) * Convent of St. Stephen, Salamanca, Convent of St. Stephen in Salamanca, (by Juan de Álava and R. G. de Hontañón) * Palacio de los Guzmanes, Palace of Guzmanes in León, Spain, León (by R. G. de Hontañón) * Hospital de la Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain, Toledo (by Enrique Egas and Alonso de Covarrubias) * Hospital Tavera, in Toledo, Spain, Toledo (by Bartolomé Bustamante) * Hospital Real, in Granada, Spain, Granada (by Enrique Egas) * Palace of Charles V in Granada, Spain, Granada (by Pedro Machuca) * Cathedral of Granada (by Juan Gil de Hontañón, Enrigue Egas and Diego de Siloé) * Jaén Cathedral, Cathedral of Jaén (by Andrés de Vandelvira) * Cathedral of Baeza, Spain, Baeza (by Vandelvira) * Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, University of Alcalá de Henares (by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón and others) * Hostal de los Reyes Católicos of Santiago de Compostela (by Enrique Egas)


Sweden

* Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred * Kalmar Castle, Kalmar


See also

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