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Military Career Washington appeared at the Second Continental Congress in his Virginia militia colonel’s uniform, advertising his military experience to a Congress in search of a commanding general. Tunisia …
Modern Classicism, Pere-Lachaise Emerging at the end of the nineteenth century from this architectural morass was Art Nouveau. The style had a relatively short run on the scale of …
Gothic, Montmartre Not all architecture fits into the customary architectural styles. Architects often blended totally unrelated styles and sometimes created styles of their own. At the end of the …
The other significant military operations during the War of Jenkins’ Ear occurred along the disputed Florida-Georgia border. Tanzania Map Tourist Attractions British General James Oglethorpe, leading a combined force …
Byzantine Revival, Crematorium, Pere-Lachaise Perhaps no style of architecture is so closely associated with cemeteries as Gothic. Its towers, spires and flying buttresses are the stuff of ghost stories, …
Eighteenth-century warfare took place in the age of the flintlock firearm, and both muskets and rifles were employed by combatants. Sapporo Subway Map The term flintlock refers to the …
Classical Revival with Ionic capitals, Batignolles Cemetery Modern Eclecticism Starting in the 1930s, architectural styles essentially became devoid of ornament. However, clever architects who wanted to put their individualized …
Egyptian Revival, Cavetto Cornice, Vulture Wings and Cobras, Auteuil Another very popular form of Egyptian architecture in the cemetery is the obelisk, which is representative of a ray of …