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The chieftain’s house at Lofotr Viking Museum is an overpowering recreation of Viking Age longhouses. Like many longhouses, both of Viking communities and around the world, it takes the shape of an oval with a convex roof, and is constructed…

Created during the medieval ages this grand cathedral's original architects desire to create a grand sculpture to house the Reliquary of the Three Kings. While left incomplete until centuries further the cathedral would endure the times and…

Angkor Wat is a very large temple complex that is primarily square in shape. Currently the stone walls are white with brown stains caused by weathering. The brown color tends to be more apparent on the roofs of the structure. The temple itself is…

The structure is considerably sound with a firm rectangular form, as it hails as one of the last structures to represent the German Colonial church structure. It includes two levels, two chimneys, and a belfry at the top. While it does feature a…

The layout of the Ely Cathedral is that of a cross, with two large towers protruding into the sky at the cross's intersection and at its feet. The cathedral is about 21 stories tall, and the length of one and a half football fields. The main entrance…

The Hagia Sophia is a classic example of Byzantine architecture. The mosque stands at 182 feet (55.6 m) tall. Its most prominent feature is its large central dome, surrounded and supported by four towering columns, known as minarets. Forty arched…

The Monastery is designed in the Coptic style, with a tall fortress serving as a defense mechanism for the monks. Inside the monastery, there are buildings where the monks live.

The Kalabsha Temple is a large, sandstone complex that was once located at Bab la-Kalabsha, but was relocated in the 1960s to Aswan, Egypt. The temple is built on elevated ground and surrounded by high walls near Lake Nasser. The main entry point is…

The Zacatecas Cathedral has a Latin cross layout, with a long nave crossed by two transepts, and side aisles. It is not square, circular, or irregular but instead follows the common and traditional design of a Latin cross plan, which is an axial…

This Temple structure is an example of a Flat Temple, well known in the region. Consisting of a flat square base, walls surrounding it, a Gopura or entrance gate on each of the walls. These are stepped gates larger than the wall itself. Each facing…