Essential Architecture
History
Due to COVID, many of us are stuck at home, unable to do what we enjoy most: travel and visit beautiful places. This deck brings the finest pieces of architecture to your device, so you can discover, learn about and enjoy the world's most influencial, beautiful or unusual structures built by humankind.
The deck features 144 notes with buildings from all continents, spanning a time period of 6 millenia. You'll learn to recognize, name and locate a wide range of famous buildings. Images are displayed in a gallery section at the top of the card, and additional info about the building can be shown at the bottom of the card when required.
My goal was to create a fun and interesting way to expand my knowledge of culture, history and geography. The collection is admittedly quite euro-centric, but I hope to expand the list in the future!
You can also download this deck via Google Drive here.Sample Data
| Name | Saint Peter's Basilica |
| Synonyms | San Pietro in Vaticano, Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican |
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| Description | The most important Roman Catholic shrine. Largest church in the world by interior area, volume and length. Burial site of the apostle Simon Peter. |
| Location | Vatican City |
| Construction period | 1506–1626 (earliest church on the site: c.333) |
| Main style | Renaissance; Baroque |
| Architect | Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno and Bernini |
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| Extra | Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 2.5, LinkDiliff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link |
| Tags | architecture::baroque architecture::europe architecture::italy architecture::religious architecture::renaissance |
| Name | Trinity Church |
| Synonyms | Церковь Святой Троицы |
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| Description | Small Russian Orthodox church near a Russian research station in Antarctica. |
| Location | King George Island, Antarctica |
| Construction period | built 2003 in Siberia, shipped to Antarctica in 2004 |
| Main style | Traditional Russian |
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| Info | One of the eight churches on Antarctica. The southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world. |
| Extra | Photo by James L. Boka, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link |
| Tags | architecture::religious |
| Name | Casa Batlló |
| Synonyms | Casa dels ossos (House of Bones) |
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| Description | Residence designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Organic, skeletal structure with very few straight lines, as well as a colorful mosaic of broken ceramic tiles. |
| Location | Eixample, Barcelona |
| Construction period | 1904 |
| Main style | Modernisme, Art Nouveau |
| Architect | Antoni Gaudí |
| Info | Originally designed private residence for the wealthy Battlló family (pronounced 'bayo'). |
| Extra | By ChristianSchd - This file was derived from: Casa Batllo Overview Barcelona Spain.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, LinkBy Sara Terrones - Viajar lo cura todo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link |
| Tags | architecture::europe architecture::spain |