Editing Classical architecture (section)

===Origins===
Classical architecture is derived from the architecture of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. With the [[Deposition of Romulus Augustulus|collapse of the western part of the Roman empire]], the architectural traditions of the Roman empire ceased to be practised in large parts of western Europe. In the [[Byzantine Empire]], the ancient ways of building lived on but relatively soon developed into a distinct [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine style]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adam|first1=Robert| title=Classical Architecture | publisher=Viking| year=1992| pages=16}}</ref> The first conscious efforts to bring back the disused language of form of classical antiquity into Western architecture can be traced to the [[Carolingian architecture|Carolingian Renaissance]] of the late 8th and 9th centuries. The gatehouse of [[Lorsch Abbey]] ({{circa|800}}), in present-day [[Germany]] thus displays a system of alternating attached columns and arches which could be an almost direct paraphrase of e.g., that of the [[Colosseum]] in Rome.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Pevsner| first1=Nikolaus| title=An Outline of European Architecture | publisher=Penguin Books | edition=7| year=1964| pages=45–47}}</ref> [[Byzantine architecture]], just as [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] and even to some extent [[Gothic architecture]] (with which classical architecture is often posed), can also incorporate classical elements and details but do not to the same degree reflect a conscious effort to draw upon the architectural traditions of antiquity; for example, they do not observe the idea of [[Classical order|a systematic order of proportions for columns]]. In general, therefore, they are not considered classical architectural styles in a strict sense.<ref name="Summerson7-8"/>

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 | caption1  =[[Caryatid]]s on the [[Erechtheion]] ([[Athens]]), an example of a [[Ancient Greek architecture|Greek]] architectural element taken up by later classical architecture.
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 | caption2 =The fronts of ancient [[Roman temple]]s like the [[Maison Carrée]] in [[Nîmes]] have inspired much later classical architecture, e.g. [[Virginia State Capitol]].
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 | caption3 =[[Lorsch Abbey]] gatehouse (Germany), {{circa|800}}, an example of the architectural style of the short-lived [[Carolingian Renaissance]], a first classical movement in architecture.
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