Arc 133 final buildings

Basilica of Constantine, Trier, Germany, c. 300

Basilica of Maxentius, begun in 306 by Maxentius and completed by Constantine, Rome, c. 307-312.

Arch of Constantine, Rome, 312-315.

Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81

Catacomb of Callixtus, Rome, 150 and after.

Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, The Good Shepherd, story of Jonah and orants, painted cubiculum ceiling, Rome, early fourth century

Old Saint Peter’s, cutaway view and plan, Rome, c. 326

Plan of Trajan’s Basilica (Basilica Ulpia) Forum of Trajan, Rome, 112

Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432

Santa Costanza, exterior view and plan, Rome, c. 350

Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome, 468-483,
interior view, reconstruction, and plan.

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, c. 425

Sant’Apollinare in Classe, exterior and interior views, Ravenna, begun 526

interior of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), 537

exterior of Hagia Sophia, aerial view, Constantinople (Istanbul), 537.
Hagia Sophia = Church of Holy Wisdom

San Vitale, aerial view and plan, Ravenna, 526-540.

Katholikon, Monastery of Hosios Loukas, near Distomo, Greece, c. 1020

Church of the Theotokos (1), c. 950-1000, and the Katholikon

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 660. Umayyad

Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria, c. 707-714. Umayyad. Patron: Al-Walid I (r. 705-715)

Great Mosque of Samarra, Iraq, c. 850. Abbasid.
Patron: Al-Mutawakkil (r. 847-861)

Aerial view of Great Mosque at Córdoba, 785-990. Umayyad

Great Mosque at Córdoba, 785-990

Koutoubia (Kutubiyya) Mosque, Marrakech, Morocco, c. 1147 (minaret 1180s). Almohad.

The Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1350. Nasrid

Ziza Palace, Palermo, Sicily, 1165-1180. Norman

Church of St. George (Bet Giorgis), Lalibela, Ethiopia, 13th century. Zagwe Dynasty

Great Zimbabwe, 12th – 15th centuries. Shona

Great Mosque, Djenné, Mali, 13th century, rebuilt 1906-1907

Buddhist shrine of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, c. 800. Sailendra Dynasty

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, c. 1150. Khmer Dynasty. Built for Suryavarman II, dedicated to Hindu god, Vishn

The Temple of Brihadeesvara, Thanjavur, India, c. 1000.
Chola Dynasty. Dedicated to Shiva

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, part of Charlemagne’s palace, Aachen, Germany, c. 800

Interior, section, and plan of Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, c. 800.

Gatehouse of the Abbey of Lorsch, Lorsch, Germany, c. 800.

Porta Nigra, Trier, Germany, 170.

Westwork of the abbey of Covey,
Westphalia, Germany, 873. Carolingian

Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, France, 1050-1120.

West end of Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, France, 1050-1120
with view of tympanum showing the Last Judgment (above).

Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France, c. 1070-1120

Abbey Church of Cluny III, Cluny (France), 1088-1130

Cistercian abbey church of Notre-Dame, Fontenay, France, 1139-1147

Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, rebuilt c. 1194-1225

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, 1130s.
Rebuilt by Abbot Suger, Benedictine monk.

Laon Cathedral, Laon, France, 1215.

Notre-Dame, Ile-de-la-Cité, Paris,
flying buttresses from 1180-1200

Chartres Cathedral,
Chartres, France, rebuilt c. 1194-1225.

Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil,
Sainte-Chapelle, exterior views, Paris, France, 1240s

Wells Cathedral, façade and interior, Wells, England, 1330s

Bab al-Futuh, northern gate, Cairo, c. 1100. Fatimid Dynasty

Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, established 970s. Fatimid Dynasty.

Madrasa and tomb of Qalawun, Cairo, 1285. Mamluk Dynasty.
Sultan Qalawun (r. 1279–1290)

Madrasa of Nasir, Cairo, 1310. Mamluk Dynasty.
Portal taken from a crusader church in Acre (Israel)

Ca’ Loredan and Ca’ Farsetti, Venice, 13th century.

Basilica of San Marco, Venice, 1063, and model of Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople, 4th-15th centuries, demolished in 1456.
Located in Piazza San Marco, Venice’s main square

Doge’s Palace, Venice, 1170s

Piazza del Campo with the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, late 13th-early 14th century

Siena Cathedral, Siena, mid-13th to mid-14th century.

Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio (architect Arnolfo di Cambio), c. 1299-1315, and Loggia dei Lanzi, 1376-83, Florence.

Arnolfo di Cambio, Francesco Talenti, Filippo Brunelleschi (dome), Florence Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), begun 1296.

Filippo Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel (façade), Santa Croce, Florence, begun c. 1440

Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, 1440s.

Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, 1450-70.

Reconstruction drawing, Great Temple, Tenochtitlán, begun 1390, and model of the sacred precinct in Tenochtitlán, with plan. Aztec/Mexica.