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Cathedral of St. Peter, Geneva.
Puebla, Mexico: cathedral
The cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England.
Havana: cathedral
The cathedral at La Plata, Arg.
Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily, 1174.
cathedral of Siena, Italy
Siena: cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Bayeux, France: Gothic cathedral
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
French architect
Latrobe, Benjamin
Benjamin Latrobe
American architect
Equestrian statue of Charles IV, bronze by Manuel Tolsá, 1803; in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
St. John's College Chapel
Sir George Gilbert Scott
British architect
Smithsonian Institution
James Renwick
American architect
Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Arnolfo di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect
James Wyatt, c. 1800.
James Wyatt
British architect
Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist
William Of Sens
French architect
Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid
Juan de Herrera
Spanish architect
Segovia: cathedral
Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón
Spanish architect
Bernardo Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Burges, William: St. Finbar's Cathedral
William Burges
British architect
Maitani, Lorenzo: Orvieto Cathedral facade
Lorenzo Maitani
Italian sculptor
Prague: St. Vitus's Cathedral
Petr Parléř
German mason
Segovia: cathedral
Juan Gil de Hontañón
Spanish architect
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect

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