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{{Short description|Late-19th-century architectural revival movement}} [[Image:AlexanderNevskyCathedral-Sofia-6.jpg|thumb|[[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia]], by [[Alexander Pomerantsev]]]] [[Image:Naval Cathedral of St Nicholas in Kronstadt 02.jpg|thumb|[[Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt|Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt]], by [[Vasily Kosyakov]]]] [[File:Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral March 2019.jpg|thumb|[[Holy Resurrection Cathedral]] in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], by [[Josiah Conder (architect)|Josiah Conder]]]] '''Neo-Byzantine architecture''' (also referred to as '''Byzantine Revival''') was a [[Revivalism (architecture)|revival movement]], most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public [[building]]s. It incorporates elements of the [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine style]] associated with [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] architecture dating from the 5th through 11th centuries, notably that of [[Constantinople]] (present-day [[Istanbul]]) and the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]]. Neo-Byzantine architecture emerged in the 1840s in [[Western Europe]] and peaked in the last quarter of the 19th century with the [[Sacré-Cœur, Paris|Sacré-Coeur Basilica]] in [[Paris]], and with monumental works in the [[Russian Empire]], and later [[Bulgaria]]. The Neo-Byzantine school was active in [[Yugoslavia]] in the [[interwar period]].
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