Editing Classical architecture (section)

===Origins===
Classical architecture is derived from the architecture of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. After 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]], however, ancient ways of building methods survived, though they gradually 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 attempts to bring back the architectural language of classical antiquity into Western Europe emerged during the [[Carolingian architecture|Carolingian Renaissance]] of the late 8th and 9th centuries. The gatehouse of [[Lorsch Abbey]] ({{circa|800}}) in present-day [[Germany]] features alternating attached columns and archesl 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> 

While [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine]], [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]], and even to some aspects of [[Gothic architecture]] (with which classical architecture is often posed) incorporate classical elements and details, they generally do not reflect a systematic effort to revive or emulate the architectural principles of antiquity. For instance, they typically do not adhere the idea of [[Classical order|a systematic order of proportions for columns]]. As such, these styles are not considered classical architecture in the 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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