Home›Cultural and Institutional Buildings›PlaceBrowse ByPlacePlace groups buildings by the city or country where each one actually stands. The Sagrada Familia sits "in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain," Wikipedia records, a location that shaped its building permits, its materials and its long construction history. Browsing by place lets a visitor see every building standing in one location.FactsPlaceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested530 BCE 1Origin RegionWell-attestedMesopotamia (Iraq) 1PlaceFilter Results46 entriesBuilding TypeAllAmphitheatre (4)Arena (4)Castle (2)Commercial Property (2)Concert Hall (4)Dwelling (3)Educational Institution (11)Fortification (1)Hospital (3)Hotel (1)House (17)Mansion (7)Monument (2)Movie Theater (4)Museum (26)Palace (5)Parliament Building (1)Plantation House (1)Pyramid (1)Stadium (4)Theater (Structure) (4)Train Station (1)Villa (10)Building FamilyAllArts and Community Centers (5)Concert Halls and Convention Centers (3)Cultural and Institutional Landmarks (Other) (5)Historic Homes and Estates (Misfiled) (8)Libraries and Archives (6)Museums and Galleries (35)Museums of Asia and the Pacific (7)Museums of Europe (16)Museums of North America (6)Museums of the Middle East, Africa and Latin America (8)Schools and Educational Buildings (12)Sports and Recreation Venues (4)Theaters and Performance Venues (13)World's Fair and Exhibition Pavilions (3)StyleAllAmerican Colonial Architecture (1)Architectural Eclecticism (2)Art Deco (2)Art Nouveau (5)Bandeirista Architecture (1)Baroque Architecture (6)Baroque Revival Architecture (3)Beaux-Arts Architecture (2)Blobitecture (1)Brutalism (3)Chinese Architecture (1)Colonial Architecture (1)Colonial Revival Architecture (1)Contemporary architecture (1)Craftsman Style Architecture (1)Deconstructivism (4)Dutch Colonial Architecture (1)Eclecticism in art (1)Edwardian architecture (1)Empire Style (1)Expressionist Architecture (3)Federal Architecture (1)Folk Victorian (1)Functionalism (architecture) (1)Futurist Architecture (1)Georgian Architecture (2)Gothic Architecture (4)Gothic Revival (2)Greek Revival Architecture (2)Haveli (1)High-Tech Architecture (4)International Style (1)Islamic Architecture (2)Italianate Architecture (3)Mannerism (1)Modernist Architecture (9)Moorish Architecture (1)Moorish Revival Architecture (2)National Romantic Style (1)Neo-Futurism (3)Neoclassical Architecture (13)Organic Architecture (1)Ottoman Architecture (1)Postmodern Architecture (3)Prairie School (2)Queen Anne Style Architecture (1)Renaissance Architecture (4)Renaissance Revival architecture (7)Rococo Architecture (2)Roman Architecture (1)Romanesque Architecture (1)Rustic Architecture (1)Second Empire Architecture (1)Sicilian Baroque Architecture (1)Spanish Colonial Architecture (1)Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture (1)Tudor Architecture (1)Tudor Revival Architecture (1)Victorian Architecture (3)Zakopane Style (1)Completed YearAll1101 (1)1360 (1)1414 (1)1560 (1)1586 (1)1592 (1)1596 (1)1602 (1)1618 (1)1619 (1)1681 (1)1696 (1)1700 (2)1702 (1)1714 (1)1715 (1)1740 (1)1747 (1)1751 (1)1753 (1)1762 (1)1767 (1)1775 (1)1776 (2)1782 (1)1787 (1)1790 (1)1793 (2)1794 (1)1800 (2)1807 (1)1808 (2)1810 (1)1815 (1)1816 (1)1819 (1)1828 (1)1830 (2)1832 (1)1835 (1)1836 (1)1838 (2)1847 (1)1848 (2)1850 (1)1851 (2)1852 (1)1853 (2)1855 (2)1856 (1)1861 (1)1862 (2)1865 (2)1869 (1)1870 (1)1871 (2)1872 (1)1873 (1)1875 (3)1878 (3)1879 (1)1880 (1)1881 (1)1882 (2)1884 (2)1885 (1)1886 (1)1887 (1)1888 (1)1890 (2)1891 (3)1896 (2)1902 (3)1906 (2)1909 (3)1910 (4)1911 (3)1912 (2)1913 (2)1921 (3)1929 (4)1934 (2)1937 (2)1950 (2)1963 (3)1973 (2)1977 (2)1989 (3)1997 (2)1999 (2)2000 (2)2001 (2)2003 (4)2007 (2)2008 (3)2009 (2)2010 (3)2011 (2)2016 (2)2017 (3)Showing the 100 most common of 165 options.Standing StatusAllDemolished (3)Standing (46)ArchitectAllFrank Gehry (2)Frank Lloyd Wright (1)I. 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WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Museum, history section, eraOne of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The site dates from c. 530 BC, and contained artifacts from earlier Mesopotamian civilizations.Wikipedia, Museum, history section, regionOne of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.