Home›Styles and Movements›Origin Region›FranceBrowse ByFranceOrigin region names the place where an architectural style first took shape. Gothic architecture, Wikipedia notes, "originated in the Ile-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France," at the Abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris. Browsing by origin region shows which parts of the world have produced the most influential architectural styles.FactsFranceConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Attested EraWell-attested2630 BCE 1FranceFilter Results29 entriesInfluenced ByAllAncient Egyptian Architecture (1)Baroque Architecture (2)Classical Greek Architecture (1)Modernist Architecture (2)Neoclassical Architecture (2)Renaissance Architecture (1)Roman Architecture (1)Romanesque Architecture (2)Regional TraditionAllEarly Modern Styles of Europe (1)Medieval Styles of Britain and Ireland (1)Medieval Styles of Europe (6)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of Europe (5)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of North America (1)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of the Middle East and North Africa (1)Postwar and Late Modern Styles of Europe (1)Regional and Traditional Architecture of Europe (1)Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Styles of Europe (10)PeriodAll1140 to 1500 (1)1150 to 1300 (1)1530 to 1590 (1)1589 to 1610 (1)1643 to 1715 (1)1700 to 1750 (1)1730 to 1785 (1)1750 to 1840 (1)1774 to 1792 (1)1795 to 1799 (1)1799 to 1815 (1)1814 to 1830 (1)1830 to 1848 (1)1852 to 1870 (1)1880 to 1920 (1)1925 to 1939 (1)1952 to 1980 (1)GroupAllEarly Modern Styles of Europe (1)Medieval Styles of Britain and Ireland (1)Medieval Styles of Europe (6)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of Europe (5)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of North America (1)Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of the Middle East and North Africa (1)Postwar and Late Modern Styles of Europe (1)Regional and Traditional Architecture of Europe (1)Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Styles of Europe (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 29Art DecoFranceBeaux-Arts ArchitectureFranceBrutalismFranceChateauesque ArchitectureFranceCistercian ArchitectureFranceDirectoire StyleFranceEgyptian Revival ArchitectureFranceEmpire StyleFranceFrench Colonial ArchitectureFranceFrench Gothic architectureFranceFrench Restoration styleFranceGothic ArchitectureFranceHenry II styleFranceHenry IV StyleFranceHigh-Tech ArchitectureFranceLouis Philippe styleFranceLouis XIV StyleFranceLouis XV styleFranceLouis XVI StyleFranceMerovingian ArchitectureFranceNeoclassical ArchitectureFranceNeo-Grec ArchitectureFranceNorman ArchitectureFrancePlantagenet StyleFranceRayonnant Gothic ArchitectureFranceRococo ArchitectureFranceSecond Empire ArchitectureFranceSecond Empire Architecture in EuropeFranceSouthern French GothicFranceConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 436 connections.Sources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Egyptian pyramids, Old Kingdom sectionQuote, Wikipedia, Egyptian pyramids, Old Kingdom sectionthe Pyramid of Djoser built c. 2630-2610 BC during the Third Dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.View the SourceSir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Comments (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.