Renaissance Revival landmarks

Renaissance Revival architecture (also referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of Renaissance architecture modes.

Under the broad designation Renaissance architecture 19th-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and Central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Renaissance humanism; they also included styles that can be identified as Mannerist. Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid- and later 19th century: "Neo-Renaissance" might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called "Italianate", or when many French Baroque features are present (Second Empire). The divergent forms of Renaissance architecture in different parts of Europe, particularly in France and Italy, has added to the difficulty of defining and recognizing Neo-Renaissance architecture

14 landmarks in this catalogue are recorded as Renaissance Revival, across 13 cities. The examples here run from about 1834 to 1915. 13 of them are photographed.

Most examples: Berlin (2), Auckland (1), Bangkok (1), Bern (1), Budapest (1), Georgetown (1)

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The description above is from the English Wikipedia article on Renaissance Revival architecture. The style attributed to each landmark comes from Wikidata, not from us — a building can honestly carry two, and several here do.