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Early Modern (c. 1500 – 1800)
The age of empire-building, of palaces meant to humble visiting ambassadors, of capital cities planned on paper before they were built in stone. Early Modern architecture is the architecture of absolute monarchs, trading companies, and the first global powers — buildings designed to project authority across continents.

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