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hehe knew it :P i even wanted to say its St Augustine
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Originally Posted by Mac15
Well I did not see many buildings like that in palm beach. Maybe it is a miami thing.
Yes, it was St. Augustine – lol.
Actually Mediterranean style buildings are very common in Palm Beach.
In the United States, Mediterranean style architecture is found (on a large scale) basically in three locations – California, Florida, and actually right next to me here in Rhode Island ((though obviously there are many smaller areas as well). Many of these buildings in Newport and around Palm Beach were built by the rail and oil barons in the 1800’s. Within these 3 main areas there is also a mix of some of the other tile and mansard stone and slate building typical of Spanish- Mediterranean southern Europe.
These are from Palm Beach, FL, typical of many house and public buildings there:
Closer to where I am right now is Newport, Rhode Island, where many of the old mansions are a mix of old Mediterranean/mansard roof style:
Yes, It seems Helsinki would easily confused for a northern German city for foreign eyes as mine! I'm you could notince more differences. I can't say which ones are from germany and which ones are from Finalnd actually. I guess that Helsinki was part of the Hanseatic League ?
The Latter two are from Helsinki.
Helsinki was founded as a rival to Tallinn, which was a Hanseatic city, but because the concept post-glacial rebound (Post-glacial rebound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) was unknown at the time, in 150 years the harbor was unable to sail for big ships and the whole city had to be moved.
The architects, eg Sonck, von Essen, Höijer, Saarinen (later Chicago and Detroit) responsible for 'modern' Helsinki were mostly graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology, which was very German infuenced in in the 19th century, or the architects were German, like Carl Engel, or Finns like Bertel Jung who had studied in Germany. Even Italian architect Carlo Bassi had a German style. The Art Nouveau style was very popular, and in Finland it is known as Jugend, just like in Germany. Some, like Pehr Gransten, were Swedish and also had a strong German bias.
You also have to remember that in the 19th century most architects were from rich families, and many had German roots (as you notice in names like von Essen, Jung, Lüchow, von Chiewitz, Cedercreutz etc). As Helsinki was close to St. Petersburg, both growing rapidly, some architects designed buildings in both cities. And what nationality were the architects in St. Pete? German, Baltic German and Italian...
So, it's not a coincidence that 19th century buildings look similar in Germany and Finland...
The Russian Museum in St. Pete, designed by Italian Carlo Rossi:
University of Helsinki main building by C.L. Engel:
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