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After About The First Millennium, Italy Was The Cradle Of Romanesque Architecture, Which Spread Throughout Europe, Much Of It Extending The Structural Daring With Minimal Visual Elaboration.

After World War Ii Great Strides Were Made In Modern Japanese Architecture, Not Only In Advanced Technology, Allowing Earthquake Resistant Tall Buildings, But Expressing And Infusing Characteristics Of Traditional Japanese Architecture In Modern Buildings.

If There Is One Country And Its People That Have Contributed Most To Western Civilisation's Man-made World Continuously For The Last 2000 Years, It Must Surely Be Italy.

The Romans Were Not Inventors Of The Supporting Arch, But Its Extended Use In Vaults And Intersecting Barrel Shapes And Domes Is Theirs.

The Form Language Used By The Ancient Egyptians In Their Structures Is Minimal.