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The style which developed in the Eastern Roman Empire (330-1453) in which Classical precepts were no longer strictly observed and new influences from the East were integrated. Its greatest monuments are its basilican and cross-in-square plan churches.
1. NodeWorks Encyclopedia: Byzantine Architecture - An illustrated history and description of the architecture of the Byzantine empire.
2. Byzantine Architecture - San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable photographs, accessed by pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information given for each.
3. Byzantium 1200 - A non-profit project creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine monuments of Constantinople (now Istanbul) as they stood in 1200 AD.
4. History of Byzantine Architecture - Photographs of two magnificent Byzantine churches in Ravenna: St. Apollinare in Classe (530-549) and San Vitale (526-547) from Leo Masuda's History of Western Architecture.

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