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Fine arts > Architecture > Civil architecture > Circuses, urban spaces

Preferred term

Circuses, urban spaces  

Definition

  • In Britain, a circular arrangement of buildings designed to present a unified appearance, with one or more streets intersecting (e.g. The Circus, Bath); for other countries, use Garden squares, Squares (urban spaces), even for round spaces

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • SQUARES, CIRCUSES

Notation

  • 113671

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WQHWTZ61-3

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