Gothic Revival

The Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval forms, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time.

In parallel to the ascendancy of neo-Gothic styles in nineteenth-century England, interest spread rapidly to the continent of Europe, in Australia, South Africa and to the Americas.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Gothic Revival':

Australian Convict Sites Convict-built church at Port Arthur

Bethlehem Church of St. Catherine

Budapest Parliament

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Cologne Cathedral Completion of the cathedral (1842-1880)

Cuenca Iglesia del Salvador

Curonian Spit luteran churches in Juodkrante and Nida

Florence Basilica of Santa Croce. Neo-gothic marble facade 1857-1863; link

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Gothic House

Goias reconstruction of the church of Rosario in Gothic Revival style (AB ev)

Paramaribo Roman Catholic cathedral

Paris, Banks of the Seine The central spire of Notre Dame