TIME PERIOD CLASSICAL CITY- MEDIVAL CITYMEDIVAL CITY NEO-CLASSICAL CITY INDUSTRIAL TOWN

CITY/TOWN Athens is the capital and largest city Carcassonne is a French fortified city in Nafplio is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece that is Shanghai is one of the four direct-administered
the department of Aude, in the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic municipalities of the People's Republic of China. The
of Greece Athens dominates the Attica destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important city is located on the southern estuary of
region and is one of the world's oldest cities, the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the seaport in the Middle Ages during the Frankokratia as part of the the Yangtze River. With a population of 24.87 million
with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 department. Area: 65.08 km² lordship of Argos and Nauplia, held initially by the de la as of 2020, it is the most populous urban area in
years and its earliest human presence starting Roche following the Fourth Crusade before coming under the Republic China, the most populous city proper in the world
somewhere between the 11th and 7th of Venice and, lastly, the Ottoman Empire. The city was the second and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater
capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, than its corresponding capital. Shanghai is a global
millennium BC.
from 1827 until 1834. center for finance, business and
economics, research, education, science and
technology, manufacturing, tourism, culture and tra
nsportation, and the Port of Shanghai is the world's
busiest container port.

ERA 5TH CENTURY BC 3500BC-1659AD 5TH CENTURY AD 4000 BC

EVOLUTION Athens is still dominated by 5th-century BC Carcassonne became a border fortress The city of Nafplio was the first capital of the modern The main structure of the China Pavilion,
landmarks, including the Acropolis, a hilltop between France and the Crown of Aragon Greek state. The city of Nafplio became an important "The Crown of the East," has a distinctive
citadel topped with ancient buildings like the under the 1258 Treaty of Corbeil. King Louis IX strategic and commercial center to the Byzantines roof, made of traditional dougong or
colonnaded Parthenon temple. The founded the new part of the town across the from around the Sixth century AD. brackets, which date back more than 2,000
Acropolis Museum, along with the National river. He and his successor Philip III built the years. Taking the form of Shikumen,
Archaeological Museum, preserves outer ramparts. Contemporary opinion still Shanghai Pavilion seeks to blend history and
modernism, the East and the West.
sculptures, vases, jewelry and more from considered the fortress impregnable.
Ancient Greece.

ARCHITECTURAL  The two principal orders in Archaic and Classical
STYLE Greek architecture are the Doric and the Ionic.
In the first, the Doric order, the columns are
fluted and have no base. The capitals are
composed of two parts consisting of a flat slab,
the abacus, and a cushionlike slab known as the
echinus
Carcassonne, a hilltop town in southern France’s
Languedoc area, is famous for its medieval citadel,
La Cité, with numerous watchtowers and double-
walled fortifications. The first walls were built in
Gallo-Roman times, with major additions made in
the 13th and 14th centuries. Château Comtal, a
12th-century castle within the Cité, offers
archaeological exhibits and a tour of the inner
rampartsIt contains some significant medieval
stained-glass windows, notably two beautiful rose
windows in the north and south transepts.
Nafplio maintains a traditional architectural style with
many traditional style colorful buildings and houses,
influenced by the Venetians. Mycenaean Revival style can
be seen in National Bank of Greece..
Mixing art deco, Postmodernist,
neoclassical, ubermodern and just plain
kitsch, Shanghai is a stimulating portrait of
architectural treasures. Here's our guide to
Shanghai's architecture, both old and new.
The city is in the middle of the biggest
urban building boom the world has ever
known.

CITY Situated in southern Europe, Athens became
CHARACTER the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first
millennium BC, and its cultural achievements
during the 5th century BC laid the
foundations of Western civilization.
The fortified city consists essentially of a
concentric design of two outer walls with 53
towers and barbicans to prevent attack by
siege engines. The castle itself possesses its
own drawbridge and ditch leading to a central
keep. The walls consist of towers built over
quite a long period.
Ancient walls, medieval castles, monuments and The city itself has 16 districts and is part
statues, Ottoman fountains and Venetian or of the People’s Republic of China.
neoclassical buildings Shanghai also has 210 towns and
subdistricts.
Central Shanghai is, roughly, divided into
2 areas; Pudong (East of the Huangpu
River) and Puxi (West of the river).
Pudong is the special economic zone of
banks, skyscrapers and new residential
compounds.

P.KRANTHI KUMAR