Renaissance architecture is generally broken down into three main periods. It started with the Early Renaissance, which began around 1400, when architects looked to antiquity for inspiration.

Tudor architecture refers partly to the architectural style that emerged between 1485 and 1603 when artisans built sophisticated two-toned manor homes combining Renaissance and Gothic design elements.

The Sassanid era (224 CE–651) is of very high importance in the history of the nation, under which Persian art and architecture experienced a general renaissance ... limestone cliffs are widely deemed ...