Georgian Dublin
Period in Dublin c1714–1830 used to describe areas of the city / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georgian Dublin is a phrase used in terms of the history of Dublin that has two interwoven meanings:
- to describe a historic period in the development of the city of Dublin, Ireland, from 1714 (the beginning of the reign of King George I of Great Britain and of Ireland) to the death in 1830 of King George IV. During this period, the reign of the four Georges, hence the word Georgian, covers a particular and unified style, derived from Palladian Architecture, which was used in erecting public and private buildings
- to describe the modern day surviving buildings in Dublin erected in that period and which share that architectural style
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Though, strictly speaking, Georgian architecture could only exist during the reigns of the four Georges, it had its antecedents prior to 1714 and its style of building continued to be erected after 1830, until replaced by later styles named after the then monarch, Queen Victoria, i.e. Victorian.