Colonial architecture


Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. Colonists frequently built settlements that synthesized the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands, creating hybrid designs.
Below are links to specific articles about colonial architecture, specifically the modern colonies:

Spanish colonial architecture

is still found in the former colonies of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and in the Philippines. In Mexico, it is found in the Historic center of Mexico City, Puebla, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato, and Morelia. Antigua Guatemala in Guatemala is also known for its well-preserved Spanish colonial style architecture. Other cities known for Spanish colonial heritage are Ciudad Colonial of Santo Domingo, the ports of Cartagena, Colombia, and Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.
;North America
is a mixture of three styles that predominated during the colonial era: Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassic.
;Caribbean
;South America
;Asia
is most visible in Brazil, Madeira, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Macau, Malaysian city of Malacca, city of Goa, Moluccas, and Java.
British colonial architecture are most visible in North America, the British West Indies, the Far East, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
is most visible in North America and Indochina.
is most visible in Indonesia, the United States, South Asia, and South Africa. In Indonesia, formerly Dutch East Indies, colonial architecture was studied academically and had developed into a new tropical architecture form which emphasizes on conforming to the tropical climate of the Indies and not completely imitating the architectural language of the Dutch colonists.
is visible in Libya, Eritrea and Somalia, and also on the Greek islands of the Dodecanese.