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  1. The architecture of Spain has been influenced
  2. by both Classical and Islamic traditions.
  3. Styles include Roman (3rd-5th century);
  4. Asturian (9th century), taking its name from
  5. the district in NW Spain which was
  6. unconquered by the Moors; Mozarabic (9th-11th
  7. century), a style of Spanish Christian
  8. architecture, showing the influence of
  9. Islamic architecture; Romanesque (11th and
  10. 12th centuries); Gothic (13th-16th century);
  11. Renaissance (15th-17th century), which is
  12. based on Italian models; Baroque (17th-18th
  13. century), a style which reached its peak in
  14. the fantastic designs of Churriguera and his
  15. followers; Neo-Classical (18th and 19th
  16. centuries); Modern Oscar Niemeyer and Antonio
  17. Gaudi.
  18.