page_title: Colonial architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Colonial architecture
caption_attribution_description: Norsk nynorsk: Festningen Dansborg i Trankebar, no Tharangambadi, i Tamil Nadu English: Fort Dansborg in Tranquebar, now Tharangambadi, in Tamil Nadu
context_page_description: 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:
context_section_description: 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:
caption: Danish Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gedde in 1620.
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