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Crescent (architecture)
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>The following are examples of architectural crescents: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adelaide_Crescent/4RY1CIta">Adelaide Crescent</a>, <a href="/facts/Hove/R3zb1SIW">Hove</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bofills_b%25C3%25A5ge/rTuPcWfB">Bofills båge</a>, Stockholm, Sweden, by architect <a href="/facts/Ricardo_Bofill/yXpWFYho">Ricardo Bofill</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Buxton_Crescent/gEENu8Yr">Buxton Crescent</a>, <a href="/facts/Buxton/VCj81AK2">Buxton</a>, <a href="/facts/Derbyshire/cWS0T6gV">Derbyshire</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Crescent%2c_Limerick/ywTFPK4s">The Crescent, Limerick</a>, Ireland, double Georgian style crescent</li> <li>The Crescent, <a href="/facts/Scarborough%2c_North_Yorkshire/h65pc7he">Scarborough, North Yorkshire</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lansdown_Crescent%2c_Bath/xhALwV2u">Lansdown Crescent, Bath</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marino_Crescent/q7RJoJf4">Marino Crescent</a>, Dublin, Ireland developed by Charles Ffolliott<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Park_Circus%2c_Glasgow/4FbPSekr">Park Circus, Glasgow</a>, Scotland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Park_Crescent%2c_Brighton/4qdfU0WJ">Park Crescent, Brighton</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Park_Town%2c_Oxford/Vpxs7zRb">Park Town, Oxford</a>, England</li> <li>Plaça Manuel Malagrida, <a href="/facts/Olot/2VXJ957N">Olot</a>, <a href="/facts/Catalonia/p2KeGXbf">Catalonia</a>, Spain</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Crescent%2c_Brighton/gazuPfAC">Royal Crescent, Brighton</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Somerset_Place_(Bath)/xEDec0j3">Somerset Place</a>, Bath, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Crescent/4gw3JAQK">Royal Crescent</a>, Bath, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Crescent%2c_Wisbech/rc1T6GX8">The Crescent, Wisbech</a>, <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Ely/Dd1YXfvX">Isle of Ely</a>, England</li> <li>Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tontine_Crescent/zk1AUCt5">Tontine Crescent</a>, Boston, Massachusetts, USA<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Clontarf Georgian jewel on the market for €1.25m". www.independent.ie. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2020. <a href="https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/clontarf-georgian-jewel-on-the-market-for-1-25m-30723800.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/clontarf-georgian-jewel-on-the-market-for-1-25m-30723800.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kostof, Spiro (1985). A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 619–620. ISBN 0-19-503472-4. <a href="0-19-503472-4" target="_blank">0-19-503472-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>