Bishop's Ordinariate is a building in

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

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currently serving as a residence of the catholic Bishop of Mostar and it is situated in the western part of the city. It was built in 1906 and based on the 1902 drawings of Max (Maximilian) David. The building was designed in the spirit of the

renaissance revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of ...

– an eclectic historical style in architecture at the transition between the 19th and the 20th century on the broader area of

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territory. The decorative façade and the entire space are incorporated into a compound that reflects dignity and harmony typical of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

. The building consists of very simple right-angled triangle enhanced with the two expressive

risalit An ''avant-corps'' ( or , plural , , ), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than other parts of the building.Curl, James Stev ...

s at the ends of the building. It also includes a central cloister on the poles that places emphasis on the portal. The entire structure is placed on the elevated ground – above the level of the road – and the access to the building is made possible by the two staircases.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop's Ordinariate Buildings and structures completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Mostar Renaissance Revival architecture

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