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Also Known As	giant order

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Colossal order, court facade of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, by Sir John Vanbrugh, begun 1705

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Order Superposed order Tuscan order Ionic order Corinthian order Composite order Doric order Capital Entablature Dado plinth

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

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