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Noun: neo-Renaissance
  1. An all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes.
    "By the time Italy had developed its obsession with the neo-Renaissance in the 1870s, collectors and scholars in the rest of Europe had been excited by Renaissance taste and style for several decades.";
    - Renaissance revival

Type of: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture

Encyclopedia: Neo-Renaissance