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==German countries==
[[Image:Christuskirche Matzleinsdorf Wien.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Christuskirche in Matzleindorf, 1858—1860]]
Earliest example of emerging Byzantine-[[w:Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] architecture was the [[w:St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich|Abbey of Saint Boniface]], laid down by Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1835 and completed in 1840. The basilica followed the rules of 6th century [[Ravenna]] architecture, although its [[w:corinthian order|corinthian order]] was a clear deviation from the historical Byzantine art. In 1876 Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned Neo-Byzantine interiors of the Neuschwanstein Castle, complete with mosaic images of [[Justinian I]] and Greek saints.
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