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Bristol Byzantine

Bristol Byzantine is a special type of architecture that is found in the city of Bristol in England.

Just like how you might build a sandcastle at the beach, people have been building buildings for a very long time. Sometimes these buildings can look very different from each other.

Bristol Byzantine is a special way of building buildings that was popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Bristol. It is named after a place called Byzantium which was a very old city in Europe that was known for its special and fancy buildings.

What makes Bristol Byzantine special is that it uses lots of fancy decorations and different colored stones or bricks to make the buildings look very unique and pretty.

If you've ever seen a gingerbread house that has lots of different decorations like candy canes and gumdrops, then you might have an idea of what a Bristol Byzantine building looks like.

People in Bristol really liked this special type of architecture because it made buildings look fancy and important. Many people still like Bristol Byzantine today because it reminds them of how pretty buildings used to look a long time ago.