The gothic period in Europe mainly refers to events in the 13th century, although it begins earlier and extends in some places into later centuries.
<h3>What is Gothic period in Europe?</h3>
An architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas is Gothic architecture or pointed architecture
It evolved from Romanesquearchitecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.
It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France.
Before the term Gothic was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, the style at the time was known as opus Francigenum by those ambitious to revive the architecture of classical antiquity.
Pointed or ogival arch is the the defining design element of Gothic architecture.
