Example sentences for: th-century

How can you use “th-century” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Members of a rebellious 16th-century French faction were called Guisards because of their extravagant get-ups; the word has become a common, if rarely used, noun for a masquerader or mummer.

  • Housed in a 16th-century monastery, the Archaeological Museum (Piazza Olivella) displays superb statues and sculpted metope (friezes) from Sicily’s various archaeological sites, highlighted by those from the Greek temples of Selinunte (600–500 b.c. ), on Sicily’s south coast.

  • The unfinished 15th-century Tempio Malatestiano is an important Renaissance design of Leon Battista Alberti, incorporating elements of the Arco d’Augusto in the façade.

  • Rising above a handsome stone arched bridge and leafy park, the church of the former 16th-century monastery of São Gonçalo is well worth a visit, especially if you are looking for love:

  • At the south end of the square is the 14th-century Loggia della Signoria or dei Lanzi, transformed from the city fathers’ ceremonial grandstand into a guardroom for Swiss mercenary Lands­knechte.


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