Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style, which cannot be simply classified by period or region, due to Italy's division into several city-states until 1861. However, this has created a highly diverse and eclectic range in architectural designs. Italy is known for its considerable architectural achievements, such as the construction of arches, domes and similar structure during
ancient Rome, the founding of the
Renaissance architectural movement in the late-14th to 16th century, and being the homeland of
Palladianism, a style of construction which inspired movements such as that of
Neoclassical architecture, and influenced the designs which noblemen built their country houses all over the world, notably in the
United Kingdom,
Australia and the
United States of America during the late-17th to early 20th centuries. Several of the finest works in Western architecture, such as the
Colosseum, the
Duomo of Milan,
Florence cathedral and the building designs of
Venice are found in Italy. Italy has an estimated total of 100,000 monuments of all varieties (museums, palaces, buildings, statues, churches, art galleries, villas, fountains, historic houses and archaeological remains).