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Marks files that depict architectural works of countries that have no Wikimedia Commons-suitable freedom of panorama provision, but are now in public domain by virtue of the copyright laws of their respective countries. The main body of the template is based on {{PD-old-auto}}. For compliance with the United States laws (as Wikimedia Commons is hosted there), there is an additional tag (based on {{PD-US-architecture}}) indicating that it is in public domain in the United States. See also Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2021/03#PD-US-architecture for Icelandic buildings? and Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2021/05#Proposal for a PD-architecture tag or similar.

The template automatically sets the following categories:

• Category:PD old architecture

Usage

{{PD-old-architecture |deathyear= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
deathyear	death year	Year of author's death.	empty	required

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:

• {{Years since}}
• {{PD-old-auto/core}}

See also

• {{PD-Philippines-artistic work}}
• {{PD-US-architecture}}

Localization

English

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:PD-old-architecture/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.

Examples

{{PD-old-architecture|1950}}

This work is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason: The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.  Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information). This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse This work is in the public domain in the United States for the following reason: United States copyright law does not protect architectural works before 1 December 1990. In 1990, the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act amended subsection 102(a) of the US copyright law by adding paragraph (8), "architectural works." A building that was substantially constructed or for which the plans were otherwise published before 1 December 1990, is in the public domain in the United States. For images of architectural works in the United States completed on or after 1 December 1990, please use {{FoP-US}} on the description pages of the images.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse

{{PD-old-architecture|1900}}

This work is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason: The author died in 1900, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse This work is in the public domain in the United States for the following reason: United States copyright law does not protect architectural works before 1 December 1990. In 1990, the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act amended subsection 102(a) of the US copyright law by adding paragraph (8), "architectural works." A building that was substantially constructed or for which the plans were otherwise published before 1 December 1990, is in the public domain in the United States. For images of architectural works in the United States completed on or after 1 December 1990, please use {{FoP-US}} on the description pages of the images.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse