What does ๐๏ธ Classical Building mean?
A building with a triangular roof and tall columns in ancient Greek or Roman style. Since many courts, museums, universities, banks and government offices use that look, the emoji stands for institutions, law, history and politics. People send it when talking about legal matters, museum visits, ancient history or academic life, and it also appears in travel plans for cities like Athens and Rome.
๐๏ธ Classical Building is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (buildings), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
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๐๏ธ Classical Building on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Classical Building looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Classical Building emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐๏ธ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :classical_building:.
When was the Classical Building emoji added?
๐๏ธ Classical Building was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐๏ธ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Classical Building. The underlying code (U+1F3DB U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.