Romanesque architecture

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architectural style medieval architecture

Romanesque architecture is a medieval European building style characterized by thick walls, rounded arches, sturdy piers, large towers, and decorative arcading, widely used in churches and castles before the rise of Gothic architecture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style → medieval architecture →
associatedWith	feudal society → monastic orders → pilgrimage churches →
developedIn	Western Europe → medieval Europe →
doorwayType	deeply recessed portals →
followedBy	Gothic architecture →
hasCharacteristic	barrel vaults → decorative arcading → dimly lit interiors → groin vaults → large towers → massive quality → rounded arches → sculptural decoration on portals → simple geometric forms → small windows → sturdy piers → symmetrical plans → thick piers instead of slender columns → thick walls → use of buttresses → use of stone construction →
influenced	Gothic architecture →
influencedBy	Byzantine architecture → Early Christian architecture → Roman architecture →
notableExample	Durham Cathedral → Pisa Cathedral complex → Santiago de Compostela Cathedral → Speyer Cathedral → Worms Cathedral →
precededBy	Pre-Romanesque architecture GENERATED →
regionalVariant	Anglo-Norman architecture → Lombard Romanesque → Norman architecture → Rhenish Romanesque → Spanish Romanesque →
roofType	stone vaults → timber roofs →
structuralSystem	load-bearing masonry walls →
timePeriod	approximately 10th to 12th century GENERATED →
typicalDecoration	chevron ornament → figurative capitals → tympanum reliefs → zigzag mouldings →
typicalElement	ambulatory → apse → cloister → crossing tower → radiating chapels → transept → westwork →
usedFor	castles → cathedrals → churches → fortified buildings → monasteries →
windowType	small round-arched windows →

Referenced by (51)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amalfi Cathedral → Basilica of Saint-Sernin → Canterbury Cathedral → Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Glarier → Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem → Fossanova Abbey → Hildesheim Cathedral → Inchcolm Abbey → Iona Abbey → Melrose Abbey → Münster Cathedral → Parma Cathedral → Prague Castle ("Romanesque") → Reading Abbey ruins → Ruins of the medieval coronation basilica → St Andrews Cathedral → St. Michael’s Church (Fürth) → Strasbourg Cathedral → Studenica Monastery ("Romanesque") → Subiaco Abbey → Temple Church → Valère Basilica → Wartburg Castle ("Romanesque") → William W. Boyington →	architecturalStyle
Christian iconography ("Romanesque art") → Ellsworth Kelly → Henry Hobson Richardson → Victorian architecture →	influencedBy
Auxerre → Castile and León → Vézelay → Worcester Cathedral →	knownFor
Romanesque architecture ("Norman architecture") → Romanesque architecture ("Lombard Romanesque") → Romanesque architecture ("Rhenish Romanesque") → Romanesque architecture ("Spanish Romanesque") →	regionalVariant
Galeata → Shrewsbury Abbey ("Norman architecture") → St Lawrence’s Church, Castle Rising ("Norman architecture") →	hasArchitecturalStyle
Girona → León → Val d’Aran →	hasHeritage
Gothic architecture → Neo-Romanesque →	follows
Neo-Romanesque →	basedOn
High Middle Ages →	characterizedBy
Opus Francigenum →	contrastedWith
Byzantine architecture →	influenced
Normans →	introducedToEngland
Ottonian Renaissance →	relatedTo
Tower of London ("Norman architecture") →	style