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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Romanesque architecture canonical	635
Romanesque	21
Norman architecture	4
Romanesque art	2
Cluniac architecture	1
High Romanesque	1
Italian Romanesque	1
Lombard Romanesque	1
Lombard Romanesque architecture	1
Pisan Romanesque	1
Rhenish Romanesque	1
Saintonge Romanesque	1
Spanish Romanesque	1
Tuscan Romanesque	1

Statements (61)

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 ⓘ Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lombard Romanesque Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Norman architecture Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhenish Romanesque Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (672)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Normans → introducedToEngland → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

St Lawrence’s Church, Castle Rising → hasArchitecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman architecture

Gothic architecture → follows → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Shrewsbury Abbey → hasArchitecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman architecture

High Middle Ages → characterizedBy → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Byzantine architecture → influenced → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Victorian architecture → influencedBy → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Henry Hobson Richardson → influencedBy → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Romanesque architecture → regionalVariant → Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman architecture

Romanesque architecture → regionalVariant → Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lombard Romanesque

Romanesque architecture → regionalVariant → Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhenish Romanesque

Romanesque architecture → regionalVariant → Romanesque architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Romanesque

Auxerre, France → knownFor → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

subject surface form: Auxerre

Christian iconography → influencedBy → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanesque art

St. Michael’s Church → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Michael’s Church (Fürth)

Ruins of the medieval coronation basilica → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Tower of London → style → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman architecture

Temple Church → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Worcester Cathedral → knownFor → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Canterbury Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Subiaco Abbey → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Iona Abbey → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Melrose Abbey → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Neo-Romanesque → basedOn → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Neo-Romanesque → follows → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Münster Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Reading Abbey ruins → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Ellsworth Kelly → influencedBy → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

León → hasHeritage → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Galeata → hasArchitecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Wartburg Castle → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanesque

Prague Castle → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanesque

Val d’Aran → hasHeritage → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Opus Francigenum → contrastedWith → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Girona → hasHeritage → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Castile and León → knownFor → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Vézelay → knownFor → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Hildesheim Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Strasbourg Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Parma Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Ottonian Renaissance → relatedTo → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

William W. Boyington → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

St Andrews Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Studenica Monastery → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanesque

Inchcolm Abbey → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Basilica of Saint-Sernin → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Fossanova Abbey → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Valère Basilica → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ

Amalfi Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Romanesque architecture ⓘ