Romanesque architecture

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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
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

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Cheb Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Évora Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Chieti Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Spire Collegiate Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Noyon Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Foggia Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilique de Saint-Quentin architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Munsterkerk architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Roermond Minster (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe Munsterkerk) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Roermond Minster
Fréjus Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Episcopal City of Fréjus architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Foligno Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Santa Maria Infraportas architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Wetzlar Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Todi Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Dorfkirche Marienfelde architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Tuscania)
Lund Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of San Pietro architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Idstein Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Imperial Palace of Gelnhausen architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Enger Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Pantaleon Abbey, Cologne architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Quedlinburg Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cosenza Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Donjon de Niort architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Pöhlde Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Martin church of Argentan architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica of Aquileia architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Tui Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Płock Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Pierre Church of Saumur architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Iglesia de San Bartolomé architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Płock Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
parish church of Saints Gervasius and Protasius architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Parish church of Saints Gervasius and Protasius
Konstanz Minster architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Donatian's Church, Bruges architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Ingelheim Imperial Palace architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Zamora Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Santa María Magdalena architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture