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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Abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Tarbes Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Église Notre-Dame-des-Miracles architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
cloister of Monreale Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Cloister of Monreale Cathedral
Jerichow Monastery architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Collegiate Church of Saint-Ursmer architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Notre-Dame-des-Miracles basilica architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey of Sant’Ellero architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Monreale Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Payerne Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey Church of Payerne architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Sant Pere d'Octavià architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Bendt's Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Bazilika svatého Jiří architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Maria Laach architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Maria Laach Abbey
Church of St. John the Evangelist architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Church of St. John the Evangelist (Rab)
Basilica of Sant Feliu architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
monastery of Sant Pere de Besalú architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Romanesque bridge of Besalú architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey of Grottaferrata architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture