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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Paray-le-Monial Basilica influencedBy Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Cluniac architecture
Brionnais knownFor Romanesque architecture
Brionnais hasBuildingStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Powell Library architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Italian Romanesque
Tournus Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Ávila architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Walls of Ávila
Ávila architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Ávila Cathedral
Lescar Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Lovö Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Palazzo della Ragione architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Palazzo della Ragione (Padua)
St. Paul’s Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: St. Paul’s Cathedral (Münster)
Piazza del Duomo architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Couture architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Würzburg Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Great St. Martin Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of San Giovanni Battista architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Church of San Giovanni Battista (Varenna)
Cologne City Hall architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Naumburg Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Orvieto architecturalStylePresent Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Pécs Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
cathedral complex of Trier architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Historicist architecture influencedBy Romanesque architecture
Cheb hasArchitectureStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Poblet Monastery architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Dankwarderode Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Burgplatz hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Burgplatz (Braunschweig)
Double Chapel architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica di San Nicola, Bari architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Henry influencedBy Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Henry Hobson Richardson
Italian Gothic influencedBy Romanesque architecture
Paray-le-Monial architecturalStylePresent Romanesque architecture
Tuscania architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Abbey of Hersfeld architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Monza Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Tui hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Marburg Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Bec architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Bec Abbey
Saint-Omer Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
ruins of Saint Bertin Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Ruins of Saint Bertin Abbey
Le Mans Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Mainz Cathedral (shared use for Protestant services in the region) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Mainz Cathedral
Lindisfarne Priory architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey of Schuttern architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Caen stone usedIn Romanesque architecture
Linköping Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture