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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Girona Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Girona Cathedral with wide staircase hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Girona Cathedral
Gardeny Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Coutances hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
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Antonio Barluzzi usedMotifsFrom Romanesque architecture
Church of St. Adalbert architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
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Barbarossa ruins architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Besançon Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Ravello, Italy architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Ravello
Minden Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Hamar Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Hildesheim)
Abbey of Jouarre architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
historic centre of Valencia architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Strzelno hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Mühlhausen hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: Romanesque
Quimperlé hasCulturalHeritage Romanesque architecture
St Mary’s Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Trzebnica Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Benedetto Antelami artisticPeriod Romanesque architecture
this entity surface form: High Romanesque
Reichenau Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
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Palazzo dei Papi (Viterbo) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Nivelles hasArchitecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
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Schottenstift architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
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Frigyes Schulek influencedBy Romanesque architecture
Poitiers Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Baptistery of Saint-Jean architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Tewkesbury Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Palencia knownFor Romanesque architecture
Varnhem Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of the King architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Wechselburg Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Notre-Dame la Grande architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture