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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Ptuj Dominican Monastery architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Grossmünster architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica of San Zeno architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Kielce Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Imperial Abbey of Corvey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Verona Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St John’s Chapel architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Orphir Round Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Visby Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Oristano Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Seoul Anglican Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Christian churches architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Collegiata di San Secondo architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Malo Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Monastery of Las Huelgas architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Sauveur Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Krk Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Asti)
Augsburg Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Vor Frue Kirke architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Vor Frue Kirke (Haderslev)
Crowland Abbey ruins architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Justinuskirche Höchst architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Loarre Castle architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
San Juan de la Peña Monastery architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Collegiate Church of Saint-Ours architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Siffrein Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Old Cathedral of Cuenca architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St Chad’s Church, Stafford architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Roda de Isábena Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Zeno Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Pomposa Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Vår Frue Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Michaelsberg Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica of Saint Eutrope of Saintes architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: crypt of the Basilica of Saint Eutrope of Saintes
Cathedral of San Cataldo architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cathedral of St. Anastasia architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Bell tower of St. Anastasia architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Modena Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Ghirlandina Tower architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Aakirkeby Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture