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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Sakshaug Church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St Magnus Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey of Badia a Ruoti architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Emmeram's Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Scots Monastery (Schottenkirche) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Bremen Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Église Sainte-Croix de Parthenay architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Souvigny Priory architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Sacra di San Michele architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Quirinus Minster architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Stiftskirche Feuchtwangen architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Michael's Church, Vienna architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Pierre Church of Prades architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Martin du Canigou Abbey (nearby) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Saint-Martin du Canigou Abbey
White Tower, Tower of London architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Church of Vera Cruz architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Benedictine monastery in Mogilno architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Novalesa Abbey architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Killaloe Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St Flannan's Oratory architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
San Miniato al Monte church architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: San Miniato al Monte
Église Sainte-Croix de Gannat architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St. Mary’s Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Fidenza architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Fidenza Cathedral
medieval church of Saint-Honorat architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
historic center of Arles architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Constance Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Abbey of San Fruttuoso architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Sainte-Engrâce architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
subject surface form: Église Sainte-Engrâce
Treviso Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Église Saint-Sauveur de Figeac architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Saint-Lazare Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Basilica of Saint Justina, Padua architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Battistero di San Giovanni architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Ratzeburg Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Bolzano Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
crypt of Saint Nicholas architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Vannes Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Cattedrale di San Sabino architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
St Mary's Abbey (ruins) architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
Schleswig Cathedral architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture