Romanesque period in Spain

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The Romanesque period in Spain was a medieval artistic and architectural era characterized by solid stone churches, rounded arches, and extensive religious sculpture and frescoes, preceding the rise of Gothic style.

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Romanesque period in Spain canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic period
country Spain
endTime 13th century
followedBy Gothic period in Spain
follows Pre-Romanesque period in Spain
hasCharacteristic Latin-cross church plans
apse with semicircular plan
barrel vaults
groin vaults
monumental church architecture
religious frescoes
rounded arches
sculpted portals
small windows
solid stone construction
stone relief sculpture
thick walls
towers flanking façades
hasPart Aragonese Romanesque NERFINISHED
Castilian Romanesque NERFINISHED
Catalan Romanesque NERFINISHED
Galician Romanesque NERFINISHED
Navarrese Romanesque NERFINISHED
influencedBy Cluniac monastic reform NERFINISHED
French Romanesque architecture
Islamic art in the Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Lombard Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED
Mozarabic art NERFINISHED
pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela NERFINISHED
mainTheme Christian religious subjects
notableSite Cathedral of Jaca NERFINISHED
Old Cathedral of Salamanca NERFINISHED
Romanesque churches of the Vall de Boí NERFINISHED
San Isidoro de León NERFINISHED
San Juan de Duero NERFINISHED
San Martín de Frómista NERFINISHED
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral NERFINISHED
partOf Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED
Romanesque art NERFINISHED
startTime 11th century
typicalBuilding cathedral
monastery
parish church
typicalDecoration capitals with figurative sculpture
painted apses
tympanum reliefs
usedMaterial ashlar stone
timber roofs in some naves

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Gothic period in Spain follows Romanesque period in Spain