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2 08, 2017

Republic of Florence – Medieval Italy

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Romanesque baptistery in the Republic of Florence, Italy Florence ruled by Matilda of Canossa The last of the Carolingian Holy Roman Emperors died in 924 AD. Then northern Italy - including Florence and nearby Genoa [...]

31 07, 2017

Rouen cathedral – medieval France

By |2017-07-31T10:03:41-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Rouen cathedral – medieval France

Rouen cathedral (begun 1202 AD) The people of Rouen, in northern France, decided to build themselves a new cathedral in 1200 AD, just after people started building Chartres cathedral, and only about forty years after [...]

31 07, 2017

Inside Reims cathedral – Nave and Transept

By |2017-07-31T09:49:52-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Inside Reims cathedral – Nave and Transept

Elevation of the nave inside Reims cathedral One difference between Chartres cathedral and Reims cathedral was that at Reims they didn't build a deep gallery over the aisle. Instead, they just put [...]

31 07, 2017

Reims cathedral – medieval France

By |2017-07-31T09:44:21-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Reims cathedral – medieval France

Reims cathedral (begun 1211 AD) Reims was already an important Christian church in 496 AD, just after the fall of Rome, when the first Christian king of France, Clovis, was baptized there (the remains of the baptismal [...]

31 07, 2017

Pisa – the Duomo – medieval Italy

By |2017-07-31T09:36:31-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Pisa – the Duomo – medieval Italy

Cathedral of Pisa (the Duomo) This is the cathedral of medieval Pisa, in Italy. The architects built the cathedral in the Romanesque style around 1064 AD. The rounded arches are typical of the Romanesque style. So is the [...]

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