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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 [...]

30 07, 2017

Florence Baptistery – Romanesque architecture in Italy

By |2019-02-10T08:22:46-08:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Florence Baptistery – Romanesque architecture in Italy

Florence baptistery: the Romanesque baptistery in Florence, Italy Earlier Florence baptistery (700 AD) Probably people had built an earlier, smaller octagonal baptistery here around 700 AD.  This is where Catholic priests baptized Christian [...]

29 07, 2017

Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

By |2017-07-29T18:08:15-07:00July 29th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

Aachen cathedral (begun 792 AD) One of the first ambitious buildings in Western Europe after the fall of Rome was Charlemagne's chapel at his capital of Aachen (now in northern Germany) about 792 [...]

23 07, 2017

Umayyad architecture – Islam

By |2017-07-23T08:21:29-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Africa, Architecture, Islam, West Asia|Comments Off on Umayyad architecture – Islam

Dome of the Rock mosque, Jerusalem People didn't build a lot of new buildings during the Umayyad period. They were busy getting organized after the Islamic conquests, and the Umayyad dynasty didn't [...]

22 07, 2017

Islamic architecture – History

By |2019-09-30T05:59:38-07:00July 22nd, 2017|Africa, Architecture, Islam, West Asia|Comments Off on Islamic architecture – History

Kairouan (about 800 AD) The first Islamic buildings Greek architects designed the first buildings in the new Islamic Empire. They had already been living in the area when the Arabs conquered it. Because [...]

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