Roman basilicas – Architecture in ancient Rome
Basilica Aemilia, Rome What is a basilica? Sometimes the Romans had things they wanted to do in groups, but inside, out of the weather. Then they met in a basilica [...]
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Leaning Tower of Pisa – Italy
Leaning Tower of Pisa Why did Pisa build a Leaning Tower? The Leaning Tower of Pisa wasn't supposed to lean at all. It was supposed to just be the bell [...]
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Pisa Baptistery – Medieval Italy
The baptistery of Pisa, Italy When did Pisa build their baptistery? This baptistery is where people baptized their children in medieval Pisa (PEE-za), in Italy. The people of Pisa built their round [...]
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The Duomo in Florence, Italy
The Duomo in Florence (cathedral) Why did Florence want a new cathedral? The Republic of Florence started to plan this cathedral in the late 1200s AD, when Dante was growing up, to replace the old cathedral from [...]
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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 [...]
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Stone age Greek sculpture
Stone Age Greek sculpture: Clay female figure from Franchthi cave When was the earliest Greek sculpture? As in other parts of Europe, the earliest sculptures from Greece are small figurines [...]
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Greek sculpture – ancient Greece
Greek sculpture: Winged Victory (Nike of Samothrace) - Now in the Louvre, Paris What happened to all the Greek statues? Not very much Greek sculpture has survived for us to [...]
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Parthenon – Ancient Greek temples
Parthenon, Athens The Parthenon was a temple to Athena built on top of the highest hill in Athens, the Acropolis (Acropolis means High City). In the Late Bronze Age, about [...]
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Archaic Greece – Stone temples
Temple of Herakles, Agrigento, Sicily In early Archaic Greek temples, the columns and the roof were made of wood. To keep the wood from rotting, Greek builders put a flat stone under [...]
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What is metamorphic rock? Marble, slate, diamonds
What is metamorphic rock? Slate rocks in Cascadilla Gorge, Ithaca, New York Metamorphic rocks form under pressure About 450 million years ago, some of the sedimentary rocks began to transform [...]
