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A Norman arch c. 1150 in Andover, Hampshire A Norman arch with zig-zag mouldings above the church doorway at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire In England, Norman nobles and bishops had influence before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and Norman influences affected late Anglo-Saxon architecture .
The confident church architecture such as at Lessay and Bayeux has left its mark on the landscape, as well as an artistic legacy in literature and in art, for example Claude Monet's series of Impressionist paintings of the Rouen Cathedral's Gothic facade. Abbey of Jumièges, near Rouen (ruins)
Romanesque is the architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and evolved into Gothic architecture during the 12th century. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally referred to as Norman architecture. The style can be identified across Europe with certain significant architectural features occurring everywhere.
The earliest part of the building at Worcester is the multi-columned Norman crypt with cushion capitals remaining from the original monastic church begun by St Wulfstan in 1084. Also from the Norman period is the circular chapter house of 1120, made octagonal on the outside when the walls were reinforced in the 14th century.
Pages in category "English churches with Norman architecture" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 264 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Norman Revival architecture is an architectural style. In the United Kingdom , "Norman style", also known as "Lombard style" may be essentially a synonym for Romanesque Revival architecture . In the United States , Romanesque Revival architecture evolved differently.
Norman architecture is a term traditionally used for the Romanesque architecture of England, and also for the rather different styles of the Norman kingdom of Sicily, which stretched in to the Gothic period.
Monreale Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale) is a Catholic church in Monreale, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily.One of the greatest existent examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily.