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Small Romanesque churches are plentiful and are generally in relatively unchanged condition. Large churches are rare and are much altered as at Aarhus Cathedral, Lund Cathedral and Roskilde Cathedral. [34] Norway has 25 wooden stave churches from this period, [34] making up all but three of the world's medieval wooden churches.
Romanesque architecture [1] is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. [2] The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Romanesque is characterized by semicircular arches, while the Gothic is marked by the pointed arches.
Boldog, Romanesque church with Gothic modifications. Spišská Kapitula, an ecclesiastical town with a Romanesque cathedral; Nitra-Drazovce, a tiny Romanesque church on the hill above the village; Levice-Kalinciakovo, a well preserved tiny Romanesque church built of hewn stone
This category is for Churches built in the Romanesque style and period. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. I.
Other Romanesque churches in Paris include Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory(1060–1147). The surviving buildings of the monastery now house the Musée des Arts et Métiers of Paris. The walls of choir and chapels of the church are supported by early buttresses, and it features a Romanesque bell tower.
The Romanesque style in England is traditionally referred to as Norman architecture. The commonest surviving Romanesque buildings are churches, of which many are still standing, more or less intact and frequently in use. [1] Many of these churches were built as abbeys, to serve religious communities.
In Denmark such churches in the Romanesque style are much more numerous. In parts of Europe there are also round tower-like churches of the Romanesque period but they are generally vernacular architecture and of small scale. Others, like Rotunda of St Martin at Vyšehrad in the Czech Republic are finely detailed.
Brick Romanesque is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history. The term described Romanesque buildings built of brick; like the subsequent Brick Gothic, it is geographically limited to Central Europe. Structures in other regions are not described as Brick Romanesque but as "Romanesque brick-built church" or similar ...