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Historical treasures hidden for decades have been uncovered in the crypts of a cathedral, with items including burial crowns and insignia belonging to Medieval European rulers.
Pages in category "Video games set in the Middle Ages" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins , sarcophagi , or religious relics . Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre , but were later located ...
Pages in category "Fantasy video games set in the Middle Ages" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The term is sometimes used to describe a crypt beneath a church, used for burial purposes. For example, there is a 14th-century undercroft or crypt extant at Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire in Scotland , even though the original chapel above it was destroyed in an act of war in 1746.
Cathedral, also known as Cathedral: The Game of the Mediaeval City, is a two-player abstract strategy game designed by Robert Moore and first published in 1979, in which dark and light factions vie for territorial supremacy within the bounds of a medieval city. Players play pieces to capture territory on a game board, attempting to place all or ...
The exterior, apart from the modified windows, gives the impression of a massive Norman building and indeed, it is the longest medieval church in the world. However, the west front is now Perpendicular, with its huge window filled with fragments of medieval glass. Inside, only the crypt and the transepts have retained their Norman appearance.
The Romanesque crypt of Chartres Cathedral was greatly enlarged in the 11th century; it is U-shaped and 230 m (750 ft) long. It survived the fire in the 12th century which destroyed the Romanesque cathedral, and was used as the foundation for the new Gothic cathedral. The walls of the crypt chapels were painted with Gothic murals.